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  2.30pm: The Adelaide crowd has just given the biggest round of applause for a Bradman in more than 60 years. Greta Bradman's national anthem sent a shiver ...

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• Beech washes up at West Lakes

  

  Jonathon Beech celebrates a late goal against Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL Grand Final. Photo: Sarah Reed.ADELAIDE has produced one of the feel-good stories of the AFL rookie draft, throwing mature-age forward Jonathon Beech a long overdue AFL lifeline.Beech, 25, has been one of the best SANFL performers for years and was unlucky to be overlooked for a rookie spot with the Crows last year after training with them in the lead-up to the draft.But the West Adelaide country boy has today been..

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• Favourite pub guru shares top city eats, drinks

  

  Hotelier Piers Schmidt shares his favourite spots to eat out in the city. Picture: Roy VanDerVegtHOTELIER Piers Schmidt may only be 40 but he’s veteran of the Adelaide pub scene.Piers, who owns Union Hotel and Bar Cuba in Waymouth Hotel, has owned and run pubs in the CBD for 15 years.He’s a big believer in checking out what’s happening in his industry to stay ahead of the game.“A lot of my friends are either in, or based around, the industry so we all like to seek out what might be new, differen..

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• Accused rapist faces new charges

  

  A MAN who allegedly raped a woman in North Adelaide — triggering an extensive manhunt and community fear — is now facing charges he attacked women over a seven-year period.Detectives have used breakthrough DNA technology to link the Enfield man, 56, to four assaults on women in 2005, 2010 and 2012.The man has been in custody since he was arrested in July for a sexual assault in Gover St, North Adelaide, in September, 2012, publicly described by police as a “horrendous rape”.The breakthrough in t..

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• Adelaide Bite flog the Canberra Cavalry at the Fort

  

  Canberra 4 Adelaide 12Cavalry's Joshua Fritsch had a tough night at second base, making two errors.Photo: Melissa AdamsCanberra Cavalry manager Michael Collins said big innings were proving costly as the Australian Baseball League leaders were flogged 12-4 by the Adelaide Bite at Narrabundah Ballpark on Thursday night.Sydney beating Brisbane was the only good news for the Cavalry, as it maintained its one-game lead over the Bandits.Canberra has lost three of its last four games, but more worryin..

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• All eyes on Adelaide s pink ball - The West Australian

  

  Steve Smith has identified Shaun Marsh’s return to his best batting position and his ability to start well when fresh as the keys to the enigmatic batsman cementing himself in the Test team.Marsh will bat at No.5 in the historic day-night Test against New Zealand starting at Adelaide Oval today.It will be the left-hander’s sixth stint in Test ranks during a 4½-year career that has involved just 15 matches.But Smith believes that Marsh can do more than just replace the injured Usman Khawaja for t..

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• Power targets toughness in rookie draft

  PORT Adelaide — still pinching itself at its draft “luck'' on Tuesday — will reclaim midfielder Kane Mitchell and target tough, competitive players in Friday's rookie ...

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• Melbourne Victory versus Adelaide United remains special in the A-League: Kevin Muscat - Goal

  

  Melbourne Victory's coach wants to see his team control games from start to finish as they come up against a special A-League rivalKevin Muscat will be looking to maintain his unbeaten coaching record against Adelaide United on Saturday when Melbourne Victory host their archrivals.Since Muscat took over from Ange Postecoglou as Victory's boss, the former captain of the Big V has earned four wins and three draws in competitive fixtures against the Reds.Muscat also relished playing Adelaide as a p..

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  Home-grown terrorism, border control, cybercrime, miscarriages of justice and deaths in immigration custody are just some of the topics being addressed at the ...

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• There's nothing ordinary about this beachside party

  

  It’ll be no ordinary gathering in Adelaide’s west when 50,000 head out for the Semaphore Street Fair. Picture: Tait Schmaal.What’s on in your local area? Tell us in the comment boxHERE’S nothing ordinary about a street party that attracts 50,000 people but this weekend that’s exactly what’ll happen at one beachside destination.This week we are doing something different with our “what’s on” guide and asking you to tell us what is happening in your local area.In the west, camel rides, juggling wor..

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