This Month
Former NRL star Hayne jailed for sexual assault
Former rugby league star Jarryd Hayne has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman.
- Ian Ransom
Australian cricketers in India to be moved to Maldives or Sri Lanka
Australian great Mike Hussey has tested positive for COVID-19, while a number of Australian players are isolating after the IPL was postponed.
- Max Mason
Indian Premier League suspended after more COVID-19 cases
The Board of Control for Cricket in India says local authorities and tournament officials took the decision unanimously ‘to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect’.
IPL match postponed after two players test positive
Indian duo Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier have isolated themselves from the rest of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad, all of whom have tested negative.
Manchester United owners rocked by protest over breakaway league
The team’s match against Liverpool, also American-owned and part of the Super League plan, was postponed.
- Updated
- Eddie Spence
April
Australia’s top sports need to drop state-based models
Outdated organisational structures make it harder to build scale and attract sponsors in the highly competitive sports market, Australia’s new cycling head says.
- Michael Bleby
Conference proposal tipped to turn off NRL viewers
A proposal to split the NRL into two conferences could turn off audiences who are interested only in their club.
- Miranda Ward and Max Mason
- Opinion
- AFL 2021
A Carlton fan’s lament
In politics, the mob usually gets it right when it comes to elections. In footy, the fans are no less intuitive, especially the passionate ones.
- Phillip Coorey
No special treatment for Aussie cricketers in IPL, says PM
About 30 Australian cricketers, coaches, training staff and commentators remain in India as the federal government shut its borders to repatriation flights from the coronavirus-ravaged country.
- Max Mason
Manchester United price tag set at $7.2b
The Glazer family thinks the price tag is justified because the storied club will be able to secure significant sponsorship deals even after the Super League collapsed.
- Updated
- Chiara Vasarri and James Ludden
- Analysis
- Business of sport
‘Utter chaos’: The inside story of the Super League own goal
Twelve of Europe’s top clubs planned to shake up the sport. Instead, the project collapsed spectacularly in just 48 hours.
- Updated
- Murad Ahmed
IOC bans podium protests at Tokyo, Beijing Olympics
A tightening of rules around protests shows the tightrope the global Olympic body is trying to walk between its largest constituents, China and the US.
- Michael Bleby
The fans, it turns out, are also voters
Human spirit has triumphed over the brutal logic of the market – now fans must truly take control of their clubs.
- Paul Mason
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
Billionaire breeder attacks Phoenix Thoroughbreds over prize freeze
The biggest buyers in Australian horse racing have split following allegations of money laundering.
- Aaron Patrick
Super League breakaway in tatters after English clubs quit
Manchester City were the first to back out of the venture and then Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea announced they were following suit.
- Updated
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- European Championships
Europe’s elite suffer sport’s most astounding humiliation
The European Super League plan blew up in an extraordinary day, leaving the sport more divided than ever – but still intact.
- Sam Wallace
Drug dealer paid $1.45m for a racehorse that’s now worthless
The Sydney racehorse owner’s drug importation business has raised questions over the use of racehorse breeding to launder illicit cash.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
Billionaire racehorse owner learnt of prizemoney freeze from AFR
Tony Fung wasn’t told money laundering allegations meant his horse-racing partner, Phoenix Thoroughbreds, wouldn’t be able to collect prizemoney in NSW and Victoria.
- Aaron Patrick
Super League will ‘save soccer’, says founding chairman
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez didn’t entirely rule out the possibility the new league won’t get started, but indicated the clubs were prepared to make it happen.
- Tales Azzzoni
Gabba to be rebuilt for Olympic Games bid
The Queensland government has decided to redevelop the 126-year-old Gabba stadium in inner-Brisbane, rather than build a new stadium for the 2032 Olympics.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow
