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The AFL has answered some questions. But many remain. – Did Essendon players take banned drugs? Neither the AFL or Essendon can answer it. – What does it mean for …
Continue reading Questions remain as AFL drops BombershellEssendon coach James Hird has been banned for 12 months, while the AFL club has been fined $2 million and thrown out of this year’s finals series as punishment for …
Continue reading Hird suspended, Bombers out of AFL finalsTiger Woods has pulled out of a charity golf event scheduled for Wednesday because of back pain which troubled him during the PGA Tour’s The Barclays event, organisers said Monday. …
Continue reading Back injury forces Woods from charity golfOne former Wallaby skipper replaced another on the Australian Rugby Union Board on Tuesday, with former flyhalf Paul McLean stepping in while George Gregan moved aside. Gregan, the Wallabies most …
Continue reading Gregan steps down from ARU boardNorth Queensland coach Neil Henry says Kade Snowden’s jaw-breaking shoulder charge on Cowboys hooker Ray Thompson deserved “severe consequences” but conceded a four week ban would have sufficed. Snowden has …
Continue reading Snowden hit deserved severe action: NQRichmond utility Shane Edwards will miss Richmond’s last pre-finals hitout after being suspended for one match by the AFL Tribunal. Edwards chose to challenge a one-match sanction imposed for a …
Continue reading Edwards suspended for one AFL matchSydney Swans key forward Sam Reid is unlikely to play again this season after suffering another setback in his battle with a quadriceps injury. Reid has missed the past seven …
Continue reading Swan Reid likely to miss rest of AFL yearParramatta have avoided the embarrassment of playing before a near-empty ANZ Stadium by moving their round 25 clash against St George Illawarra to Parramatta Stadium. The Eels were set to …
Continue reading Eels move game back to ParramattaJust months after signing Mitchell Pearce to a new four-year contract, Sydney Roosters initiated a succession plan to his No.7 jumper with the signing of gun teenager Jackson Hastings. The …
Continue reading Hastings back in Roosters coloursThe four Burgess brothers are in line to take the field together for the first time, with the quartet named in an extended South Sydney squad to meet the Wests …
Continue reading Burgess boys all on deck to face TigersReading about Essendon’s supplements saga was never high on Brisbane Lions ruckman Matthew Leuenberger’s “must do” list – until now. Leuenberger admitted he had not dwelled on the prospect of …
Continue reading Lions want to grab AFL finals chanceTransfer windows, transfer fees, player loans and getting rid of the second tier salary cap could be part of a revolutionary new-look NRL in 2015. In one of the most …
Continue reading Transfer window on the NRL agendaThe AFL looks set to confirm Essendon are out of this year’s finals as part of their punishment over the supplements saga. Bombers assistant coach Mark Thompson emerged from AFL …
Continue reading Bombers face missing AFL finalsFirst there was frustration. Then a sense of deja vu. Now another, albeit unexpected, feeling is pulsing through a desperate Broncos camp ahead of Friday night’s must-win NRL clash against …
Continue reading Broncos just want to have fun: ThaidayNewcastle coach Wayne Bennett has slammed the NRL judiciary system which he claims made it too risky for the Knights to try and save Kade Snowden’s 2013 season. Knights prop …
Continue reading Bennett slams system as Snowden cops banThe AFL Commission has announced a compromise cap of 120 interchange rotations following opposition from coaches and players. Interchanges will be capped at 120 per team per game for the …
Continue reading AFL Commission confirms cap on interchangeThe US Open will become the third grand slam tennis event to have a roof to protect main-stadium matches from rain and will have two covered venues by 2018. A …
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