Inside Lines: 'Learn from Aussie errors' – Ian Thorpe's warning to GB sport

This is not the time to be greeting an Aussie with "G'day, sport", unless you fancy a thick ear. Alas, there are now many more bad days than g'days for Australian sport. Last weekend's Test Match debacle was indicative of the malaise that has struck down a sports-mad nation, causing it to lose both pride and the plot.