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Sports writer The Age SMH. AFL football. Athletics.
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Clubs considering trading 2027 picks. Do you really have confidence in the Tassie government, the stadium approval and that the Devils team and draft picks don’t get pushed back a year? Are you comfortable trading picks in a draft that is suddenly not diluted? It’s a genuine risk #afl
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Strong run from Reece Holder in the 400m. Second in his heat in season's best 44.54 to go through to semis. Looked strong as he led easily through 350, tired and slowed in last when figured home but pushed enough to get into second #aths #worldchamps
September 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Rankine, Snoop and the AFL’s hypocrisy on homophobia
Rankine is the fourth player at AFL level since Gather Round last year to be accused of making homophobic comments. Why does this keep happening?
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August 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#aths #athleticsaustralia
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Pretty sick.
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This Australian runner just set a new national record. She thinks it’s ‘pretty sick’
Rising middle-distance star Claudia Hollingsworth has smashed the Australian 800-metre record in a clear statement of intent a month out from the world athletics championships in Tokyo.
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August 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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AFL players to face suspensions for umpire contact
AFL players will face tougher fines and suspensions for making accidental contact with umpires under a planned crackdown.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Does Morrison get a King’s award for each of his de facto ministries? www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Politicians, scientists and costume designer feature in King’s awards
Scott Morrison has been recognised with 829 other people in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list.
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June 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Want to know what Jamie Elliott is like? Don’t ask him to talk about himself, ask him about Bobby. We were on the phone but you could hear the happiness in his voice.
#afl #collingwood

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‘What just happened?’: Media-shy Magpie on the topic he’ll gladly discuss - Bobby Hill
Bobby Hill started as a Giant, had cancer, won a Norm Smith Medal, then mark of the year. His forward line mate Jamie Elliott is in awe of Hill as he plays his 100th game.
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June 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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People who don’t like, or understand, the term “honourable loss” should re-watch Essendon tonight.
Undermanned, it might be the most Essendon they’ve looked in a long time #afl #essbris
May 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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May 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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'They should be asking questions' - Real Footy
Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss nepo babies, combative coaches and the Demons' revival. Plus, the issues that were exposed in North Melbourne's loss to the undermanned Pies, th...
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May 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Browning sent a reminder to the next gen sprinters he's done with yet. 10.01s, equal pb, but friistratingly yet again just outside going sub-10s
#athsaus #ausaths
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Long live the king: Browning beats Kennedy, Lewis beats O’Brien in astonishing 100m finishes
Rohan Browning and Torrie Lewis won the men’s and women’s 100-metre finals in Perth by mere thousandths of seconds.
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April 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Like lifting a polar bear: How Australia’s fastest man exploded out of the blocks against Gout Gout
Gout Gout v Lachie Kennedy is poised to become one of the great rivalries in Australian athletics. Data and video analysis show how Kennedy won their first race, and give clues to how their duels will...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Really lovely piece from Cambo on his mate Krak.
#afl
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I visited Andrew Krakouer in prison. This is what I learnt
We shared nothing in common but a football jumper, but we became close. He taught me more than he will ever know.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The AFL created the tv vacuum and Gout and Kennedy filled it with possibly the best night in aths in Austalia since the Sydney Olympics. #ausaths #Gout #MauriePlantMeet

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Australia tuned in to watch Gout Gout. Lachlan Kennedy crashed the party
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout now has something in Australia he hasn’t had before – competition. And it will be on show again next week.
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March 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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It was a surprise but coming second might also be the best thing for Gout and Aus Aths
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‘It wouldn’t be fun if he just destroyed everyone’: Gout runs second on stunning night for Australian sprinting
A sellout crowd 10,000-strong headed to the Maurie Plant Meet to watch dominant junior Gout Gout run his first men’s 200-metre race. The spectacle didn’t disappoint.
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March 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Brilliant quinella. Aussie high jumpers win gold and silver. Like in Paris sharing the podium this time each taking it one step higher. www.theage.com.au/sport/athlet... #athsaus #ausaths
These Aussies completely changed their run-up. They won gold and silver
In Paris last year, Australian high jumpers Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson shared the podium with Olympic silver and bronze. Six months later, the two women have gone one better.
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March 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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What were you doing at 15?
Bloody quick from the Kiwi kid Sam Ruthe. Sets up a good Maurie Plant race with Cam Myers next week.
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Teen becomes youngest ever to break four-minute mile
A 15-year-old schoolboy from New Zealand has become the youngest person ever to break the four-minute mile – and he’s on his way to compete against Australia’s teenage prodigy.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Bad blow for Suns - and Charlie Ballard - scans confirm ACL for Suns defender who hurt his knee v Eagles. Out for year. Very good player Ballard. Mac Andrew likely to have to play permanent key back #afl
March 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Gout does it again: Teen blitzes field in 200m races
If he hadn’t already broken Peter Norman’s long-standing 200m record, Gout Gout would have broken it on Sunday. The youngster now has the two quickest times by an Australian man.
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March 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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AFL sent email to wrong people. Need to bring back disappearing push in back frees not warn of reports. #afl www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/la...
Last week, the AFL sent out a warning. The league emailed the wrong people
A spate of injuries from pushes in the back prompted the AFL to send a warning to clubs. But it was addressing the effect of the problem, not the cause.
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March 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Bloody hell, terrible news for Linc McCarthy, and Brisbane. The forward has re-done the ACL in the same knee he did it last year that saw him miss all of last season. #afl
March 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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He's the fastest Aus man over 60m and 3rd quickest ever over 100m. And his name isn't Gout. You probably haven't heard of him, but you will. He reckons he will not only go sub-10 soon, so will 2 or 3 Aus men. Poss all in same race at nationals next month

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He’s the fastest man in Australia, but you probably haven’t heard of him
Lachlan Kennedy may be running over a distance more common in Europe than Australia. But he has broken the national and regional records, and now he has his eye on cracking the 10-second mark in the 1...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Good to be back for another year. Good chat about the preseason and the year ahead. Have the Dogs over trained? Can Hawks sustain it? Blues shaky? Kakko-led new excitement about Bombers?

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Why Carlton are one of the biggest mysteries of the season - Real Footy
Libby Birch, Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson discuss the teams and coaches under the most pressure in 2025, whether the Hawks can back up their 2024 efforts, how injuries have hit some clubs particular...
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March 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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The Washington Post Is Dying a Death of Despair
The demise of an independent press in the United States might not look much like what readers expect.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM