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Madness at the IPL player auction
Watching players' value to cricket's most financially lucrative game be decided by magnates, Bollywood stars and media groups.
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<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Cash is only thing going for King Carlos
Carlos Spencer has pocketed one of the richest deals in South African rugby by heading to Johannesburg.
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<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Glamour of superstars mocks moralists
There is a laughable irony in watching corporate America get cold feet over one man's rumpy-pumpy, considering the way their self-centred ethos and lack of ethics ravaged the world's economy, says Chris Rattue.
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<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Desperately seeking Bond for Aussie series
Test cricket is dying in New Zealand, but a brilliant clash against Australia will be a marvellous tonic.
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Soccer: The year it came right
The year 2010 will be the one that enters the annals of New Zealand football history but 2009 was the breakthrough year, writes Michael Brown.
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Cricket: Heroics from Daniel, bye-bye from Shane
Andrew Alderson puts his front foot down the wicket to play through a year of on- and off-field dramas.
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10 predictions for the sporting year ahead
Herald sport columnist Chris Rattue makes his predictions for sport in 2010.
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<i>Dylan Cleaver:</i> Clear choices, relatively, for decade's World XV
There are some here who have never really performed against the All Blacks but they have excelled against most.
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Rugby: Best of 2009
Gregor Paul springs a few surprises in his “best of” review of the rugby year.
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<i>Eddie Butler:</i> Thomas' homosexuality no secret in rugby
Welsh rugby hero Gareth Thomas' hidden life began to unravel in 2007 with an admission to his wife, says Eddie Butler.