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LatestGovernment backflips on plan to allow Cox Plate crowd

Just hours after it was announced, a decision to allow the 100th Cox Plate to go ahead with a small crowd has been reversed by the Andrews government, dashing the hopes of Melbourne Cup racegoers.

Shannon Deery

Barrier drawQueen can step up to the Plate, says Wizard

Jockey William Pike tipped a solid pace early in the $5 million weight-for-age classic which will be run at 1.15pm WA time.

Ernie Manning

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Geelong’s support cast drive Cats to grand final

Twelve months ago if you looked at Geelong you might have been forgiven for saying: Ok, so there’s a big four. But then what?

Mark Duffield

Trading placesFreo need Hogan, Blakely trades to net big fish

Former Fremantle champion Paul Hasleby believes trading out stars Jesse Hogan and Connor Blakely could free salary cap space.

Mark Duffield

Staying putMcIntosh denies ever wanting to leave Tigerland

How Pinjarra boy Kamdyn McIntosh overcame grand final devastation to cement his spot in Richmond’s 2020 line up.

Craig O'Donoghue

Kochie letterThanks, Power fans, for lifting us higher

Power chairman David Koch has thanked the “Port Adelaide family” of fans for their unwavering support in one of the most challenging years for the game. Leave your own messages of thanks to the club here.

David ‘Kochie' Koch

Sheffield ShieldNSW duo steal show against WA

Australia’s quest to find a genuine allrounder has taken another step in the right direction thanks to Moises Henriques and Sean Abbott.

Bonnie Raynor

Team of the YearAdvertiser announced much-talked about Team of the Year

Half of this year’s GSFL Team of the Year earns selection for the first time

Taj Stubber

Grand FinalEx-Tiger Richardson fired up by dad’s footy heroics

As he prepares to roll out an an all-Aussie playlist during the Cox Plate and AFL Grand Final broadcasts, Matthew Richardson says he finds inspiration in watching footage of his dad play in the last Cats-Tigers Grand Final.

Nui Te Koha

Agonising choiceCult WA Tiger talked out of leaving AFL hub

Richmond’s Marlion Pickett has revealed he almost walked away from the club on the eve of the finals – until his ill father set him straight.

Moving onNeale: Freo are in ‘fine hands’ without me

The former Docker, who departed the club at the end of 2018, believes the club doesn’t need him to be successful going forward.

Brianna Dugan

Comeback trailScorchers paceman eyes bowling return this weekend

Jason Behrendorff is on the verge of bowling in a match again nearly a year to the day since he had radical back surgery to save his career.

John Townsend

ScalpersRip-off warning: AFL tickets back on sale for $1k each

Tickets for Brisbane’s historic AFL grand final sold out in 20 minutes. Now they’re popping up online at hugely inflated prices, but buyers have been warned of some serious potential pitfalls.

Sophie Chirgwin

SoccerFFA expects Arnold to stay with Socceroos

FFA boss James Johnson expects Socceroos coach Graham Arnold to knock back an offer from a Korean club to stay with the national team.

Ed Jackson

Charlesworth classicNew tournament named after WA hockey legend

Hockey WA has launched the second-half of their ambitious program to provide extra high-level competition for state club players on Sunday.

Nick Taylor

NT PGA TournamentPike eyeing a breakthrough win

Australian golf focusing on Palmerston Golf Club this week when the 54-hole $70,000 NT PGA is decided

GREY MORRIS

GRAND FINALEagles colours flying on West End Brewery chimney

The gold and green and blue colours of SANFL 2020 premiers Woodville-West Torrens have been unveiled at the West End Brewery in what could be the final time.

Andrew Capel

Free agencyWhateley: ‘You can’t demand he go to a bottom club’

Commentator Gerard Whateley has lashed out at critics of the AFL’s free agency, demanding clubs stop “whining” over Jeremy Cameron’s decision to join the Cats.

Catherine Healey

NT News Rising StarSeden-Kurnoth’s star is still rising

The in-form Darwin Buffaloes get another boost with utility Isaac Seden-Kurnoth awarded the Round 3 Rising Star nomination

GREY MORRIS

NTFLWhat we learned from Round 3 of the 2020-21 NTFL

All the talking points from Round 3 of the NTFL including St Mary’s first win, Buffaloes strong start to the season and a certain standout at Wanderers

NT NEWS

Rival interestNew Glory coach expects star to stay

Fornaroli has one season to go on his two-year deal but there had been recent rumours that Victory could try to poach him.

Justin Chadwick

Terminology changeThe key to AFL’s deliberate out-of-bounds rule

Footy fans were left angered and puzzled by a number of contentious deliberate out-of-bounds decisions were paid last weekend. But one grand final umpire has the explanation.

Craig O'Donoghue

NFLChiefs run away with NFL win over Bills

The Kansas City Chiefs toppled the Buffalo Bills 26-17 in a soggy NFL encounter while the Arizona Cardinals were too good for the error-prone Dallas Cowboys.