Having made his objections to the AFL's free-agency experiment clear to the league's executive on Monday, Hawthorn's combative president Jeff Kennett yesterday posted a letter on the Hawks' website in which he details his fears about a system that will help players with eight years service either trade clubs, or..read more

THE ATMOSPHERE of duplicity and mistrust that now haunts the AFL competition on the eve of the 2010 season will damage the game — not irrevocably and not necessarily over the long term — but the game's governors should be aware that once a principle is removed, it is difficult..read more

PROBLEM gamblers hoping to ban themselves from hundreds of Victorian poker machine venues could be forced to join three exclusion programs.

NEWCASTLE Jets owner Con Constantine remains adamant he will not consider using service agreements to top up player wages, despite losing five members of last season's championship-winning team to rival A-League outfits.

TWO Sydney pubs named hotel of the year over the past three years have also topped a police list of the 100 most violent pubs and clubs in the state.