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Star Richmond midfielder Dustin Martin will not face an AFL suspension after he was cleared of an allegation to inflict serious injury. Victoria Police found no criminal misconduct took place …

Essendon coach John Worsfold has already decided on the AFL club’s captain for the 2016 season, and agrees Brendon Goddard is the obvious choice. Goddard, 30, is untarnished by the …

Essendon coaching great Kevin Sheedy says the Bombers can sow the seeds of their next AFL flag in the depths of their doping despair. The Bombers’ playing list has been …

John Worsfold has accepted Essendon’s bedevilling for the AFL season ahead, but insists the club can have a competitive year. Worsfold has the unenviable task of coaching the Bombers in …

Essendon coach John Worsfold agrees Brendon Goddard is an obvious choice to lead the besieged AFL club in 2016, but says it’s too soon to confirm the move. The new …

The race is on between Nat Fyfe and David Mundy to become Fremantle’s next captain after Matthew Pavlich officially relinquished the role on Wednesday. Pavlich has resisted the lure to …

Essendon recruiting manager Adrian Dodoro can scratch triple-premiership fullback Brian Lake’s name off his list of prospective top-up players. The Bombers are scouring the country for up to 10 replacement …

Devastated Essendon captain Jobe Watson has spoken for the first time since the shock suspensions handed to 34 past and present Bombers players. In a statement released on behalf of …

Australian team sports should consider following US professional sporting bodies including the NFL and become voluntary members of the World Anti-Doping Agency code, the Greens say. Federal Greens leader Richard …

A system that lays all of its blame on footballers is broken and needs to be reviewed, the Greens say. Federal Greens leader Richard Di Natale has called on Sport …

The head of WADA says the 34 current and past Essendon players who received 12-month doping bans were responsible for what went into their bodies. The Court of Arbitration for …

The loss of 12 players may be the least of Essendon’s problems, with the devastating anti-doping bans potentially sparking legal action. There is widespread speculation that the 34 current and …

AFL boss Gill McLachlan has sympathy for the banned Essendon players, saying he did not blame them for the saga that led to their anti-doping suspensions. McLachlan has a much …

Perennial AFL powers Essendon are at risk of long-term ruin after CAS stunned the league by banning 12 current players for anti-doping offences. Already struggling to recover from their supplements …

Essendon players banned for doping violations won’t take the field this year but may take to the courts, with legal action against the AFL club a possibility, a senior sports …

Despite a text message trail that suggests he set out to test players with a new protein used only on horses, Stephen Dank is maintaining his innocence in the scandal …

Essendon president Lindsay Tanner says the AFL club needs to accept “collective blame” for the controversial 2012 supplements program which led to one-year suspensions for 34 past and present players. …

KEY POINTS FROM THE CAS DECISION Stephen Dank set out to test players with a new polymer used on horses in North America with compounding pharmacist Nima Alavi. In August …