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AFL 2024
Finlayson suspended for three matches for homophobic slur
Port Adelaide will be without ruck-forward Jeremy Finlayson until round eight after the AFL suspended him for three matches for directing a homophobic slur to an Essendon player.
- by Peter Ryan, Jake Niall and Carla Jaeger
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AFL 2024
Why goal umpires have been frustrated – and the AFL is going public about it
- by Peter Ryan
AFL
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
Pickett’s one-match ban stands; Carlton star Walsh to return; Pendlebury’s rib fracture confirmed
Mercurial forward Kysaiah Pickett will miss Melbourne’s bumper Thursday night clash against Brisbane at the MCG after being hit with a one-match ban.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
AFL 2024
Priced out: In ‘footy country’, you’ll struggle to watch a game on TV at the pub
- by Michael Gleeson
Insight & Analysis
Gather Round? More like Blather Round if you ask me
After being bombarded with missives about the charms of South Australia, we were supposed to rejoice and be grateful that they had the footy and we didn’t.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
‘That’s enough’: AFL must send Finlayson a simple message with slur penalty
What shocks about Jeremy Finlayson’s homophobic insult against Essendon is that it even sprung to his mind to use such language in 2024.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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
Soccer
Analysis
Australian soccer
‘Exactly what we needed’: Matildas learn plenty from Mexico showdown
- by Vince Rugari
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
Tennis
‘Always in my corner’: Aussie ace addresses Open snub amid resurgence
Amid concerns of a vendetta against her, former national No.1 Arina Rodionova vows to cast the ordeal aside.
- by Nick Wright
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
- by Marc McGowan
NRL
Breaking
Around the clubs
Manly give Schuster permission to leave club immediately
- by Adrian Proszenko and Billie Eder
Exclusive
NRL 2024
I’m all in: Inside the crunch meeting where Latrell vowed to do Souths proud
- by Michael Chammas
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