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Sarah Benson takes over Sport Integrity Australia after a long career with the Australian Federal Police.

Sport’s new top cop warns of integrity risk from cocaine and criminal links

Former AFP chief forensic scientist Sarah Benson has also prioritised rebuilding trust in the global anti-doping system and the safeguarding of children in sport.

  • Chris Barrett

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Picture shows Sherrin Football with syringe-for drugs in AFL football story. [used a part of composite graphic] drugs, injection, jab, painkiller, syringe, ball

Footy codes’ anti-doping deals led to four-month gap in off-season drug testing

A review of Sport Integrity Australia’s operations has revealed men’s AFL and rugby union players were not drug tested for significant periods in 2023 and 2024.

  • Chris Barrett
Jannik Sinner drinks a glass champagne after defeating Alexander Zverev in the men’s singles final.

Why Jannik Sinner’s three-month doping ban is the deal of the century

There’s nothing remarkable about the fact WADA and Sinner did a deal. But three months? That’s got a stench.

  • Darren Kane
AFL captains debated the big issues with the league’s top brass.

Captains’ beef: Skippers confront Goyder over drug policy at pub dinner

A private dining room at a South Melbourne gastro pub was the scene of a robust debate between AFL captains and commission chairman Richard Goyder.

  • Sam McClure and Jon Pierik
Umpires practice the art of the centre bounce.

Behind the AFL’s ‘bizarre’ rule change; Petracca maintains Demons are his future

The ball will now be bounced by an umpire after a club is warned for a 6-6-6 infringement at a centre bounce after a goal, to avoid teams being tempted to gain a competitive advantage.

  • Jon Pierik, Sam McClure, Michael Gleeson and Scott Spits
Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open in January.

Ban? Seriously? WADA has done Sinner a massive favour

Jannik Sinner and his team of expensive lawyers have played the system like a Stradivarius.

  • Simon Briggs
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‘Sad day for tennis’: Kyrgios speaks out after Sinner accepts three-month doping ban

Australian Nick Kyrgios has criticised the three-month ban accepted by Jannik Sinner after the Italian world No.1 tested positive for anabolic agent last year.

  • Billie Eder
Former Melbourne player Joel Smith.

Joel Smith was banned for four years. His dad thinks the AFL’s proposed drug policy could have saved him

The AFL’s proposed crackdown on illicit drugs has received substantial support, with the father of a banned Melbourne footballer calling for players to be tested weekly.

  • Jon Pierik
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‘We won’t be accepting that’: AFL’s proposal for strict new drugs code revealed

The AFLPA boss said the union would refuse to accept a new drug code regime of immediate fines. Also, players testing positive wouldn’t place their anonymity at risk.

  • Caroline Wilson
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Swans player banned for possession of an illicit substance

Sydney Swans player Caiden Cleary has been suspended and fined by the AFL after NSW police determined that he was in possession of an illicit substance late last year.

  • Gemma Grant

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