AFL braces for increase in positive tests under ‘stronger’ new illicit drugs policy
Every men’s and women’s player to be tested twice per yearPlayers prevented from playing to be listed as ‘unavailable’The AFL …
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Former Brisbane Lion Leigh Ryswyk becomes first AFL player to come out as gay
Forty-one-year-old opens up about private life on radio show GayFLHe played one game for the Lions before becoming a SANFL …
‘It’s something bling’: Gout Gout ready to sparkle as he enters new phase of sprint career
Teen sensation has finished school and now trains as full-time athlete18-year-old to renew rivalry with Lachlan Kennedy at Maurie PlantDazzling …
‘I wanted the rollercoaster of being emotionally invested’: Ian Bell on coaching, England and the 2005 Ashes WhatsApp
Five-times Ashes winner has since had a varied coaching career and believes the red ball is still fundamental to the …
Radical swim training approach pays off for Cameron McEvoy with ‘really special’ record
Australian says he has ‘barely done much swimming’ since AugustLongstanding 50m splash and dash record broken last week in China …
Crammed Test cricket schedule risks leaving Australian summers unrecognisable | Geoff Lemon
Four matches in four weeks for the men’s team compromises the quality of the sport – and makes the Test …
Fire ton as Australia sweep West Indies T20 series
Australia 211-7; West Indies 61-3 | Australia win by 40 runs (DLS) Opener Voll hits third fastest T20I century by …
The Matildas’ near misses sting but their Asian Cup final suggests this great team are not done | Samantha Lewis
There was talk of this being a last hurrah at home for a golden generation of Matildas. But their performance …
Bereft Bombers poke, prod and point fingers against Port. What were they even trying to do? | Jonathan Horn
Essendon lacked energy and cohesion. If they don’t learn to defend, other clubs will continue to run rings around themHeading …
Australia dig themselves out of a hole in women’s T20 win over West Indies
Australia 164-6; West Indies 121-6 | Australia win by 43 runsBeth Mooney’s 79 and Alana King’s three wickets propel tourists …
‘A shithouse stadium’: NRL coach left needing stitches to hand after glass shatters at Canberra stadium
Visiting Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo sustains deep gashCalls intensify for ageing GIO Stadium to undergo refurbishmentCanterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo has …
Kerr and Foord propel improved Matildas past China to Women’s Asian Cup final
Plucky Australia beat defending champions 2-1 Hosts will face Japan or South Korea in Saturday deciderThe Matildas are through to …
Golden generation still glitters as veterans kickstart misfiring Matildas
Goals from Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr help see off China and show that they can take Australia to Asian …
Former Australian tennis No 1 Marinko Matosevic handed four
40-year-old committed five anti-doping rule violations Matosevic, now a coach, critical of ITIA’s investigative practicesSix weeks after branding the International …
How the votes were cast in the Guardian’s men’s Ashes top 100
Australians dominate at the very top of our list but the overall numbers are split evenly and England lead the …
The Ashes Elvis had an aura that eclipsed all others | Barney Ronay
He coaxed greatness from teammates, bent occasions to his will and mastered the most complex of arts, but best of …