Brisbane remains confident superstar Lachie Neale will be fit to face Geelong in the preliminary final despite a worrying incident in the dying stages of Saturday night’s thrilling win over the GWS Giants. The Lions pulled off a miraculous comeback to overturn a 44-point deficit and win by five points in one of the great … Read more
Triple Eight speedster Will Brown will look to defend his Supercars championship lead from pole in Sunday’s Sandown 500 after setting the fastest qualifying lap in slippery conditions. A tricky wet-dry track greeted the grid for the top-10 shootout after rain, wind and hail hit the raceway in southeast Melbourne earlier on Saturday. Brown drove … Read more
OPINION Football will be better for what happened after the siren on Friday night. Did it overshadow the result? You betcha. But that’s not a bad thing. When Jack Ginnivan made his comment on Brody Grundy’s post about seeing the Swans in 14 days it was cheeky and, yep, probably a bit disrespectful. But boy … Read more
Not even an astonishing five-wicket haul for part-time spinner Matt Short could prevent an unexpected captaincy debut for Travis Head ending in a huge anti-climax as England levelled their T20 international series in dramatic fashion at Cardiff. Head, handed the leader’s job after Mitch Marsh was ruled out with illness, hit a brisk 31 as … Read more
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell was willing to answer questions about opposition coach Ken Hinkley’s antics after the final siren — but only for so long. Hinkley has already apologised publicly for exchanging words with Hawthorn youngster Jack Ginnivan, and then skipper James Sicily, after Port Adelaide’s thrilling three-point semi-final win on Friday night. WATCH THE … Read more
Two-time Australian Olympian Peter Bol has announced he and his fiancee Mahtut Yaynu are expecting their first child. Bol posted a photo with his pregnant partner on Friday night to share the news. The photo appears to be taken at a baby shower. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today “Adding more love … Read more
Canterbury superstar Josh Addo-Carr faces an uncertain future after his second sample reportedly returned a positive result for cocaine. The fallout from Addo-Carr’s alleged positive roadside test to cocaine took a new turn on Friday with multipe reports of the positive oral sample. The 29-year-old was pulled over on Friday night while driving in the … Read more
The wife of world famous bodybuilder Illia ‘Golem’ Yefimchyk has been left devastated by the death of her 36-year-old husband. Yefimchyk was also known as the world’s “most monstrous bodybuilder”, the ‘340lbs beast’ and ‘The Mutant’. The Belarusian was famous for his mindblowing diet, eating seven meals a day, and taking in 2.5 kgs of … Read more
Port Adelaide pressure forward Jed McEntee has been confirmed as the hard-luck story of this weekend’s AFL finals. The youngster has been dropped for the cut-throat final against Hawthorn on Friday night. McEntee had just six disposals in last week’s nightmare loss to Geelong, but did kick a goal in the 83-point defeat. Know the … Read more
On the day she returned home to Australia with her Olympic bag in tow, Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn has emerged as the new world No.1 breaker in an unexpected post-script to her last-place finish in Paris. The 37-year-old’s life has changed dramatically since her performance divided the world with the academic spotted dining out with popstar … Read more
