Category Cricket & Sports

A Nation, stumped

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By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 08.04.2018 (The Week): Australians are livid. Sport is paramount in their psyche. Cameron Bancroft’s brazen and premeditated attempt to tamper the ball, at the behest of captain Steve Smith and vice captain David Warner, has shocked and horrified Australians. These are people who espouse the tenets of ‘Advance Australia Fair’, which is enshrined in their national anthem sung with pride before every game.

Ishaan Oak and his classmates at Glenunga International High School in Adelaide were crestfallen to see the ball-tampering news unfold. “We were surprised, angry and saddened because all of us looked up to Steve Smith as the captain of the baggy green,” said Ishaan, 13, who had started playing cricket at the age of four, with his father in their suburban backyard.

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What’s black and white and green all over?

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By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 09.08.2010 (The Sydney Morning Herald): Even as political parties waver on setting targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a unique Green Magpies program is helping small and medium enterprises (SME) take the lead by adopting sustainable practices to save costs and expand their enterprise.

Managing director of Fountain Gate and Pakenham Ultimate Tiles, Rick Somers, who joined the program last year, is already reaping the benefits.

“I will save an estimated 50 per cent on energy costs, lower electricity usage by 26,950kWh and reduce 26.1 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the first year”, Mr Somers says.

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Girls Give Red Card to FIFA’s Hijab Ban

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Lakemba Sport and Recreation Club women's football team. Photo Credit: Supplied

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 06.06.2010 (WFS): As the winter sun descends, young girls warm up for football training in their shorts and shirts at the Lakemba Sport and Recreation Club (LSRC) in Sydney, Australia. Some are also wearing a ‘hijab’, or headscarf, the traditional Islamic accessory used to cover the head.

Although a common sight in multicultural Australia, the ‘hijab’ has come under the spotlight as soccer’s world governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), had banned it from competition in April this year.  FIFA’s rules state that players may not wear jewellery or dangerous headgear such as hair clips, and that “basic compulsory equipment must not have any political, religious or personal statements”.

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