Former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett says the AFL’s refusal to implement a zero tolerance policy to drugs is partly to blame for engulfing the code in the doping drama in …

Clubs will need the AFL’s approval before giving players drugs or any other substances as the league responds to damaging revelations in the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) report. AFL chief …

Described by his coach as the complete leadership package, Adelaide onballer Nathan van Berlo has been reappointed as Crows captain. Van Berlo will lead the Crows for a third consecutive …

The investigation into use of supplements at Essendon was not prompted by the imminent release of a wide-ranging Australian Crime Commission (ACC) report, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou says. Demetriou was …

The Essendon supplement saga could be the tipping point for a wide-ranging investigation into drugs in sport by the Australian Crime Commission. The Australian newspaper reports the national law enforcement …

Leading sports lawyer Paul Horvath senses the significance of the consent forms signed by Essendon footballers last year has been overplayed in the supplement saga that is engulfing the AFL. …

AFL players taking sports supplements are playing Russian roulette with their careers – because no one truly knows what substances any such concoctions could contain, according to anti-doping experts. The …

Melbourne president Don McLardy says the AFL tanking investigation has already had a massive impact on the Demons and the individuals involved. The Demons board, chief executive Cameron Schwab, former …

Retired Essendon star Mark McVeigh has savaged former teammate Kyle Reimers over the AFL club’s anti-doping crisis. McVeigh has given the strongest defence yet of the club, a day after …

AFL club Brisbane have revealed that former Essendon sports scientist Stephen Dank briefly worked with the Lions in 2009. Brisbane released a statement as a joint Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority …

Greater Western Sydney specialist coach Dermott Brereton wants AFL fans to be patient with the side’s giant teenage forwards Jeremy Cameron and Jonathon Patton. Game-breaking key forwards are among the …

AFL players have been forced to miss matches due to breaches of the competition’s illicit drugs policy, league boss Andrew Demetriou has revealed. Under the AFL’s controversial three-strikes policy – …

One of the AFL’s leading doctors has called for all clubs to urgently review their internal medical processes in the wake of the anti-doping investigation sweeping through the game. Dr …

David Walsh, the Irish journalist who was sceptical of Lance Armstrong long before it became fashionable, tells a poignant story. His son John was at school, learning about the Nativity, …

Former Essendon icon Kevin Sheedy has welcomed the AFL and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority’s joint investigation into his old club, saying he expects it will lead to tighter sports science …

Carlton star Andrew Carrazzo has revealed some teammates at the AFL club buy supplements online. But Carrazzo also insists they have always gained permission from the club doctor before using …

There is no love lost between Dermott Brereton and AFL club Essendon, but even the five-time premiership winner feels for Bombers coach James Hird and his charges embroiled in an …

Essendon are under siege as they reel from potentially the biggest crisis in AFL history. Security guards kept fans and media out of the Bombers’ new Tullamarine facility as the …