AFL

Melbourne's Angus Brayshaw's AFL career is over, after the 2021 premiership player is ruled out of playing football due to neurological testing following his concussion in last year's qualifying final.

Labor insists it will "negotiate a better deal" on Tasmania's contract with the AFL, believing a stadium cannot be built at Macquarie Point — but that comes as news to the AFL's boss.

It's unclear how Labor would re-negotiate Tasmania's deal for an AFL team and stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart's harbourside.

North Melbourne show off some dare and a new fast ball movement style in an impressive preseason win over an under-strength Collingwood.

Melbourne captain Max Gawn denies drug use is systemic at the club following the revelation teammate Joel Smith is facing anti-doping rule violations from Sport Integrity Australia.

The AFL says Melbourne Demons player Joel Smith has been hit with anti-doping breaches for the trafficking and possession of cocaine.

Hawthorn loses another player to a long-term injury after the club's intra-club match, while Adelaide adds a rising star to its expanded leadership group.

Trailblazing AFL umpire Chelsea Roffey says she once went to a camping store to buy pants because the league-issued uniform was a poor fit — and it's a common problem one study hopes to address.

Hobart's proposed AFL stadium dominated the first day of the Tasmanian election campaign. But will the election outcome shape whether the state's AFL team — and stadium — happens or not?

Carlton coach Michael Voss signs a two-year contract extension as he vows to take the revitalised Blues to another level on the field.

Collingwood defender Nathan Murphy is not contemplating retirement but will remain on the sidelines indefinitely due to concussion-related issues.

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Ken Hinkley critic Warren Tredrea is appointed to Port Adelaide Football Club's board after narrowly beating Magpies legend Bruce Abernethy by just 199 votes.

Tasmania's national footy team will next month unveil its name, colours, logo, and memberships  but a global corporate behemoth is playing hardball over the rights to the state's famous mascot.

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.