AFL

Ten years after AFL great Adam Goodes was forced to leave the game, Indigenous player numbers have dwindled, online racist abuse is rife and insiders say elite private schools have dramatically narrowed the talent pathways. How can the league turn it around? 

Brisbane's premiership hopes have taken a major hit with Eric Hipwood to miss the rest of the season and Lachie Neale suffering a calf injury in their loss to Geelong. 

Having lost their past 10 games at the Gabba, the Gold Coast Suns are confident they can buck history in the QClash semifinal against Brisbane after downing Fremantle in Perth. 

As football teams across Victoria gear up for finals season, a different kind of preparation is underway in the state's domestic violence support services.

Brisbane's premiership defence is on shaky ground after losing star midfielder Lachie Neale to a likely season-ending injury in their qualifying final defeat.

A court orders ex-footballer and sports presenter Warren Tredrea to pay $149,000 to cover legal costs that were accumulated by his former employer, Channel Nine, during part of the long-running court battle between the parties.

Adelaide fans are threatening to cancel their memberships after a Collingwood star was targeted during the AFL qualifying final.

Magpies player Isaac Quaynor says he tried to block out the noise after Crows fans booed him during their qualifying final clash.

Collingwood's veterans take centre stage as the Magpies take advantage of Adelaide's lack of finals experience to book a ticket to the preliminary final.

Taylor Walker has become one of the AFL's premier forwards, but in Broken Hill in 2007, spectators got a sneak peek of the future.  

AFL premiership coach Mick Malthouse recounts the terrifying moment three masked men attempted to break into his East Melbourne apartment.

The Gold Coast Suns were smashed from pillar to post in their early years. Their coach from that time, Eagles great Guy McKenna, reflects on the club's 15-year road to the AFL finals. 

With a cohesive and suffocating defence, the Adelaide Crows have the tools to put the ghosts of 2017 behind them and reach the top of the AFL mountain.

Adelaide Crows head coach Matthew Nicks has said suspended star Izak Rankine is "in a pretty good space" following his return to the club after an overseas break. 

St Kilda confirms Jack Silvagni will be offered a free-agency deal for 2026, meaning the former Blue will link up with his famous father.  

Adelaide Crows star Izak Rankine apologises for using a homophobic slur.

Port Adelaide has had five players recovering from knee reconstructions. The AFLW is just three rounds into the season, but has at least 15 players recovering from knee reconstructions.

Adelaide Crows star Izak Rankine breaks his silence on the homophobic slur he directed towards an opponent, saying the word he used is "harmful" and "hurtful" and has "no place in our game or our society".

If the Fremantle Dockers can go all the way this season and win a maiden AFL premiership, it could surpass Australia's America's Cup defence of 1987 as the port city's biggest sporting moment. 

A dynamic Adelaide forward loses his race against time to be fit for the qualifying final against Collingwood.