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AFL 2023
Collingwood and MCG strike deal for tenant clubs; Sidebottom sidelined for Cats game; Nic Nat ‘weighing up his future’
The Magpies will retain the same number of overall seats for their members, but other MCG tenants say the new deal is a win for all. Meanwhile, GWS chairman Tony Shepherd urges AFL not to appoint an active player to the commission.
- by Peter Ryan, Andrew Wu and Michael Gleeson
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Hungary for medals: Is this the best athletics team to leave Australian shores?
On form, the Australian team for the Budapest championships starting on August 19 has at least seven serious medal prospects.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
AFL 2023
Daicos injury magnifies Magpies’ midfield nightmare
The impact of Nick Daicos’ injury was already profound enough, but it magnifies an already significant problem for Craig McRae’s men.
- by Michael Gleeson
Experts amazed two WADA labs got it so wrong on Bol
Scientists say Peter Bol was lucky the same World Anti-Doping Agency laboratories that got it wrong with his first doping sample did not test his second one.
- by Michael Gleeson
Best friends, training partners, rivals: How a housemate could upstage Peter Bol
While Peter Bol was fighting to clear his name, his longtime housemate quietly broke the Olympic hero’s national record. Again.
- by Michael Gleeson
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WADA
Sport minister urges WADA to prioritise doping review after Bol case
Australia’s sport minister has called on the World Anti-Doping Agency to prioritise its review of EPO testing to remove ambiguity for athletes, after Olympian Peter Bol was sensationally cleared.
- by Michael Gleeson
Athletics Australia demands answers over the treatment of Peter Bol
Australian runner Peter Bol has been officially cleared of doping by Sport Integrity Australia. His previous ban was lifted because of an inconclusive result.
- by Michael Gleeson
Why wrongly accused Peter Bol deserves an apology
Bol has been cleared, but his accusers have not. There are now a litany of questions federal sports minister Anika Wells must answer.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘Emotional and devastated’: The phone call that sealed Franklin’s retirement
Alastair Clarkson said Buddy Franklin is “an icon of the game” who had set a current-day watermark that, he believes, will be unsurpassed.
- by Jon Pierik, Marc McGowan, Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson
Analysis
AFL 2023
Like David Warner, Buddy Franklin finds it hard to say goodbye
Is it the end? Probably. Maybe. But this was not the way to farewell Lance Franklin in Melbourne, and possibly from the game. Plus: Harrison gives Demons a Petty obvious plan going forward, Carlton’s charge continues, and Port’s head-knock head-scratcher.
- by Michael Gleeson
Why Draper’s absence has the Bombers in a tailspin
Yes, Essendon have played good teams in that time that they might have lost to even with Sam Draper in the side – think Geelong in Geelong – but they might also have won more.
- by Michael Gleeson