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First-year St Kilda player Lance Collard is suspended for six games after directing homophobic slurs towards two opponents in a VFL game.

AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon defends the league's tribunal system, as news emerged both Brisbane and GWS would appeal suspensions handed to their players over tackles on the weekend.

As the Hockeyroos jet out to Paris, their coach says the non-selection of Rosie Malone and the team's reaction to it has 'unified' the squad.

Tributes are paid to David Morrow, a former ABC sports broadcaster for more than 30 years, who has died a week after being named as an inductee into the NRL Hall of Fame.

Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has described a video his club teammate Enzo Fernandez posted to social media after the Copa America final as "uninhibited racism".

On the eve of the Olympics Patty Mills has found form and inspired the Boomers to an impressive pre-Games victory over Serbia.

Kylian Mbappé has finally put on a Real Madrid jersey, fulfilling his childhood dream in front of a packed Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Most of the time Queensland are desperate to pin themselves as Origin underdogs, so why does the tag sit so uncomfortably for Wednesday night's decider?

A week ago, Mackenzie Little was juggling night shifts at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. Now she's gearing up to throw javelin in Paris.

Jasper Philipsen has sprinted to victory during Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 189-kilometre flat ride from Gruissan to Nimes.

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A lot has been written about the Blues' inability to win Origin deciders in Queensland, but their record in winner-takes-all matches over 42 years is poor regardless of geography.

The decision comes days after England lost 2-1 to Spain in the final of the European Championship in Germany.

GWS's Toby Bedford has joined Brisbane Lions star Charlie Cameron in failing to overturn a three-game ban at the AFL Tribunal for tackling.

AFL players say they are hesitant to lay tackles as Brisbane's Charlie Cameron and GWS forward Toby Bedford prepare to fight three-match bans at the tribunal.

Ramon Jesurun and his son were two of 27 people arrested during a Copa America final that was marred by crowd chaos in Miami on Monday.

The Sydney Roosters' hopes of winning the NRLW premiership have taken a major hit with star fullback Corban Baxter set to miss the entire season. She is one of several Roosters sidelined before a ball has been kicked.

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Joining France's Bastille Day military parade, hundreds of people have carried the Olympic torch through Paris ahead of the Olympic Games.

World Aquatics is aiming to avoid a repeat of the controversy surrounding the Olympics in Tokyo by subjecting China's swimming stars to increased doping tests ahead of the Paris Games.

Suggestions that the State of Origin decider will be determined by the might of Queensland spirit are rubbished by the NSW camp.

West Australian hurdler Alanah Yukich raced three events in three days in three different countries to qualify for the Olympics, and now she's determined to make her hometown proud. 

Australia's men show they can hang with anyone on the basketball court ahead of the Olympics after coming within a few possessions of knocking off a star-studded American side.

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The tough Maroons hooker from the outback is set to join the likes of Wally Lewis and Mal Meninga in Queensland's esteemed 20-game club tomorrow night, earning himself the prestigious Dick Turner Medal.