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  • 2 weeks ago | perthnow.com.au | Glenn Valencich |Dominique Tassell

    A Run It Straight competition is going ahead despite warnings from health bodies about the dangers of the sport. The Runit Championship League will award $200,000 to the winner of its RUNIT02 competition. In the sport, a runner and a tackler run at each other at top speed on a “battlefield” that is 20m x 4m in dimensions. The loser is the one who is knocked out. The death of a New Zealand teenager last month shone a spotlight on the dangerous activity.

  • 2 weeks ago | 7news.com.au | Glenn Valencich |Dominique Tassell

    A Run It Straight competition is going ahead despite warnings from health bodies about the dangers of the sport. The Runit Championship League will award $200,000 to the winner of its RUNIT02 competition. In the sport, a runner and a tackler run at each other at top speed on a “battlefield” that is 20m x 4m in dimensions. The loser is the one who is knocked out.

  • Jan 16, 2025 | 7news.com.au | Glenn Valencich

    Australian surfing pioneer Alan Green, who co-founded Quiksilver, has died aged 77. Tributes have poured in from around the country and the world, with surfing icon Kelly Slater mourning his mate on Thursday. “Love you, Greeny. You were one of a kind and a great friend and mentor for so many. I’ll miss you forever,” Slater wrote.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | 7news.com.au | Glenn Valencich

    Alex de Minaur has paid a classy tribute to his next opponent at the Australian Open, with the deadly fires in Los Angeles affecting American qualifier Tristan Boyer and his family and friends. Boyer set up a blockbuster second-round match with the home hero when he claimed a five-set triumph over veteran Federico Coria in the first round. He won that match — with his mother and grandfather watching courtside — while distracted by news from his father in California.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | 7news.com.au | Glenn Valencich

    Nick Kyrgios has backed his friend and doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis in a war of words with Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge. Kokkinakis was troubled by injury in Brisbane and Adelaide earlier this month before overcoming a fresh niggle to win his first-round match at the Australian Open this week.

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