Contempt is an offence under the Royal Commissions Act 1902. It's not enough to kindly ask people to not engage in racism when that racism is being egged on by the press. The Commissioner should refer those responsible to the AFP. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Commissioner rebukes claim pro-Palestinian groups tried to 'hijack' hearing

The royal commission on antisemitism has hit back at comments from a prominent member of the Jewish community who accused pro-Palestinian groups of attempting to "hijack" the inquiry using "clickbait ...

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We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.

'the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup aims to “Make the Circle Bigger” by inviting the world to experience the absolute best cricket in Africa has to offer'. says the ICC. But we are not, of course, going to "Make the Circle Bigger" by opening up our tournaments to more participants. Pure hypocrisy.

UEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped

Europe Announces World Cup Boycott Over FIFA Investment Deal With Kushner Family

UEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped

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The fact that UEFA has discovered a spine should encourage us all. Cricket's problems are chronic as well as acute, but the resistance to Infantino's latest insanity shows that members do have power if they're just prepared to use it against sporting administration's behemoths.

Burn these companies to the ground www.news.com.au/technology/o...

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

Here we are in 2026 and this song is just as relevant now as it was when it was created. ‘Stop, Hey What's That Sound’ Buffalo Springfield Released December, 1966

Extraordinary (though not surprising) to hear the commentators on the ICC World League 2 livestream hailing how wonderful things are for the top Associates, without a hint of the fact that the ICC Board has just made things much more difficult for them. Disgraceful, really.

Garty Sobers's 195 for South Australia at the WACA in 1964 was the greatest knock I have ever seen. He was magnificent. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Garry Sobers was the greatest of all time, a cavalier in an era of roundheads

The West Indies legend, who has died aged 89, was as cricket’s finest all-rounder though he was never bother with the stats

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"The creation of the fish traps, and the Aboriginal Lore governing their use, helped shape the spiritual, political, social, ceremonial, and trade relationships between Aboriginal groups from across the greater landscape."

Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world

They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.

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Was anyone living in Australia ever counselled about the need to be respectful when criticizing South Africa's regime of apartheid? Anyone? ANYWHERE in Australia? All I can confirm is that I was not so counselled. #auspol #BondiRC

Despite appearances, the boards do have leverage in this situation, but are invariably bought off with the prosepct of short term gain over long term solidarity. All they have to do is literally refuse to play ball. The ICC can't survive without teams participating at their events.

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Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#TrumpRussia #MuellerReport #RussianCollusion 👉 Mueller Report on Trump & Russian Collusion. Russia has helped Trump's campaign since 2016. Never ended

This rather uncritical (and now overtaken by non-events) view of how ICC thinking is shaping deserves a good deal of attention. 'Naught for your comfort' is my prevailing feeling, but we need a real debate about where cricket is going. www.etplofficial.com/news/cricket...

Cricket's Big Reset: ICC Planning a New Future for the Global Game? | ETPL

European T20 Premier League — The pinnacle of European cricket entertainment.

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Whatever else comes out of the ICC Annual Conference, the news that they've reconstituted the Afghan Women's Taskforce and committed to furthering a development pathway is terrific! We all need to get behind this initiative!

Protection racket from a gangster president.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 3w ago

The President just announced a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through Hormuz, payable...to the US>

Deeply sorry to learn of the death of Sam Neill. One of the best.

Great piece of work by @pobjourno.bsky.social for @playthegame-org.bsky.social on cricket governance @cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/greed-a...

How cricket's 55 million USD development fund gets gamed

The International Cricket Council distributes tens of millions of dollars per year in development funding through a system insiders say is loosely monitored and easily manipulated.

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Astonished Belgium vow to ‘defend football’ after Fifa’s shock Balogun reversal

Belgium coach Rudi Garcia likened Fifa’s decision to an April Fools’ Day joke as the national federation said it would ‘investigate all potential options’

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Athena Kugblenu@athenakugblenu.bsky.social · last mo.

we all know the corruption that is taking place but the professionals, commentators etc are simply shrugging. They see what we see but they don't say what we say

War games. My @smh cartoon.

Jay Shah has been globetrotting since becoming ICC boss. One of his stops recently was in Germany, where Shah was left impressed by developments on-and-off field. There are long-term hopes that Germany - a target market - can host marquee ICC events open.substack.com/pub/cricketf...

Globetrotting Jay Shah scopes out Germany - a coveted major market for cricket

Jay Shah was recently left impressed by a visit to Germany, where cricket is developing on-and-off the field.

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Crime and Punishment — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

" . . . behold, they walk with the Arabs in hostility and cruelty, unjustly encroaching on them, shamefully beating them for no good reason, and even bragging about what they do, and there is no one to stand in the breach and call a halt to this dangerous and despicable impulse.' 1/2

"Why are they even bombing us?" Because Russia invaded Ukraine Because Russia systematically kills, tortures, and rapes both prisoners of war and civilians Because Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children Because Russia targets Ukrainian civilians Because Putin's stated goal is to erase Ukraine That's why

No lies detected.

If you 'know nothing about' a story, why are you on radio raising questions about it? Jeremy Kyle is a disgrace, and the laughing Matt Vickers should be hounded out of office as an ignorant piece of dog mess. But I guess that's the hole our media, and our polticians, have landed in.