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St Kilda’s Lance Collard given lengthy ban by AFL for homophobic slur

AFL tribunal hands out seven-week ban to Saints player Collard denied using slur though he had admitted using it in 2024 St Kilda forward Lance Collard has been banned for seven weeks by the AFL tribunal for directing a homophobic slur towards an opponent. The penalty, which includes a further two-week ban suspended until the

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Adam Peaty hails father-in-law Gordon Ramsay as inspiration with focus on 2028 Olympics

Swimmer: ‘I take a lot of guidance. I look up to him a lot’ Peaty married Ramsay’s daughter Holly in December Olympic champion Adam Peaty has hailed father-in-law Gordon Ramsay as his inspiration as he turned his thoughts towards the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The 31-year-old almost quit swimming just before the 2024 Games in

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Boss of the Bronx: the turbulent reign of George Steinbrenner, baseball’s ultimate showman

A new book looks at how an eccentric shipping magnate ushered in a long run of success for the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner could be quite the pitchman – whether selling New York to free agents or starring in Pepto-Bismol TV ads alongside Billy Martin. And now a new book remembers the late Yankees

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Ben Stokes plays down talk of McCullum disagreement but plans ‘different’ path to success

Stokes: ‘Agreeing on every single thing, that’s impossible’ Pair will ‘work together in a slightly different way’ Ben Stokes has moved to play down suggestions of a disagreement between himself and Brendon McCullum, insisting he and the England head coach remain aligned despite an Ashes defeat that, at times, suggested otherwise. In a video released

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