Lucas Neill Unveils AZ. World Cup mutiny, Johnathan Thurston erased and Wimbledon action. Get your sports Fix.
THE GAP THAT DERAILED OUR WORLD CUP
Soccer: AZ. Captain Lucas Neill told his teammates to ignore coach Pim Verbeek instructions just minutes before Australia disastrous 4-0 defeat to Germany Germany last year's World Cup, commentator Les Murray claims.
In a new book claims the veteran reporter of SBS Neill asked Verbeek to leave the locker rooms before the game, the coach tactics labelled "bulls---" and swept his strategies from a whiteboard.
If Murray's book is to be believed, Neill ordered his team to do away with Verbeek of defensive-oriented game plan and play like we normally play ".
Slight problem there when the team with the name of the game no account held with a single forward.
COMMON SENSE PREVAILS AS THURSTON IS DISABLED
Country of origin: Origin greats on both sides of the border expressed relief after Maroons halfback Johnathan Thurston was cleared to play in the origin decider on 6 July.
Thurston was facing a two-game ban as a result of the rank-two levy, which came from his collision with Matt Cecchin in the Cowboys victory over the Warriors on Saturday night.
But the three-man panel of Ian Roberts, Michael Hermann Büttner-both former New South Wales origin representatives-plus Sean Garlick, deemed the contact accidentally, but only after a long deliberation takes 45 minutes that would undoubtedly have had the champion playmaker nervous.
See what Laurie Daley, Wendell Sailor and Jason Taylor had to say by watching the video below and listen to the revealing audio of the incident by Thurston.
GAJDOSOVA CARRIES THE CAN
Tennis: Only one Australian woman remains in the Wimbledon singles draw after jarmila gajdosova and Anastasia Rodionova very different second-round fate experienced.
Rodionova joined Elena Dokic and Sam Stosur on the scrap heap grand slam, taking only three games from Czech Andrea Hlavackova in a 53-minute demolition.
But Gajdosova lived up to her billing as 27 seed Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian crushing 7-5 6-3, and get the chance for a bit of Aussie Justice if they against Hlavackova in the third round.
In the day other big game, Venus Williams will count her blessings after surviving a three-set thriller against Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm.
Williams took three hours to see off the 40-year-old 6-7 (6-8) 6-3, 8-6 after nearly three hours.
ALL TOO EASY FOR RAFA
Tennis: There was no late night TV Hangover for Rafael nadal in the second round at Wimbledon, this time dropping only eight games as he blasted past American Ryan Sweeting.
After admission to keep watching Rory McIlroy US Open win on the morning of his slow victory in the first round, there was no such problems this time because he won in straight sets 6-3 6-2 6-3 in just 127 minutes.
Wimbledon the usual rain has more than one effect on the timing of contests, with Nadal the next opponent, Gilles Muller, gifted a second-round victory when Canadian opponent Milos Raonic slipped in the sixth game and was forced to retire injured.
In other matches turned out to be the guy that Roger Federer last year on his way to the final, he beat Tomas Berdych, on track for a similar March this year, Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-1 6-4 6-2.
BIG CASH FOR BIG BASH
Cricket: There is a decent money must be created as a player in Australia Twenty20 Big Bash competition, but probably not if you're one of Chris Gayle's teammates.
The West Indies star claims $ 250,000 of Western Australia $ 1.2 million salary cap to play in the six-week tournament, leaving only $ 950,000 for the other 17 players.
Gayle allegedly made the question after talking to legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralidaran, who told Gayle he was looking for $ 150,000 from one of the Leagues Melbourne franchises.
Smart work from Cricket Australia, who chose not to write a maximum player payment line in the new competition.
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