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AFL 2022
‘They won’t be rewarded’: AFL issues warning to clubs, players on high contact
The AFL has issued a warning to clubs, saying any player who ducks or shrugs into tackles will not win head-high free kicks and all players should stop using their heads to draw frees.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
ODI
As Stokes calls it quits, we’re witnessing the slow death of 50-over game
- by Simon Briggs
AFL
‘Protect them from themselves’: Doctors warn AFL duckers against playing for frees
There are concerns from the sports medical community over the milking of head high tackles for free kicks, which could lead to injury.
- by Marnie Vinall
‘Incredible’: Chris Judd blown away by Nick Daicos’ stunning debut season
Two-time Brownlow medallist Chris Judd played one of the game’s greatest debut seasons, and even he is blown away by the staggering first-year campaign of Collingwood’s Nick Daicos.
- by Jon Pierik
AFL Briefing
AFL 2022
Saints lose a vital piece; Tigers stars to miss Dockers clash; young AFLW gun suffers spinal injury
- by Nell Geraets, Marnie Vinall, Jake Niall and Russell Bennett
Insight & Analysis
Teens leaving team sport in their dust: Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns
Victorian lockdowns brought community team sports to a halt, and many adolescents turned instead to independent or even digital forms of exercise.
Nell Geraets
Reporter
Stuck in the middle: Saints, Dogs at the crossroads
Friday night’s match marks a crossroads for the Bulldogs and the Saints. St Kilda are a game ahead of the Western Bulldogs, but the Saints are, arguably, in a far worse position long-term.
Wayne Carey
Two-time AFL premiership captain
State of Origin decider does heads in
Three concussions within four minutes of the start of the State of Origin decider and a later fist fight ought to give rugby league cause for pause. They won’t.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
Cricket
Opinion
ODI
As Stokes calls it quits, we’re witnessing the slow death of 50-over game
- by Simon Briggs
Analysis
Australian cricket
Australia’s Sri Lanka tour more profound than wins and losses
- by Daniel Brettig
Soccer
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Manchester United
Manchester United draw 74,000 fans in MCG victory over Melbourne Victory
- by Roy Ward
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A-League Men
Once compared with Messi and Ronaldo, this Liverpool reject could sign for Sydney FC
- by Vince Rugari
Basketball
Gamble pays off as Melbourne United star signs with Denver Nuggets
Australian Boomers forward Jack White is joining a growing list of NBA exports, having signed a deal with the Denver Nuggets after an impressive Summer League.
- by Jon Pierik
Wildcats sign John Rillie as NBL coach after Morrison’s sudden exit
As a player, Rillie notched 481 NBL games from 1995 to 2010 across stints with the Brisbane Bullets, Adelaide 36ers, West Sydney Razorbacks, Townsville Crocodiles, and NZ Breakers.
- by Justin Chadwick
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NBA
Durant’s Brooklyn bombshell but Mills to stay; Ingles to join Bucks; Boomers down Japan
- by Jon Pierik and Roy Ward
Racing
Tennis
‘It is important’: Russian tennis star announces she is gay
French Open semi-finalist Daria Kasatakina said she was inspired to come out after Russian footballer Nadya Karpova did so in a country where homosexuality is frowned upon.
- by Tommy Lund
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Tennis Australia
‘Competitor’ Lleyton Hewitt enshrined into Tennis Hall of Fame
One word came easily to mind when Lleyton Hewitt was asked how he wanted to be remembered on the eve of his enshrinement into the Tennis Hall of Fame.
NRL
Bondi Brit: Let Victor Radley play for NSW and England, says Meninga
- by Christian Nicolussi and Michael Chammas
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