Captain stands up for Cove amid sexism claims
The women’s skipper of a southern suburbs football club has defended it against allegations of sexual harassment which led to the council booting it out of its home.
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The biggest and best moments in local footy this season
Beers on the field, the 800-game marathon man and a viral goal umpire. As the Adelaide Footy League season comes to a close the final One-Percenters column looks back on a unique, weird and wonderful 2019.
‘Just unbelievable’: Falcons end Shoes’ run to claim four-peat
One team won its fourth premiership in a row, beating a club that had not lost this year until Saturday. See our full grand final wrap from a huge Saturday across the state.
No helmet, no play: New safety push for local cricket
Batting in caps will soon be a thing of the past with SA associations getting behind a push to make helmets mandatory from this season. What do you think of the changes?
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Umpire graduate eyes AFL dream
ENACK Ek is working towards his AFL dream after becoming the first graduate of the SANFL’s multicultural umpiring academy.
5-wicket haul senior cricketers never expected
THE seasoned cricketers couldn’t have seen it coming: A 12-year-old’s taken an incredible five-wicket haul in his seniors’ debut after being called up as a last-minute fill-in.
All quiet on the Essendon recruitment front for SANFL
NO NEWS is good news. That is the attitude SANFL clubs are adopting as they wait to hear if Essendon wants Croweaters to bolster its depleted list.
SACA wants a western merger
THE SA Cricket Association has reinforced that it wants a merger to reduce the number of Grade clubs from 13 to 12, rather than to cull a team from the competition.
Williams carries on family traditions at Bloods
JENNY Williams remembers sitting at Richmond Oval watching her legendary father Fos lead West Adelaide in training sessions. Now she is coach of the Bloods’ women’s side.
World number 1 tennis junior a big hit
TAYLOR Fritz won the Junior US Open, turned professional on the tennis circuit and prevailed in back-to-back men’s tournaments – in the months before turning 18 in October.
Surprise packets in Grade Cricket finals mix
GRADE Cricket will resume from its Christmas break this weekend and there are a few surprise packets in finals contention.
Kyrgios conqueror playing at Happy Valley
YOU may not recognise his name but to Aussie tennis buffs, Aleksandr Nedovyesov is the man who almost instigated one of the biggest upsets in recent Davis Cup history.
Matosevic beaten at Happy Valley
MARINKO Matosevic will not feature in the main draw of the City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger after being bundled out in the final round of qualifying at Happy Valley yesterday.
Mentor powers Olympic dream
POLE vaulter Kurtis Marschall has leapt into contention for the Rio Olympics on the back of a career-best year, inspired by the death of his mentor.
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