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 Cricket: Siddle cleared of ball abuse [ Fairness ]
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/siddle-cleared-of-ball-abuse-20121218-2bl6v.html
NRL: Referees under the pump to cut blunders [ Ethics ]
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/referees-under-the-pump-to-cut-blunders-20121215-2bgcq.html
AFL urged to follow NFL lead on knocks with a mandatory week off for concussed players [ Well-being ]
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-urged-to-follow-nfl-lead-on-knocks-20121218-2bl6m.html
AFL: Demons ponder evidence over the serious allegations the club tanked in order to gain better draft picks in 2009. [ Match-fixing ]
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/demons-ponder-evidence-20121219-2bnr5.html
Cycling is cleaner than AFL, NRL – Ryan [ Match-fixing ]
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/cycling-is-cleaner-than-afl-nrl–ryan-20121219-2bnb3.html
Player kicked off team at North Alabama for racial slur about Obama [ Racism ]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2012/12/18/north-alabama-player-kicked-off-team-for-racial-slur-about-obama/
Sandy Hook shootings: NFL, Giants, Patriots honor victims today [ Integrity ]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2012/12/16/sandy-hook-shootings-nfl-giants-patriots-honor-victims-today/
NFL: Jordan Black says suspension had ‘nothing to do with steroids’ [ Drugs in sport ]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2012/12/18/jordan-black-says-suspension-had-nothing-to-do-with-steroids/
Cricket: Wasim hails Bangladesh decision to tour Pakistan which had been suspended since March 2009 after militant attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus [ Sport-social justice ]
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/wasim-hails-bangladesh-decision-to-tour-pakistan-20121219-2blwx.html
Bin Hammam handed second life ban by FIFA. Hammam from Qatar was found guilty of ‘repeated violations’ of its code of ethics [ Ethics ]
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/bin-hammam-handed-second-life-ban-by-fifa-20121218-2bl3q.html
Olympics funding: Handball player feels ‘misled and cheated.’ Handball, basketball, table tennis and wrestling – lost all central support for elite athletes in the build-up to Rio 2016 [ Other angles ]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/20774107
Mario Balotelli’s legal challenge is latest chapter of mad story. The player has come to represent football at its anarchic worst [ Ethics ]
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-mario-balotellis-legal-challenge-is-latest-chapter-of-mad-story-8424620.html
Liverpool midfielder Suso fined by FA for calling Jose Enrique ‘gay’ on Twitter [ Homophobia ]
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-midfielder-suso-fined-by-fa-for-calling-jose-enrique-gay-on-twitter-8424216.html
Racism row in Russian soccer with fans demanding no gay, black or South American players [ Racism ]
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/racism-row-in-russian-soccer-20121218-2bkyo.html
The South African Football Association is in crisis, just two months away from hosting the African Nations Cup, after five top officials were suspended following a Fifa report into alleged match-fixing [ Match-fixing ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2012/dec/18/kirsten-nematandani-match-fixing-video
Rainbow crew takes on the world. Kids from the poverty-stricken and land-locked townships of Eastern Cape in South Africa don’t generally grow up to become Olympic sailors [ Sport-social justice ]
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rainbow-crew-takes-on-the-world/story-e6frg7mf-1226540698595