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| UpdatedFederal sports minister Greg Hunt says a government inquiry into the Essendon doping saga is possible after the 'Justice for the 34' group presented him with new information.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedGillon McLachlan says the AFL offered support to James Hird during his recent health crisis, and believes the league would welcome the former Bombers coach back.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedDyson Heppell is the new Essendon captain, while former Bombers skipper Jobe Watson is included in the club's leadership group.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040
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| UpdatedThe father of James Hird says he had no suspicion his son was on the path to being taken to hospital for a suspected overdose.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, health, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040, australia, vic
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| UpdatedThe Essendon Football Club offers its support to former coach and player James Hird, after he was hospitalised following a suspected overdose.
Topics: health, sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040
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| UpdatedSeven people on a Royal Flying Doctors plane experience a close call when the wheels collapse and the plane skids 500 metres along a runway in Melbourne's north-west.
Topics: community-and-society, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedRichmond captain Trent Cotchin and former Hawthorn, now West Coast player Sam Mitchell become the first current AFL players to be retrospectively presented with Brownlow medals.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, awards-and-prizes, essendon-3040, hawthorn-3122, richmond-3121, melbourne-3000
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An off-duty policeman is hailed as a hero after kicking a hole in a fence to help two women escape a huge house fire at Essendon in Melbourne's north-west.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Essendon agrees to pay confidential settlements to 18 past and present players who lost earnings as a result of the AFL club's supplements saga.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe 2012 Brownlow Medal is awarded to Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin, the AFL Commission announces, after Essendon's Jobe Watson handed the best and fairest award back last week.
Topics: australian-football-league, doping-in-sports, awards-and-prizes, sport, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040
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| UpdatedEssendon captain Jobe Watson announces he will hand his 2012 Brownlow Medal back to the AFL.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040, australia, vic
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| UpdatedThe AFL Commission will meet next month to decide whether Jobe Watson keeps his 2012 Brownlow Medal, as ASADA claims the truth has been revealed about Essendon's supplements saga.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, essendon-3040
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After 1,345 days, the Essendon drugs saga looks like it is finally coming to a close.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedVeteran player agent Peter Jess expects Jobe Watson to be stripped of his 2012 Brownlow Medal after Essendon players' last-ditch appeal against their doping ban fell flat.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedPast and present Essendon players have been able to return to their AFL clubs following their suspension from the Bombers' 2012 supplements scandal.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, port-adelaide-5015, st-kilda-3182
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Essendon emphatically ends speculation around the future of Michael Hurley, signing the defender up with a five-year contract extension.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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The Essendon midfielder and Brownlow medallist says he will hang up his boots at the end of the AFL season as he prepares for his 250th appearance on Sunday.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000
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Topics: australian-football-league, sport, carrara-4211, essendon-3040
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| UpdatedThe Sydney Swans run rough shot over Essendon to claim a handsome 81-point win at the SCG.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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Essendon coach John Worsfold needs to address the issue of the Bombers' slow starts before they take on Carlton.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040, collingwood-3066, vic, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Essendon player Brent Prismall says he believes the banned drug Thymosin Beta 4 was part of the disgraced supplements program that left him and 33 teammates serving doping bans.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, law-crime-and-justice, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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Essendon Football Club apologises once again for the catastrophic supplements program in 2012, after Four Corners revealed new details regarding what former rookie Hal Hunter was injected with.
Topics: doping-in-sports, sport, australian-football-league, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA former AFL rookie who took part in Essendon's catastrophic supplements program details his battle with the club to find out what exactly he was injected with.
Topics: australian-football-league, essendon-3040
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| UpdatedFormer AFL rookie Hal Hunter is fighting Essendon to find out what he was injected with during the club's catastrophic supplements program, with anti-doping bosses fearing he may have been given an equine supplement.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, law-crime-and-justice, essendon-3040, vic, australia