Lachie Neale has stood down as Lions captain amid a marriage break down and uncertainty about his longer-term future with the club.

Dane Swan wasn’t sure he deserved to be in the Collingwood Hall of Fame. He thinks he bullied the Magpies into it.

Rankine is the fourth player at AFL level since Gather Round last year to be accused of making homophobic comments. Why does this keep happening?

Rising middle-distance star Claudia Hollingsworth has smashed the Australian 800-metre record in a clear statement of intent a month out from the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

AFL players will face tougher fines and suspensions for making accidental contact with umpires under a planned crackdown.

Scott Morrison has been recognised with 829 other people in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list.

Bobby Hill started as a Giant, had cancer, won a Norm Smith Medal, then mark of the year. His forward line mate Jamie Elliott is in awe of Hill as he plays his 100th game.

Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss nepo babies, combative coaches and the Demons' revival. Plus, the issues that were exposed in North Melbourne's loss to the undermanned Pies, th...

Rohan Browning and Torrie Lewis won the men’s and women’s 100-metre finals in Perth by mere thousandths of seconds.

Gout Gout v Lachie Kennedy is poised to become one of the great rivalries in Australian athletics. Data and video analysis show how Kennedy won their first race, and give clues to how their duels will...

We shared nothing in common but a football jumper, but we became close. He taught me more than he will ever know.

Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout now has something in Australia he hasn’t had before – competition. And it will be on show again next week.

A sellout crowd 10,000-strong headed to the Maurie Plant Meet to watch dominant junior Gout Gout run his first men’s 200-metre race. The spectacle didn’t disappoint.

In Paris last year, Australian high jumpers Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson shared the podium with Olympic silver and bronze. Six months later, the two women have gone one better.

A 15-year-old schoolboy from New Zealand has become the youngest person ever to break the four-minute mile – and he’s on his way to compete against Australia’s teenage prodigy.

If he hadn’t already broken Peter Norman’s long-standing 200m record, Gout Gout would have broken it on Sunday. The youngster now has the two quickest times by an Australian man.

A spate of injuries from pushes in the back prompted the AFL to send a warning to clubs. But it was addressing the effect of the problem, not the cause.

Lachlan Kennedy may be running over a distance more common in Europe than Australia. But he has broken the national and regional records, and now he has his eye on cracking the 10-second mark in the 1...

Libby Birch, Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson discuss the teams and coaches under the most pressure in 2025, whether the Hawks can back up their 2024 efforts, how injuries have hit some clubs particular...

The demise of an independent press in the United States might not look much like what readers expect.

In a raw interview, Melbourne president Brad Green lays down the law on a star Demon’s future, and opens up on the family tragedy behind his decision to lead the club.

Brayden Maynard is battling a foot injury but declared himself fit for the first game as he discussed his contract and where he fits in Collingwood’s stacked backline.

Eighteen-year-old Cam Myers has broken the world under-20 mile record.

Noah Lyles sat opposite Gout Gout as the 17-year-old schoolboy from Queensland quietly but unabashedly told the American star he planned to beat him … this year.

Collingwood’s gutted recruiting department has suffered another blow after their talent ID manager quit, choosing to leave for West Coast instead of accepting a promotion at the Pies.

Heckled by the crowd, Alexander Zverev decided not to say anything on the matter. Here is the background to it.

Fast-rising American Ben Shelton thinks broadcasters are insulting players at the Open. He needs to lighten up.