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Life –
How the social history of footy tells a migrant story
“Grade five was the worst year of my childhood because it was the year I first heard the word ‘wog’,” George Megalogenis writes in his new book The Football Solution: …
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On the life-like illustrations of Maria Kontis: ‘This is not a trick’
In 2016, Maria Kontis was invited to be part of the prestigious Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of NSW. During the opening of the exhibition titled Called …
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Ange Postecoglou: The best memories I have are going to games with my dad
Ange Postecoglou’s style as a coach was to keep the ball on the ground, keep possession and play an attacking, aggressive type of football. From the time he was a …
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Who are South Melbourne’s A-League expansion rivals?
With the help of former head of A-League, Archie Fraser, Neos Kosmos analyses South Melbourne’s rival bidders for A-League expansion: NSW AND ACT · South-Western Sydney FC Located near the …
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How Tony Rafty risked his life to cover the Cyprus conflict
Listen, if they wake up that you’re Greek we might start another war,” the late Australian journalist James Cunningham told Tony Rafty, as they attempted to cross into the Turkish …
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Nick Giannopoulos: ‘I’ll tell you what wog face is’
“I will tell you what wog face is,” Nick Giannopoulos says in response to accusations that the characters he has been playing on stage, television and film are akin to …
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‘Hi, I’m George and I build robots’
Imagine a robot traversing a field of crops detecting how healthy a plant is, how much water it needs, what disease it’s carrying, as well as pinpointing and destroying dangerous …
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Why the Socceroos need to be like the old school Greek Australian footballers
While the Socceroos received plaudits for the fighting spirit and discipline for their performances at the 2018 World Cup, there was one ingredient missing – an attacking edge. While the …
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Why South Melbourne’s A-League bid is beyond football
In 2005, the inaugural CEO of the A-League John O’Neill, called the fledgling competition ‘new football’ and referred to the axed National Soccer League as ‘old soccer’. In doing so, …
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Lazaridis on the problem with Australian football
The fallout from the Socceroos exiting the 2018 World Cup at the group stage with only a point, has many former players, fans and pundits questioning the state of Australian …