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Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch, The Age's expert on soccer, has had extensive experience of high level journalism in the UK and Australia. Michael has covered the Socceroos through Asia, Europe and South America in their past three World Cup campaigns. He has also reported on Grands Prix and top class motor sport from Asia and Europe. He has won several national media awards for both sports and industry journalism.

Evan Kostopoulos of Adelaide gets the ball past Nathan Coe of Melbourne Victory to score one of his team's four goals during the round 10 A-League match on December 7 last year. The game attracted almost $50 million in bets from Asian gamblers.

Big-betting match rang no alarms

Michael Lynch Officials deny anything untoward in A-League after revelations about Adelaide game against Victory.

Horse Racing

Cully hopes Irish eyes are smiling

Michael Lynch He sounds like an Irishman, having spent almost half his life in county Kildare.

Horse Racing

Sport and drugs should never mix: end of story

Michael Lynch For all sport, drugs are a problem. For racing, they could become an existential one.

Horse racing

RV strengthens integrity in bid to protect image

Michael Lynch LIcensed jockeys cannot involve themselves in punting anywhere in the world.

Racing Victoria drafts ex-police to tackle cheats

Michael Lynch Racing Victoria is stepping up its campaign to stamp out racing's cheats by drafting two experienced police officers, including one from the Purana taskforce.

Horse Racing

Small fields stifling racing's growth

Michael Lynch Bid to increase acceptors per race and encourage owners and trainers to race their horses more.

Integrity key to racing

Michael Lynch Having set the betting dog running, the stewards have no option but to pursue the quarry.

Horse Racing

Free-to-air gamble a win-win for Seven, racing

Michael Lynch Channel Seven's deal with the racing industry this week garnered the network a lot of positive publicity.

Cool as a cucumber, Oliver takes the Derby points

Michael Lynch Damien Oliver is never more comfortable or composed than when he is in the saddle.

Horse Racing

Oliver 'right' to stay silent

Michael Lynch RVL chairman says jockey within his rights to say nothing during investigation.

Bet on it, no one cares

Michael Lynch If a tree falls in the jungle and no-one sees it, did it really fall? Punters say, yes.

Horse Racing

'Right decision' to keep Oliver on Cup favourite: owner

Michael Lynch, Andrew Eddy and Nick McKenzie The owner of the Melbourne Cup favourite Americain, Gerry Ryan, learned yesterday afternoon that the betting storm over his big-race rider Damien Oliver was set to break.

Horse Racing

Imports can continue spring staying dominance

Michael Lynch Sandown Cup in some ways resembles what the Melbourne Cup used to look like.

Michael Lynch

Can soccer's new TV deal secure the sport's future?

Michael Lynch What the FFA needs, after a traumatic period of upheaval, is stability and continuity. This TV deal should allow that.

Racing Victoria defends timing of Oliver case

Michael Lynch Racing Victoria did not stand down jockey Damien Oliver from a series of lucrative rides during the Melbourne spring carnival because it feared that to do so would stop him admitting that he had bet...