Sport
‘Rebuilding is a myth’: Talk of Bulldogs rift ‘a total fiction’, says Beveridge
Luke Beveridge has dismissed the idea of a rift with players as “total fiction” despite controversial team selections this year, saying rebuilding is a myth and a line had not been put through any senior players.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jon Pierik
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Lion’s lifeline: Cameron escapes with fine as AFL Tribunal notes ‘a rare case’
- by Scott Spits
AFL
Updated
AFL 2024
‘The constant battle’: Why Collingwood’s Nathan Murphy is hanging up the boots at 24
Headaches, migraines, anxiety. Nathan Murphy opens up about his immediate retirement from football after suffering concussion in last year’s grand final.
- by Peter Ryan and Michael Gleeson
Exclusive
AFLW
AFLW growth has ‘plateaued’: new boss to push fresh ideas
AFLW general manager Emma Moore will report to the game’s football boss, Laura Kane. Both say they would not be expanding the AFLW season further until TV and match-day audiences justify it.
- by Caroline Wilson
Analysis
AFL 2024
Intense demands on Dees, Pies; here comes Harley: Key takeouts from round five
- by Andrew Stafford
Insight & Analysis
‘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
Three weeks to cut a deal for a Melbourne team: How Craig Hutchison expanded his sporting empire
In a perfect world, Craig Hutchison says it’d take two years to build a sports team to replace Collingwood. He had less than a year to create Super Netball’s Mavericks. And he’s never looked back.
Marnie Vinall
Sports reporter
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
Soccer
Basketball
Liz Cambage ugly ejection from WCBA Finals
Liz Cambage ejected from WCBA Finals Game in China.
Rivalling the Dream Team: NBA superstars bound for ‘an Olympics like no other’
LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama and the NBA’s superstars are all lining up for Paris 2024 and Brian Goorjian knows he will need a gritty Boomers team to stare down an Olympic field like no other.
- by Roy Ward
Racing
Tennis
What’s next for Australia’s great hope after emphatic debut triumph?
Teenage sensation Taylah Preston was instantly reduced to tears after her brilliant Billie Jean King Cup debut, as she declared this was just the start for her.
- by Nick Wright
‘We all cried’: Australia overcome injury blow with huge Paris ramifications
Australia have overcome a heartbreaking setback on the eve of their Billie Jean King Cup tie, with the extent of a star’s injury woes revealed.
- by Nick Wright
NRL
Updated
Around the clubs
GPS numbers are in and Matt Lodge is ready for NRL return
- by Christian Nicolussi, Adam Pengilly and Billie Eder
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