Imagine your first #F1 race being your home race... a dream come true! 💭
— F1 Australian Grand Prix (@ausgrandprix) August 23, 2024
We can't wait to celebrate your debut with you next March, Jack 🇦🇺#AusGP pic.twitter.com/PM0t4jXRg5
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As mentioned on Have You Been Paying Attention tonight, stage 6 of La Vuelta began inside Carrefour hypermarket in the southern Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera last Thursday.
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Australia has won a stunning six medals in one session at the 2024 World Athletics Under 20 Championships, equalling the nation’s record medal tally of 10 at the event with one day remaining as Torrie Lewis and Gout Gout bolted to 200m silver, while Olympic semi-finalists Claudia… pic.twitter.com/bPs5GQMI5P
— Athletics Australia (@AthsAust) August 31, 2024
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The Australian men’s netball team, the Kelpies, is launching a new social media campaign, to attract more commercial sponsorship and funding.
This month we are launching our first major campaign to commercialise our category and programs - #kelpieskampaign. For four decades, elite male netballers have self funded thousands of dollars each year to represent their country. And we want that to be history! Stay tuned for more content on our impact pillars on why funding is needed to make men’s netball sustainable, and how to get involved to change the course of our category with various funding and sponsorship models.
https://www.instagram.com/aussiekelpies/p/C_Xd2jRTS37/?hl=en
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O’Connor came second in general classification behind Primož Roglič as he won a record-equalling fourth Vuelta a España title. O’Connor won stage 6 and took the lead in GC standings until he was overtaken by Roglič who won stage 19.
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Australian Oscar Piastri has won an epic Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the second win of his Formula 1 career.
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We only have 5 F1 winners and only 2 World Champions
it was a fantastic drive to keep the ferrari at bay - really showed his defensive skills
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(Red Bull supremo Helmut) Marko confirmed Red Bull has offered Ricciardo an ambassadorial role, but isn’t convinced he’ll take it, especially if he’s not racing.
“I don’t think so,” he said when asked if Ricciardo would move to another series.
“And if he no longer drives actively, does he even want these PR activities?”
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Of course they have, Danny Ric is one of the sports most marketable entities.
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Alisa Camplin, Olympic champion skier and our 2nd Winter Gold Medalist will be our chef de mission for the upcoming 2026 Olympics
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She was flag bearer at the Torino 2006 Games and won bronze backing up from her gold medal 4 years earlier
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Paywal free version
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sandown-saved-why-rebel-board-victory-secures-iconic-racetrack-s-future/ar-AA1rDeFV
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2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues has died due to complications from laminitis.
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Brodie Kostecki has won this year’s Bathurst 1000 in the fastest time ever - 5 hours, 58 minutes and 3 seconds. He took pole yesterday and led from start to finish today. Todd Hazelwood also became a Bathurst 1000 champion as the co-driver.
Chevrolet Camaro took all three podium spots - Broc Feeney and Jamie Whincup were second and Will Brown and Scott Pye were third.
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I watched most of the latter stages, whilst I enjoyed it, to me, it’s just not the same as the old Commodore vs Falcon days.
These are not cars I can relate to, $90k plus for a Camaro is not affordable for most (me included) compared to the old Falcodores.
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The traditional Melbourne Cup parade will again not be held in the CBD this year, due to major construction project works. It’ll be an intimate, ticketed event, at the Race Horse Legends Farm near Tullamarine International Airport.
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