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 …
Continue reading AFL tribunal bans Masten for bitingThe 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 …
Continue reading AFL nets record broadcast rights windfallJosh 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 …
Continue reading Hurt Josh Hazlewood in doubt for 5th TestHe 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 …
Continue reading No happy ending for golden boy James HirdFremantle’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 …
Continue reading AFL tribunal bans Alex Silvagni four gamesThe 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 …
Continue reading AFL agrees $2.5bn broadcast dealIn 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 …
Continue reading Shoulder charge to be tested at judiciaryLosing 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 …
Continue reading Giants’ Davis out for rest of AFL seasonSouth 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 …
Continue reading Rabbitohs put faith in bad boy Paul CarterAustralia’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 …
Continue reading Aussies are playing for Test spots: RogersChris 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 …
Continue reading Outgoing Chris Rogers calls for patienceBrisbane’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 …
Continue reading Luke McGuane loses at AFL tribunalBroadcasters 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 …
Continue reading $2.5 billion AFL TV deal doneEssendon captain Jobe Watson says only the end of the WADA appeal will give him and his AFL teammates the relief they need. Watson said he felt great sadness at …
Continue reading We need WADA appeal to end, says WatsonCronulla have lost one of their strike weapons with utility Ben Barba to miss the next two weeks with an ankle strain. The former Dally M winner suffered the injury …
Continue reading Ankle strain keeps Barba out for two weeksJames Hird has left Essendon, shedding a tear while thanking his family and expressing regret for the supplements scandal that had led to his AFL downfall. Hird and Bombers chairman …
Continue reading James Hird leaves Essendon in AFLBodene Thompson returns from injury to the bench, while fellow second-rower Sione Lousi has been included in the starting line-up for the Warriors’ NRL match against North Queensland in Auckland. …
Continue reading Thompson back for Warriors v CowboysParramatta hooker Nathan Peats has been diagnosed with a broken neck, ruling him out for the rest of the NRL season. Peats suffered the injury early in the second half …
Continue reading Peats out for the season with broken neck

