The Bombers and Dockers kick us off for Sunday footy before Melbourne looks for yet another win against an inconsistent Blues side.

Chad Wingard was Hawthorn’s best player against North, which is part of the lowly Hawks’ problem. Wingard was brought in to be the difference to keep the Hawks threatening the top, not to save face as they threaten the bottom.

When Tyrell Fuimaono was sent off for a shot that left Ryan Papenhuyzen heavily concussed, it was the first time since 2011 that two players had been marched in the same round.

Sources with knowledge of the AFL’s position on the pre-game dressing room incident said the league had hoped the Pies would take a stronger stance on De Goey’s actions. 

Carlton, injuries notwithstanding, fell into traps all afternoon at the MCG, the Demons starting the season with nine consecutive wins for the first time since 1956.

All you need to know to back a winner on the eight-race card at Tamworth on Monday.

It’s a final pitting organisations made famous over decades by men’s teams but now enjoying the rewards of greater investment in the women’s game.

Maureen Joy Robertson alleged the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service breached its duty of care. Three appeal judges thought otherwise.

TV networks are pushing back at government plans to buy back their broadcasting spectrum and sell it to telcos.

A woman in Krasnodar on the Black Sea sings along with an Australian accent while she does the washing-up.

The television sector has enjoyed some much needed growth in advertising spend in the first quarter of 2021.

Essendon coach Ben Rutten has criticised Fremantle’s off-the-ball treatment of star midfielder Zach Merrett during the Dons’ seven-point win over the Dockers at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.

There were sensational scenes when the 18-year-old scored in his first match as his proud dad punched the air from the Parramatta coach’s box.

In their first match at their new home of Ken Rosewall Arena, the Swifts came out on top in a physical battle which made a mockery of Ricky Stuart’s midweek comments.

The school leavers of 2020 endured almost two terms of remote learning, and their first taste of university is different too.

The Queensland government has secured the event for next year but faces a fight to keep it in Brisbane for the long term.

Australia’s Olympic swimming coach Rohan Taylor is pleased with the progress of athletes ahead of next month’s Olympic trials and says relays could bring plenty of success in Tokyo.

Essendon’s football in 2021 had probably belied their 2-6 record heading into this game. Ben Rutten’s Bombers had been better than that, but three losses by less than a goal meant the progress had not been all that apparent to the naked eye.

The ‘Big Three’ of men’s tennis have found some “fresh energy” to thwart the charge of younger players on the tour, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic says.

Justin Rosniak plays the best mate of hit-man Ray in Scott Ryan’s breakout hit Mr Inbetween.

A 63-year-old woman’s body was found in a South Yarra apartment block last night, while a 78-year-old woman was found dead in her Chelsea home on Saturday morning.

The latest Israeli air strikes further reduce our understanding of what is taking place inside the Gaza Strip at a time when accurate information is more important than ever.

Round one of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman saw Australian sides almost get results against the top two Kiwi sides - but zero wins from five games.

The Republican who now leads the Arizona county elections department targeted by a GOP audit of the 2020 election results is slamming former President Donald Trump and others in his party for their continued falsehoods about how the election was run.

Legal and community groups say Crown’s support for culturally diverse problem gamblers isn’t good enough ahead of the Victorian royal commission into its casino licence.

If Alan Tudge is serious about his aspiration for Australia to be among the top nations in school education by 2030, his focus on initial teacher education is the wrong strategy.

On May 18, 1984, the National Gallery of Victoria unveiled an 18th-century painting by Canaletto, ‘The Bacino di San Marco’, the gallery’s most expensive acquisition to date. The unveiling came soon after the discovery that one of the NGV’s R...

Homicide detectives have called for witnesses after an altercation outside a Bunbury venue left a man in critical condition.

It comes after an Australian man who returned from India received his positive nasal swab test result for COVID-19 after landing in Darwin, despite trying to get his results.

Sister Joan Chittister has warned Australia’s Catholic Church that it faces an inevitable decline unless it undertakes significant reform.

Playwright David Ireland challenges people to draw lines between what they find funny and what they find outrageous.

The decline in footy crowds was highlighted on Saturday night when league powerhouse Richmond, who have traditionally attracted big attendances, played in front of just 18,798 people at Marvel Stadium.

Race tracks and casinos don’t always go hand-in-hand, but the name says it all for punters at Monday’s feature Tamworth meeting.

When Carmel Hourigan, one of Australia’s most influential women in property, switched jobs last year it made headlines for two reasons.

Australian Caleb Ewan was leading the points classification when he suffered from knee pain and abandoned mid-way through the stage, with an eye to the Tour de France that starts next month.

The Sydney international and domestic train station platforms were evacuated for an unspecified precaution.

A tiger that frightened residents after it was last seen wandering around a Houston suburb has been found and appears to be unharmed, police have announced.

The 40-year-old skipper, sailing from Tahiti, was processed by immigration officials and escorted by police to a Sydney hotel.

Mugatoo hits the Gold Coast in fine fettle and is ready to show his best in Saturday’s Doomben Cup, according to trainer Kris Lees.

For the foreseeable future – most likely years – we can’t think of our borders as steel doors that are either shut or open.

With the military seizing power in a February 1 coup and killing hundreds of protesters, Thuzar Wint Lwin hopes to use her platform to call attention to Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement.

Acting Premier James Merlino said the tax package, aimed at beginning the process of budget repair, was an “appropriate, responsible measure in extraordinary times”.

The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew, a woman missing for more than five months.

The National Archives has resorted to taking public donations to help digitise disintegrating records after the federal budget didn’t give it any extra money.

Social media network Snapchat has turned around its fortunes in Australia, battling TikTok, Instagram and Facebook for market share. 

Andy Murray has decided to miss the French Open as he continues to recover from a groin injury and will focus on the grasscourt swing instead, British media reported on Saturday.

In Poona, audiences help to get Australia’s first cyborg President over the line in an election, while Mara Korper immerses viewers in ghoulish totalitarianism.

Kobe Bryant has officially been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, capping a 20-year career filled with five NBA championships, 18 All-Star appearances, 15 All-NBA teams and 12 All-Defensive teams.

What’s on the top of Liz Ellis’ sporting bucket list? A NASCAR race in the United States.

In one of the most memorable games in Eagles history, some of the club’s biggest ever names stood tallest - Dean Cox, Chris Judd, Ben Cousins, Daniel Kerr, and Andrew Embley. They booked their place in the grand final, where they’d get their reve...