Sport
AFL’s captain’s call: Skippers won’t get right to review umpiring decisions
The AFL has made its own captain’s call on the push to allow team skippers to challenge umpiring decisions by sending them to video review.
- by Michael Gleeson
Updated
Horse racing
‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million
- by Adam Pengilly
AFL
Opinion
AFL 2024
Priced out: In ‘footy country’, you’ll struggle to watch a game on TV at the pub
This, we are regularly assured by AFL ads, was not just a country footy town – we were in footy country. That’s true, unless the game you wanted to watch in Stawell happened to be on pay TV.
- by Michael Gleeson
Finlayson apologises for homophobic slur, Koch compares case to Clarkson fine
Finlayson apologised on Sunday for the slur he made in Friday night’s game, and is now waiting for the AFL to finalise its investigation of the matter. But his chairman knows where he thinks it stands in comparison to the matter that saw Alastair Clarkson fined.
- by Greg Dundas
The circuit-breaker that helped Crisp; How Docker explained dissent free kick
- by Jake Niall and Peter Ryan
Insight & Analysis
‘We only have each other’: How the Demons galvanised amid raging scandals
Melbourne’s culture has been questioned, with coach Simon Goodwin saying actions speak louder than words. In the last month, the Demons’ actions have been convincing.
Very few can hit a shot like Cameron Smith did at The Masters. But he has one major problem
Australia’s best hope at The Masters went and played the course last month with his dad. He walked away feeling conditions will suit him.
Adam Pengilly
Sports reporter
A top Cat departs without a new home to go to. What’s behind the call?
On Wednesday, as the who’s who of Melbourne’s footy industry touched down in Adelaide for the AFL’s second Gather Round, some surprising news broke about a very familiar name.
Sam McClure
Sports reporter
Soccer
Basketball
Josh Giddey records 11th career triple-double
Aussie NBA star Josh Giddey records his 11th career triple-double against Oklahoma City Thunder.
Why the hottest basketball player in the world is a 22-year-old university student
Steph Curry and LeBron James move aside: Caitlin Clark is the most famous basketball player in the world right now, and she’s only just getting started.
- by Billie Eder
Racing
Secret vets, private security and a US tycoon on the end of the phone: Inside filly’s $10m sale
- by Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots
Updated
Horse racing
‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million
- by Adam Pengilly
Tennis
Nadal withdraws from another event
Spanish champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Monte Carlo Masters, casting doubt over his Roland-Garros plans.
Exclusive
Australian Open
‘It’s not a war’: The seismic shift about to hit world tennis
The “war” over a radical new direction for professional tennis – between the cashed-up Saudis and the four grand slams – is anything but, according to Australian Open boss Craig Tiley in this interview about the future of the sport.
- by Marc McGowan
NRL
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