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Australian Netball Championships bring top players to Traralgon

The nation's top netball players have descended on the Traralgon Indoor Sports Stadium for the inaugural Australian Netball Championships.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

Ainslie Football Club becomes first known Aussie rules club to invest equal money into men's and women's programs

Late last year, Allyson Flynn and Zoe Skyrianos asked their local footy club board to invest equal money into its men's and women's programs. This is how it went.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

Bulldogs set AFL sights on Docker Lobb

Rory Lobb put the Western Bulldogs on notice with four goals for Fremantle last time they met and he shapes as an AFL elimination final game-breaker.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

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Magpie Maynard pleads for De Goey to stay

All-Australian Brayden Maynard is determined to ensure Jordan De Goey goes nowhere as the fellow Collingwood star weighs up his AFL future.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

Walls, Lewis to help Bombers coach search

Robert Walls and former Hawthorn star Jordan Lewis have been appointed part of a six-person committee to help find Essendon a new coach for the 2023 AFL season.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

Cameron, Cats stars fit for AFL final

Geelong spearhead Jeremy Cameron has overcome a hamstring injury in plenty of time to be picked for the Cats' AFL qualifying final against Collingwood.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

Zorko to keep head down in finals: Neale

Brisbane's three-time All-Australian Lachie Neale expects captain Dayne Zorko to channel his energy more efficiently in the AFL finals.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

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Brayshaw brothers continue family football success as Andy named AFL All Australian

Wrapped in colours belonging to the Dockers and the Dees, Ian Brayshaw can't wipe the smile from his face, thanks to grandson and newly crowned All Australian Andy Brayshaw.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

Watch: Mahomes Takes Penalty to Pay Tribute to Len Dawson

The team honored their late quarterback by recreating his famous “choir huddle.”

Sports Illustrated · Aug 26, 2022

Bontempelli over injury, set for AFL final

Marcus Bontempelli will line up in the AFL elimination final against Fremantle despite being bothered by "a niggle or two" in recent weeks.

AAP · Aug 25, 2022

New AFLW era starts in Sydney with dream debut for Swan 'fan favourite' Cynthia Hamilton

Sydney's coach believes lifelong Swans fan Cynthia Hamilton, and her red and white helmet, is likely to become a fan favourite.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

How drawn matches evolved throughout the history of Australian Rules Football and contributed to the fabric of the game

While the draw is essentially dead in AFL finals, the tied matches of the early days contributed to the very fabric of Australian Football, write Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: On Chiefs great Len Dawson, seventh son of a seventh son and enduring Kansas City icon

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you had the happy fortune to spend time with Len Dawson on occasion, the conversation almost invariably touched on what he considered the serendipity of his own life — quirks of fate he reckoned were bestowed upon him by birthright as “the seventh son of…

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Landmark brain study stalls due to AFL's lack of support, researcher says

A million-dollar study hopes to lead to a diagnostic for brain diseases including Alzheimer's and CTE, but researchers say it's now at an impasse due to a lack of support from the AFL.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

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AAP · Aug 25, 2022

Underdone Fyfe keen for AFL finals crack

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe says he would have liked a better lead-in to his first finals series since 2015, but he'll do everything he can to perform well.

AAP · Aug 25, 2022

Tiger Martin firming for AFL finals return

Dustin Martin is back in Richmond's main training group and appears poised for a return against Brisbane, but youngster Noah Cumberland had an injury scare.

AAP · Aug 25, 2022

AFL snubs don't drive Rising Star Daicos

Nick Daicos is in the midst of one of the great debut seasons but the AFL Rising Star winner says he isn't driven by trying to prove people wrong.

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

‘I admired Len my entire life’: Chiefs chair/CEO Clark Hunt on death of Len Dawson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs franchise, and his son Clark Hunt is the team’s chairman and CEO. But quarterback Len Dawson became its first widely known personality.

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ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Port Adelaide Football Club expands to AFLW for the first time with women leading its management team

Port Adelaide will play its first AFLW game against West Coast on Saturday and high-profile women have been appointed to the club's four key roles.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Skill, determination and tactics you won't want to miss: The players to watch in AFLW season seven

Eighteen teams, a pay rise and more contact time. These are the players to watch as AFLW season seven is set to go to a whole new level, Gemma Bastiani writes.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

'Strategic intervention' against Murdoch by minister in chase for AFL rights, but there's one thing missing

The government has issued a stern warning to the AFL and those pursuing the rights to broadcast matches, but the next TV deal is only the start of a tense era in Australian sport.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Shane Tuck's sister says brain disease, not mental ill-health, was the cause of her brother's death

Several past AFL players have been diagnosed with the deadly brain injury CTE, including Richmond footballer Shane Tuck. His family is now committed to raising awareness and helping other families affected by the disease.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2022

You can’t be what you can’t see – and that includes women in AFL leadership roles

The likes of North Melbourne president Sonja Hood have proved the adage rings true beyond the field and the coaches box

Sports Illustrated · Aug 24, 2022

Len Dawson’s Life Featured a Super Bowl Championship and a TV Career

Born the seventh son of a seventh son, the former Chiefs quarterback revived his career under coach Hank Stram and then endeared himself to fans on ‘Inside the NFL.’

Sports Illustrated · Aug 24, 2022

Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Death of Chiefs Legend Len Dawson

The franchise quarterback paid homage to one of his great predecessors in Kansas City.

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