AFL

The AFL has announced that players who leave the ground attempting to smother the ball will be deemed careless if they make high contact, in the wake of last year's controversial Brayden Maynard case.

Clayton Oliver is fined $600 after the Demons AFL star was pulled over and found to be driving without a licence, which had been suspended on medical grounds.

With local media in a frenzy over the West Coast Eagles top draft pick Harley Reid, Greig Johnston examines whether constant scrutiny of an 18-year-old yet to play a game is fair.

League administrators are locked in discussions with Richmond and Essendon to move the game to the epicentre of Indigenous footy.

The former North Melbourne star was hospitalised and required surgery after being attacked outside a pub in Melbourne's south last year.

The AFLW could move the showcase game of its Indigenous Round to Darwin permanently with the league in discussions with Victorian powerhouse clubs Richmond and Essendon to bring the game to the AFL's Indigenous heartland.

Midfielder Clayton Oliver has rejoined his Melbourne teammates at training after taking extended time off to deal with personal issues.

The NRL and several AFL clubs join cricket stars in taking a stance against January 26 as Australia's national day of celebration.

Only a few dozen footballers from across the country are selected in the AFL draft each year. For those who miss out, like Broken Hill's Jackson Savage, you can either give up or do everything you can to make that dream a reality.

On Australia's northern fringes, in extreme weather, in the country's only tropical league, the outer limits of sporting resilience were tested this season, as a team kicked their first goal in a long, long time.

Ollie Miles should be preparing to head back to school next week. Instead, he and his parents have relocated to Brisbane, so the teen can take part in a worldwide trial for rare types of leukaemia.

Melbourne gun Clayton Oliver is on extended leave as he deals with personal issues and has not returned to AFL preseason training with his teammates.

Built just after the start of World War I, this shed has seen a lot in its 109 years. But despite being deemed a "rare" and "significant" example of its kind, that may not be enough to save it from Hobart's planned AFL stadium.

Chinese-Australians have had close links to Aussie rules football ever since the sport was invented. So why don't more of us know about it?

Jake Waterman is aiming a big 2024 with the West Coast Eagles after returning from a debilitating auto-immune disease. 

An inflammatory bowel disease left West Coast Eagle Jake Waterman wondering if he would ever "feel normal" again, let alone play footy. As he prepares for a comeback, he speaks to Tom Wildie about overcoming the doubt.

Broken Hill residents from as young as 16 and as old as 71 shave their heads in support of a friend and family member who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia.

Collingwood's Nathan Murphy has been cleared to resume his AFL career in the wake of his most recent concussion during the Magpies' grand final win over the Brisbane Lions.

On a big night for the AFLW's rising stars, Geelong select a father-daughter pick whose dad played with Sam Newman and Doug Wade in the 60s.

Brayden Maynard backs the AFL's expected crackdown on smothers that was prompted by the Collingwood defender's own controversial tribunal case.

The Brisbane Lions are celebrating remarkable list stability after retaining almost all of their grand final squad for next season's premiership defence.

Premiership player Kirsty Lamb seals a move from the Western Bulldogs to Port Adelaide as part of a deal that involved a staggering 12 players.

Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith is set to miss the entire 2024 AFL season after sustaining a serious knee injury at training.

The league has been recommended to limit "full-contact training" to reduce concussions and to have an independent GPs at games.

The coroner investigating footballer Shane Tuck's death says the AFL should limit contact training sessions to reduce the risk of concussion.