Federal MP Andrew Wilkie has slammed the AFL for “alarming arrogance” over its ‘medical model’ drugs policy after the league denied Sports Integrity Australia was aware of explosive claims that a former player was ‘blackmailed’ by crime gangs.
The parents of a former player have revealed they were “blackmailed” by a crime gang over their son’s unpaid drug debts while he was in the AFL’s “medical model”.
Daniel Andrews has backed down and agreed to surrender his mobile phone records from the day of a near-fatal Blairgowrie car crash with a teen cyclist in 2013.
Daniel Andrews is attempting to fight a Supreme Court subpoena in a bid to keep secret his phone records from the day of a near-fatal crash with a teenage cyclist.
By going soft on footballers who took drugs, the AFL has opened the door to criminal infiltration and corruption, writes Michael Warner. So, who’s to blame? And where’s the solution?
The boss of Australia’s anti-doping agency has warned that the AFL – and Australian sport more widely – is at a “crossroad” regarding drug use by players.
Daniel Andrews refused to be drawn on why he is resisting a Supreme Court order to hand over his mobile phone records from the day of a near-fatal 2013 car crash with a teenage cyclist.
Adelaide fans have long bemoaned what some call the ‘boys’ club’ running the Crows board. But the AFL’s fingerprints are all over the Crows at the high level. MICHAEL WARNER investigates.
Former Channel 9 boss Jeff Browne has slammed the leadership of the network under chairman Peter Costello and confirmed he’s been asked to come back.
Former Channel 9 boss, now Collingwood president, Jeff Browne has slammed the leadership of the network under chairman Peter Costello and confirmed he’s been asked to come back.
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