JobKeeper emergency funding has emerged as a lifeline for the NRL’s minimum-wage players should the season be wiped out by the coronavirus. After another day of negotiations, the NRL and …
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Elite NRLW players are set to receive assurances on their Jillaroos contracts for 2020, as well as encouragement their competition will go ahead if the NRL season is able to …
Continue reading NRLW on agenda after Jillaroo speaks outThe chief executives of AFL and Cricket Australia will tackle the looming schedule squeeze together, but the Twenty20 World Cup remains an immovable object. Uncertainty continues to cloud the 2020 …
Continue reading All sports in this together: AFL, CA CEOsWith lower-level players reeling financially from the tennis shutdown over the coronavirus, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) told Reuters it is working to boost players’ earnings when the sport resumes …
Continue reading WTA considers pay boost, Tour extensionFormer Australian Jillaroos captain Sam Bremner has called on the NRL to fight for the women’s game on the basis of equality amid doubts over the 2020 NRLW competition. The …
Continue reading ‘Gutted’ Jillaroo calls for action on NRLWThree quarters of Rugby Australia’s (RA) staff will be stood down for the next three months and the remainder retained on drastically reduced salaries as the code braces for a …
Continue reading Rugby Aust cut staff by 75% to stay afloatFavourite Melody Belle has drawn barrier 14 in the Doncaster Mile with 24 runners declared for the $1.5 million race. Saturday’s Group One race at Randwick has a field limit …
Continue reading Favourite draws wide in Doncaster MileThe coronavirus-enforced break in the AFL season has given Nathan Jones an early glimpse of retired life and the Melbourne veteran doesn’t like it one bit. Jones, who turned 32 …
Continue reading Break has Demon Jones eyeing 2021 returnA star-studded field of 13 has been declared for the Group One TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick with Nature Strip drawing barrier one. One of four Group One races on …
Continue reading Quality fields announced for The Championships at RandwickNew Zealand champion Melody Belle has been replaced as favourite in an open market for the Group One Doncaster Mile which has attracted a capacity field. Melody Belle, who shares …
Continue reading Capacity Field announced for 2020 Doncaster MileFormer NRL forward Mose Masoe will continue his rehabilitation for a career-ending spinal injury at home after being asked to leave his hospital in England to make room for coronavirus …
Continue reading Ex-NRL star forced to leave UK hospitalCarlton fitness guru Andrew Russell has called on the AFL to bring back substitutes to help clubs deal with short breaks between games that are expected when the season returns …
Continue reading Blues guru calls on AFL to bring back subsNorth Melbourne chairman Ben Buckley has slammed speculation his AFL club could relocate to Tasmania as “complete nonsense” and “rumour mongering”. The COVID-19 pandemic shutdown has created much uncertainty throughout …
Continue reading Tasmania noise is nonsense: AFL club NorthGWS stalwart Heath Shaw has backed the concept of shorter AFL games after his first experience with the abbreviated format. The league resorted to reducing quarters to 16 minutes and …
Continue reading Short and sharp AFL suits GWS veteran ShawFormer Bathurst 1000 champion David Reynolds says recruiting ex-championship winner James Courtney may lead to more success for his Supercars team or more “stuff ups”. Reynolds’ Erebus Motorsport outfit have …
Continue reading Reynolds unsure of Courtney signingCarlton remain uncertain when Charlie Curnow will fully recover from a significant knee injury but he has received some positive news with his surgeon giving him the green light to …
Continue reading Carlton take it slow with Charlie CurnowPlaying away from the Gabba if the AFL season runs into summer is a price Brisbane are willing to pay if that’s what it takes to get back on the …
Continue reading No home OK for Lions if AFL can go aheadMore Supercars teams have joined the fight against coronavirus after leading outfit Erebus Motorsport began distributing medical equipment they had developed to hospitals nationally on Tuesday. No.1 Supercars team Triple …
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