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Leading NRL player managers facing long bans for breaching agent rules
Two of rugby league’s most powerful player agents have been issued show-cause notices and fines totalling $35,000 for improper conduct.
- by Dan Walsh
NRL sounds out Fittler for Kangaroos job as Meninga to be announced as Bears coach
- by Danny Weidler and Michael Chammas
NRL
Fonua-Blake backs Origin eligibility rules, even though they cost him
Sydney-born Sharks star Addin Fonua-Blake says he is “jealous” of players chosen for State of Origin but is happy for the eligibility rules to stay as they are.
- by Robert Dillon
Bulldogs poised to overtake Swans as Sydney’s biggest crowd-puller
The resurgent Bulldogs are closing in on the title of Sydney’s best-supported football team – and another record crowd on Monday will put them within reach.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Insight & Analysis
The budding Blues playmakers who will dominate Origin’s future
The NSW playmaking spine for 2030 will have talent, skill and speed to burn – provided we let these young stars develop at their own pace.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
‘Could change the way the game is played’: Where does Galvin fit at Belmore?
Signing Lachlan Galvin could make or break the Bulldogs most promising title tilt in more than a decade, depending on where he lands on Cameron Ciraldo’s team sheet.
Dan Walsh
Sports Reporter
League’s player transfer system is broken. Here’s how to fix it
The Lachlan Galvin contract debacle is just the latest example of why the current rules must be changed.
Neil Breen
Sports reporter
Rugby Union
Wallabies offered big bucks to sign for global rugby breakaway league
- by Iain Payten and Tom Decent
Cricket
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Australian cricket
US sports giant wins broadcast rights to Australia’s Caribbean cricket tour
- by Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Soccer
‘I view things differently now’: The Socceroos’ next big thing is back, and even better than before
After seven months out with a torn ACL, rising Serie A star Alessandro Circati has returned fitter, sharper and more driven – just when the Socceroos need him the most.
- by Vince Rugari
‘We believed all season’: Inside Tottenham’s euphoric Europa League victory
Former A-League championship coach Nick Montgomery is still coming to terms with what he helped Tottenham achieve this season as an assistant to Ange Postecoglou.
- by Vince Rugari
‘Looks like he went 15 rounds with Mike Tyson’: Leckie leads City to title despite horror injury
- by Roy Ward and Hannah Hammoud
‘I’ve got a taste for trophies now’: Matildas hunting Asian Cup glory
- by Roy Ward and Brittany Busch
AFL
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AFL 2025
Tears, tension as Tassie Devils fight for survival and so does the state’s premier
- by Sam McClure, Alexander Darling, Jake Niall and Scott Spits
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AFL 2025
From ‘storm in a teacup’ to the sidelines for Hawks skipper; Pies confirm hamstring tear for star
- by Scott Spits and Russell Bennett
Basketball
NBL warns entire league could collapse as Kyrgios-backed team goes to court
South East Melbourne Phoenix is set to join the Illawarra Hawks’ court action as the NBL suggests a mounting crisis in the game poses an existential threat.
- by Chris Barrett
Aussie NBA star's brief homecoming
Dyson Daniels speaks to 9News Melbourne after his breakout season with the Atlanta Hawks.
Racing
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He’s already Australia’s biggest sports earner, now Oscar Piastri is climbing another list
Piastri drives fast and is rocketing up the list of marketable Australian sports stars with comparable speed.
- by Brittany Busch
Kennedy breaks 10-second barrier for 100m
Lachie Kennedy has joined Patrick Johnson in running under 10 seconds for the 100m.
- by Michael Gleeson and Iain Payten
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