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If you want to see something amusing, have a look at Marat Safin’s latest press conference. The racquet-throwing tennis giant’s face has clearly come up against something harder than itself recently, prompting the obvious questions from Perth journos at the Hopman Cup. But instead of the icy “no comment” you’d…

We at Alpha wish all our readers the very merriest of Christmases and a happy sporting New Year. C’mon Aussie!

We thought we’d lost him to Hollywood, but – glory of glories! – Mark Philippoussis has announced his intention to recapture the good old playing days, when he graced the last 16 – and sometimes quarter-finals - of the world’s biggest tournaments. “I want to give it one more go,”…

With the end of the world on its way and the earth about to crash into the sun, the blame for everything has been laid squarely at the feet of young Australian spin bowler Jason Krezja. “We went through all the reasons for this catastrophic failure,” said a man in…

Well, now. To lose one Test series is just one of those things, but to lose two out of three would be downright careless. Plenty of time to turn things around, after South Africa rattled up 400 runs in the fourth innings without apparently too much effort, and clearly something…

Mitch Johnson’s crumpling of South Africa’s already fragile confidence has still not deflected attention from the fragility at the top of Australia’s own batting order. People have been chipping in right, left and centre with helpful advice on how Matt Hayden, 56, can continue to top up his retirement fund…

Ben Cousins has denied in a press conference that he is addicted to media attention. Talking to a throng of assembled journalists, Cousins moved swiftly past questions relating to drug use to squash rumours that he continues to address throngs of assembled journalists on a regular basis. “I’m doing my…

The famous charm, tact, diplomacy and general good will for which Russell Crowe is famous (didn’t he call Sharon Stone a baboon that looked like it had been kicked up the arse? I may have made that up, but), was on full display during his videotaped Christmas message for Souths…

Well, it’s awards season (isn’t it? Maybe it’s grouse season. Or mad season. It’s so hard to keep up) and the eagerly awaited Fox Sports “most clicked” list has been released. Don’t laugh – the careers of many minor models and celebrities have been launched on the tagline “most downloaded…