Matthew Egan knows better than most what James Hird meant when the departing Essendon coach spoke about AFL adversity. Egan will take over from Hird as the Bombers’ interim senior …
Essendon star Brendon Goddard has hailed James Hird as a potentially great AFL coach and hopes his departure is the right decision. Goddard has admitted to shock and disappointment that …
Richmond veteran Chris Newman will retire at the end of this AFL season. The former captain told the club’s playing group on Tuesday of his decision to bow out once …
NOTABLE QUOTES AS JAMES HIRD LEAVES ESSENDON: “Paul said it was the board’s opinion (that) the football club would never be truly free of the ASADA issue while I was …
Essendon coach James Hird has fallen on his sword, with chairman Paul Little and the rest of the AFL club’s board holding the blade steady. Hird’s 25-year AFL career ended …
West Coast’s Chris Masten has been suspended two games by the AFL tribunal for biting Fremantle’s Nic Suban. Masten’s ban follows Docker defender Alex Silvagni being outed by the tribunal …
The AFL has inked the biggest broadcast deal in the history of Australian sport, signing a $2.5 billion broadcast agreement on Tuesday. It trumps the NRL’s latest broadcast deal, prompting …
Josh Hazlewood’s hopes of playing the fifth Ashes Test have nosedived. Hazlewood was unable to train on Tuesday due to sore shins. The 24-year-old took part it in a throwing …
He was the golden boy as a player who was meant to turn into Essendon’s saviour as a coach. Instead, James Hird will be forever remembered as one of the …
Fremantle’s Alex Silvagni has been banned four games by the AFL tribunal for his behind-play hit on West Coast’s Jamie Cripps. Silvagni told the tribunal he’s embarrassed at striking Cripps …
The AFL has inked the biggest broadcast deal in the history of Australian sport, signing a whopping $2.508 billion broadcast deal on Tuesday. AFL and broadcast executives have agreed on …
Losing co-captain Phil Davis for the season has been rated a massive blow by Greater Western Sydney heading into the most significant Sydney AFL derby yet. The 10th-placed Giants are …
In a supreme test for rugby league’s new and controversial shoulder charge laws, three NRL players will fight their bans at the judiciary. For the first time since the governing …
South Sydney have turned to former bad boy Paul Carter to solve their hooking crisis while Bulldogs third-string rake Damien Cook will make just his fifth NRL appearance in Friday’s …
Chris Rogers personified patience, at the crease and as he waited five and a half years for a Test recall. Now the retiring Rogers has asked national selectors to show …
Australia’s 17-man Ashes squad know better than most that sporting immortality is a cliche. In the space of two months, they have surrendered the urn while watching careers end. Ryan …
Brisbane’s Luke McGuane has cost himself another $500 with an unsuccessful challenge at the AFL tribunal. McGuane was initially fined $1000 by the match review panel for rough conduct against …
Broadcasters Seven and Foxtel have retained AFL TV rights in a massive $2.5 billion deal. The deal, worth $2.508 billion in total, will run from the 2017 season for six …
