Black market drugs: School kids targeted through social media
Casualties from Australian sport’s war with dodgy supplements, steroids and PEDs are rising with criminal gangs creating substances so dangerous they can kill. Now they’re targeting kids.
Code Sports Investigations
How ‘innocent athletes’ get caught in dark drug webs
It’s not just cynical drug cheats who get caught out, but plenty of innocent athletes get busted too. Marathon runner Cassie Fien opens up on he brutal story, likening testing positive to death.
Wendell Sailor’s bombshell Haas call
CODE-hopping pioneer Wendell Sailor has issued a stern warning to Payne Haas over his future and explained why life outside NRL will not suit the Broncos superstar.
Death of Super Rugby: Dire warning over $200m boom
Division within the ranks of Rugby Australia has exposed a risk that a $200m private equity investment plan could end up destroying club rugby as it has in the UK.
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Death threats made NRL star fear his fans
Round 23, 2022 was the night everything changed for Jaxson Paulo. One poor performance, and the online abuse that followed, forced the young winger to implement extreme measures to avoid fans.
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Latrell’s suicide warning amid abuse epidemic
Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have warned that young athletes could be driven to suicide if social media companies do not stamp out abusive comments.
Bite backlash: Tsunami of abuse crushed little-known NRLW gun
When Madison Bartlett was charged with biting, the NRLW star believed her limited profile and modest social media following would limit the backlash. What happen next left her scared to go out in public.
Deluge of disgust: Gamblers guilty of sickening abuse
Even when Priscilla Hon wins a match she is on the receiving end of some of the ugliest and most aggressive death threats. Without urgent reform, athletes are powerless to stop the hate.
‘Looks unhealthy’: insane take on WNBL’s fittest player
Bec Cole is often on the receiving end of some abhorrent abuse but it’s the comments on her body that are the most jarring.
Why female athletes can’t just ‘get off social media’
In her exclusive column, Cate Campbell details the online and real life abuse she has received and why the simple solution is not so simple after all.
Three Aussie Olympic stars who can break 60-year record
Swimming great Dawn Fraser’s achievements are in a league of their own. But three Aussie swim stars are eyeing one of her most cherished records.
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