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Latrell Mitchell has received another suspension for the high shot that led to him being sin-binned in South Sydney’s Anzac Day loss to the Melbourne Storm. Mitchell collected Storm young gun Sua Fa’alogo high with an attempted tackle and was hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge by the match review committee, triggering a two-match ban that can be reduced to one with an early plea. Since March 30 last year, Mitchell has been charged five previous times by the match review committee, missing three games and paying $7800 in fines as well as seven per cent of his match ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size A testy Benji Marshall says he does not care if people query his surprise decision to recall Lachie Galvin, side-stepping questions as to whether the five-eighth had regained Wests Tigers’ trust. Coach Marshall is “sick of talking” about the saga that began two Mondays ago when the Tigers announced generational talent Galvin had declined to review their offer of a contract extension. The rejection triggered public ridicule from teammates on social media and has meant the man touted as a linchpin of Wests’ rebuild ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Just weeks on from Roosters forward Spencer Leniu’s ugly sideline spat with Channel Nine commentator Johnathan Thurston, Leniu has reportedly had another run-in with a member of the media. As the Roosters cruised to a big win over the Dragons in the traditional Anzac Day fixture at Allianz Stadium on the back of Sandon Smith’s career-best performance, the powerful prop allegedly used vulgar language when speaking with reporter Brent Read. Speaking on 2GB radio on Saturday, Roosters coach Trent Robinson claimed he was not ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size You know, there are days when cricket isn’t just about runs, wickets, or those epic catches we keep seeing on replay. Some days, it’s way bigger than just a game. One of those days is ANZAC Day. And this year, when Cricket Australia and current Australian cricket players took a moment on social media to honour the first-class cricketers who went off to fight for their country and never came back, I couldn’t help but stop and reflect. Because today, cricket feels less about ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has opened up on troubled forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s future at the club, admitting he is unsure whether he will feature again at AFL level. Personal issues have derailed the 23-year old’s promising career at the highest level, with the former No.1 draft pick not appearing at senior level since last year’s elimination final and only sporadically attending training, including not at all in the past three weeks. This has led to reports of a rift between Ugle-Hagan and senior ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Daria Kasatkina’s second – and biggest – tournament since she was welcomed into Australian tennis has begun in confident fashion as she outclassed American Alycia Parks at the Madrid Open. In her first match back in Europe since the news she was switching allegiance from Russia, the world No.14 was not at her sharpest in Friday’s second round but was still far too good for the world No.53 on the clay courts that the Atlanta player routinely struggles on. Kasatkina prevailed 6-2 7-5, helped ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Pat Cummins rarely lets anyone down when the stakes are high and the Australia captain has risen to yet another lofty challenge to revive his Sunrisers Hyderabad outfit’s chances of reaching the IPL playoffs. In what was billed as a make-or-break duel between the struggling Sunrisers and equally ailing Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk on Friday, Cummins produced his tidiest figures of the season, 2-21, to help silence the home crowd and set his side on the way to a critical five-wicket victory. Up ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Melbourne Storm have been heavily criticised by Indigenous groups, with the club accused of cancelling a Welcome to Country ceremony before their Anzac Day clash with the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the last minute. According to The Age, Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy was told midway through an on-field dance rehearsal from Indigenous performers at AAMI Park that there would be no Welcome to Country ceremony, with Storm CEO Justin Rodski allegedly telling her it was a board decision. As a result, the ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Only weeks ago, an exciting new future beckoned for the Wests Tigers where their sole headache was getting better dunnies for Campbelltown Stadium. With a stable administration and an exciting spine spearheaded by Penrith premiership stars, the joint venture brimmed with hope of a return to the glory of ninth place – maybe even higher. Once the season began with a handful of encouraging wins and a newfound defensive resolve – plus reversing years of pilfering on the Roosters by getting the best of ... Read more

There is no time like football season, and this AFL season has largely had an amazing start. This season, we are seeing incredible crowds with both round one and Gather Round breaking attendance records. Higher scores with an exciting brand of football are a regular feature. Brilliant individual performances like the return of Marcus Bontempelli on the weekend, and the youngsters and rookies are firing, performing at a level much higher than expected. More AFL The bad, the ugly and the simply inexcusable: The AFL’s biggest disappointments of 2025 so far ‘As helpless as I’ve felt’: Scott, McRae react to ... Read more