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Owen Wright crashes out at Marg River Pro AAP 10 mins ago Justin Chadwick © PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO Owen Wright has been eliminated from the WSL's Margaret River Pro in round three. Owen Wright's hopes of reaching the WSL finals have suffered another blow after the Australian crashed out in the third round of the Margaret River Pro. Wright needed a big result in Western Australia after missing the season-opening stop in Hawaii and then finishing ninth and 17th in the two recent events in Australia. The 31-year-old won his opening-round heat on Monday morning to book his sp...

Australia’s surfers seek to justify Olympic selection after rocky start to WSL Kieran Pender © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP The day after Sally Fitzgibbons watched Cathy Freeman win the 400m gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, the nine-year-old donned her wetsuit and sprinted around town. Wearing neoprene in place of Freeman’s iconic space-age suit, Fitzgibbons imagined herself representing Australia at the Olympics. “It sounds bizarre, because there was no pipeline for representing Australia in surfing back then, but it was always a dream,�...

Anas Sarwar was asked today about several of his party's Holyrood candidates previously making comments backing a second independence referendum. ANAS Sarwar is under pressure to drop his opposition to a second independence referendum as it emerged a string of Labour candidates have backed a new vote. At least six of the party's contenders have spoken out in favour of indyref2 in recent months, while UK party leader Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out his agreeing to the vote should he become prime minister. In an interview on the BBC's Marr this morning the Scottish Labour leader ...

Champion Ferreira knocks out Fanning at World Surf League event in Narrabeen Sunday, 18 April 2021 Mick Fanning survived the elimination round only to be knocked out by Championship Tour leader Italo Ferreira later in the day as favourable conditions led to an abundance of action at the World Surf League (WSL) competition in Narrabeen. Australia' Fanning, a three-time Championship Tour winner returning as a wildcard for this leg, eased through the elimination round with more than double the two-wave score of compatriot Connor O'Leary, who was eliminated from their three-surfer heat. Brazil's...

It will be a battle of the Merewether boardriders when Morgan Cibilic and Ryan Callinan surf against each other in the quarter finals. Two out of three local surfers progressed in the Newcastle Cup this morning, with adopted Novocastrian Julian Wilson being barrelled out by Adriano de Souza. In the following heat Cibilic’s impressive form despite a fractured toe continued, the tour rookie easily beating Central Coast hope Wade Carmichael. While Callinan wasn’t as strong off the mark against Owen Wright. The 28-year-old waited until half the heat was over to make a move on his fellow Aussi...