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Panthers star Brent Naden will be allowed to return to the NRL in just two days time after returning a positive sample for cocaine after the 2020 Grand Final.

NRL probes possible bubble breach by Naden after drug ban handed down

Panthers star Brent Naden will be allowed to return to training next week after returning a positive sample for cocaine on the night of the 2020 grand final.

  • Sarah Keoghan

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The NRL confirmed on Monday that players from the northern beaches had been granted exemptions from lockdown protocols so they could attend training.

Standby mode: New Apollo rules for NRL as expert bursts bubbles

The NRL has confirmed players from the northern beaches are exempt from lockdown protocols regarding training.

  • Sarah Keoghan
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "People with knowledge will talk about it and tell people to do this, do that, and everything will be fine, or not. Not football managers."

Klopp keeps feet firmly on ground amid coronavirus chaos

The Liverpool manager was right on the money when he gave his unqualified opinion on the pandemic in March.

  • Peter FitzSimons
St George R.L. Player Brian Johnson visits his wife, Karen, who is in pacific private Hospital at Brighton Le Sands. July 15, 1984. (Photo by Adrian Greer Michael Short/Fairfax Media).

'This hideous disease': A wife's letters to ex-footballer fighting dementia

Karen Johnson, the wife of late Dragon star Brian Johnson, wrote letters to her husband as he fought a losing battle with dementia.

  • Roy Masters
More than 80,000 people packed the MCG for the women's T20 world cup final; before long the AFL was playing in empty stadiums, and the NRL had cardboard cutouts among its empty seats.

'There was no authority on how to handle this': How sport negotiated its way through COVID

Modified sporting competitions opened the door for broadcast rights to be renegotiated - and the days of billion-dollar deals may now be over.

  • Malcolm Knox and Zoe Samios
Two more years ... Michael Maguire will remain at the Wests Tigers until at least 2023.

Tigers extend Maguire deal as club declares interest in Brandon Smith

On the same day Michael Maguire extended his stay at the Wests Tigers until 2023, the club declared an interest in Brandon Smith.

  • Christian Nicolussi
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Mark Geyer is headed to court with his daughter.

Daughter of NRL great awarded $125,000 over false sex tape claim

A judge said the daughter of former NRL star Mark Geyer presented in court as a "vulnerable girl who had been crushed by these events".

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Tom Starling

Ricky Stuart defends Starling as Raiders rookie denies gun grab allegation

The Canberra coach said he would have been more disappointed if Tom Starling hadn’t attempted to defend his brother in a scuffle.

  • Sarah Keoghan
Peter FitzSimons

A year in sport we'll never forget, even if it was all a blur

In March, it didn't just look as if sport was shutting down, it felt like the whole world might stop. But the world, and sport, adapted.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Joe Ofahengaue

It's done: Tigers release Aloiai for fee after Ofahengaue signing

The stand-off between the club and their disgruntled prop is finally over after they agreed compensation with the Sea Eagles.

  • Adam Pengilly

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