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From the outside, the footy card industry might appear cultish. Thousands of mostly middle-aged men, initially indoctrinated by Aussie rules and now head-over-heels for little rectangles with photos of the game’s players. Really forking out for them too.
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It was meant to be a night of magic in Melbourne’s north-east. Yet with the opening whistle still echoing around Heidelberg streets, most of the few thousand in attendance were forced to face reality.
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The host of the world’s biggest football podcast has come to our shores to present Australia’s Champions League coverage. Max Rushden tells the story of his getting here and it is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
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Joey Gibbs is understating things when he says it was “probably” the most interesting year of his career. Six weeks unable to walk and, not even a month after the first Y-League start, five glorious minutes on the park in a victorious A-League Grand Final.
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Rain delays meant the Test cricket match between Australia and India ended in a draw last night, yet it wasn’t the game’s outcome dominating headlines. Aussie Test debutant Stella Campbell claimed two wickets in 14 first-innings overs, leaving coach Matthew Mott “very excited”.
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Months-long lockdowns across Australia have thrust a recent study of their effects on athletes into the spotlight. Mental health experts from Monash University’s School of Psychological Sciences surveyed 375 elite and sub-elite Australian athletes, almost all of whom suffered during the lockdowns.
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The AFL trade period finished on Wednesday with the usual flurry of action. A lack of overall action in previous days was suspected to be the calm before the storm, but there were doubts over whether the trade downpour would ever arrive.
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Graham Arnold expects his Socceroos side to “improve in every facet” against Vietnam tonight following last week’s 3-0 win against China. Speaking at a press conference from Hanoi, the Australian head coach was steadfastly optimistic ahead of the World Cup qualification contest kicking off at 10:00pm AEST. “I expect a great performance,” Arnold said. Continue…
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We won’t see an 18-team AFLW for another 16 months, but the excitement at Essendon is already palpable. It was announced last week that Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Sydney and the Bombers would enter in the 2022-23 season, just under six years after the inaugural eight-team competition.
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Melbourne’s lockdown has left a local footy team’s premiership hopes hanging by a thread. With finals fast approaching and epidemiologists predicting a lockdown extension, Werribee Centrals could be excluded from the Geelong District Football League’s season conclusion.
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