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‘This one’s going to sting’: The blunt phone call from cricket boss to the MCC amid Boxing Day disaster
The inside story of a two-day Test match, the commercial fiasco that followed, and the curator at the centre of it.
- Daniel Brettig
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Tributes flow after Australian sports presenter dies in LA aged 41
The journalist began his career in Australia then relocated to the US, where he most recently covered the US Open.
- Chris Hook
Fresh twist in the search for Goyder’s successor as AFL clubs strike back
The search for the next AFL Commission chair has taken another twist after a group of club presidents pushed for the 18 clubs to have a direct say.
- Jake Niall and Greg Dundas
‘It could have been fatal’: What pushed crime author Mark Brandi to focus on writing
The award-winning writer discusses the challenges he faced growing up in rural Victoria – and how a bit of good (and bad) luck changed his life.
- Nicole Abadee
‘A massive adrenaline rush’: From Aussie rules to US college stardom
Prized for their long-range kicking skills, Australian footballers are taking a punt on sporting glory in America.
- Sarah Smiles Persinger
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- Anzac Day
How Kevin Sheedy’s 1977 miskick sparked a 30-year Anzac Day tradition
Kevin Sheedy was pottering in his garden and focusing on ways to promote the game when he had the brainwave that birthed a blockbuster.
- Scott Spits
- AFL club powerbrokers
- AFL 2025
‘Never talked about this’: The power struggle that moved a Collingwood great to tears
Money is not a pressing concern for Collingwood, but the Magpies have grappled with a more destructive force.
- Stephen Brook
Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh told their guests to arrive by 6pm. Then a spot fire broke out
Melebrities last night celebrated the 35th anniversary of Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh’s The Big Group, but the night was not without some drama.
- Stephen Brook
Collingwood connection: How sons of AFL identities made it to one of the biggest games in American sport
Joe McGuire, son of Eddie McGuire, and James Rendell, son of the late Matt Rendell, will punt for opposing teams in the national championship game next Tuesday, the pinnacle of US college football.
- Steve Larkin
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- AFL 2025
Seven reveals new host for agenda-setting AFL show, as Age makes a splash
A familiar face says it’s an honour to return to Seven next season, hosting a new panel football show that will go head-to-head with Footy Classified, as The Age prepares to welcome back an AFL news breaker.
- Jon Pierik