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• Nothing Low Key about filly’s return to racing

  08-09-2026 09:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Unlike her name, Low Key is primed to make a high-octane return when she tackles a Maiden Plate at set weights over 1150m.
  
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• Mbappé brother sent off for elbow

  08-09-2026 23:04 via theage.com.au
  
  Lille’s Ethan Mbappé has been sent off for catching a Real Betis player with his elbow.
  
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• Sabalenka stays alive at US Open by telling herself 'the match is over'

  08-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Down a break to the Wimbledon champion in the decisive third set of her US Open quarterfinal, Aryna Sabalenka tells herself "the match is over" to loosen herself up and storm into the semis for a sixth straight time.
  
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• ‘It was just so over the top’: Why Hazlewood isn’t expecting repeat of 2018 on South Africa return

  08-09-2026 22:00 via theage.com.au
  
  A documentary crew will follow Australia’s Test team on their return to South Africa next month for the first time since the controversial “Sandpapergate” tour.
  
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• ‘We’ve got work to do’: The blunt MCG warning from the AFL chairman

  08-09-2026 21:56 via theage.com.au
  
  Craig Drummond says the MCG has fallen behind the world’s best stadiums, saying new US venues are “so far and above what we’ve got” in functionality for supporters, broadcasters and players.
  
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• McGinn scores first goal of Champions League season

  08-09-2026 21:54 via theage.com.au
  
  The first goal of the Champions League season was scored by Aston Villa captain John McGinn in the 11th minute at Club Brugge.
  
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• Mbappé burns Inter against run of play

  08-09-2026 21:54 via theage.com.au
  
  Real Madrid had been under the pump early but survived and who else but Kylian Mbappé to punish them at the other end.
  
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• Madrid punish Inter's 'catastrophic error'

  08-09-2026 21:54 via theage.com.au
  
  The Inter Milan goalkeeper gets far too cute on the ball and Federico Valverde pounces to make it 2-0 to Real Madrid after 23 minutes.
  
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• The NRL is a one-man band. The AFL is not. Both codes are open to a rebellion

  08-09-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Rugby League Central won’t make a major decision until approved by Peter V’landys. By contrast, AFL management is traditionally proactive.
  
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• His father sued the Melbourne Racing Club. Now he wants to join the board

  08-09-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  The Melbourne Racing Club’s election process is back in the spotlight two years after John Kanga overthrew the board.
  
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• Schumacher comparisons made as Antonelli continues historic F1 season

  08-09-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Kimi Antonelli's win from 19th on the grid in Monza was epic, and the way his rivals raced with him has drawn comparisons with Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher.
  
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• The loving memory of Michelle Payne’s father that almost made her cry at school

  08-09-2026 14:34 via theage.com.au
  
  Long before Michelle Payne won a Melbourne Cup, her busy father caused her an anxious moment on her first day of secondary school.
  
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• Hird 'upset' at leak over Dons meeting

  08-09-2026 14:15 via theage.com.au
  
  James Hird reacts to it being revealed he's been approached to meet with Essendon over a possible role.
  
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• Football league says Swans scandal comments 'clearly insensitive'

  08-09-2026 12:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A country football league has distanced itself from "unacceptable" comments made at a recent awards event at which the master of ceremonies joked about the Sydney Swans scandal.
  
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• Essendon asked the AFL for help. It won’t be in the form of early draft picks

  08-09-2026 11:58 via theage.com.au
  
  Essendon’s assistance package is unlikely to match that of West Coast or North Melbourne as the AFL takes its player-movement rules into account.
  
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• From ‘Mr Irrelevant’ to the centre of the MCG: The remarkable career arc of this NFL star

  08-09-2026 11:51 via theage.com.au
  
  Brock Purdy was once dubbed “Mr Irrelevant”, but the San Francisco 49ers quarterback will be anything but that when he takes to the MCG to take on the Rams.
  
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• Magpies great joins Roos’ coach search; Collingwood VFL coach sanctioned for umpire abuse

  08-09-2026 11:41 via smh.com.au
  
  We’ve already seen three AFL coaches get the flick in 2026, but Geelong’s successful mentor is not about to join them on the sidelines. Meanwhile, a Magpies great will help the Roos find their new coach.
  
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• Magpies great joins Roos coach search; Collingwood VFL coach sanctioned for umpire abuse

  08-09-2026 11:41 via theage.com.au
  
  We’ve already seen three AFL coaches get the flick in 2026, but Geelong’s successful mentor is not about to join them on the sidelines. Meanwhile, a Magpies great will help the Roos find their new coach.
  
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• ‘It’s not a rugby league tackle’: Judge casts doubt over ‘run-it’-style event

  08-09-2026 11:30 via theage.com.au
  
  The Run Nation Championship event scheduled for this weekend is under a cloud after a judge dismissed an attempt by its founder to liken it to rugby league.
  
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• David Fifita is heading back to the NRL finals after five years. So what made him tear up?

  08-09-2026 11:30 via theage.com.au
  
  The South Sydney forward is back to his destructive best under Wayne Bennett after several injury-hampered seasons.
  
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• ‘We hope he’s joined our mum’: Payne family pays tribute to their father

  08-09-2026 10:26 via theage.com.au
  
  The racing industry is mourning the father of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, Michelle Payne.
  
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• Crook elbows and big dreams propelling unheralded Knights for NRL finals

  08-09-2026 09:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Newcastle forward Francis Manuleleua might be less than two weeks off dislocating his right elbow but at the end of an interview he'll still shake your hand and shake it hard.
  
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• Popovic knocked back four-year Socceroos contract extension

  08-09-2026 09:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Socceroos coach Tony Popovic has revealed he turned down a four-year contract offer from Football Australia (FA) to take the team through to the 2030 World Cup.
  
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• ‘Money’s not everything’: The contract conundrum facing Panthers

  08-09-2026 08:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Will they take the extra cash on offer elsewhere, or stay put to add to their premiership haul? That’s the dilemma for Liam Martin and Moses Leota.
  
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• Geelong warned: Stand in front of this Docker at your peril

  08-09-2026 08:11 via theage.com.au
  
  Josh Treacy is being backed to return to his “fiery, angry” best as the Fremantle forward attempts to bounce back from one of the worst games of his AFL career.
  
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• Popovic was offered a new four-year Socceroos contract. This is why he said no

  08-09-2026 08:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Socceroos coach said he will walk away from the job content after January’s Asian Cup if Football Australia decides they want to go in another direction.
  
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• Alleged Sydney Swans victim speaks to police again in wake of audio recording

  08-09-2026 07:51 via theage.com.au
  
  At least one of the women alleging sexual assault by Sydney Swans players at the Pullman hotel has returned to Victoria Police to further detail events that unfolded on the morning of August 17.
  
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• Chris Scott shoots down a shock retirement rumour; Liberatore walks away after 268 games

  08-09-2026 07:43 via theage.com.au
  
  We’ve already seen three AFL coaches get the flick in 2026, but Geelong’s successful mentor is not about to join them on the sidelines – despite what the rumour mill suggests.
  
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• Renegades put up for sale as players launch fresh dispute action with Cricket Australia

  08-09-2026 07:40 via theage.com.au
  
  The Melbourne Rengades are on the market, as Cricket Australia finds itself locked in a dispute with its players that has potential to overturn the whole BBL sale process.
  
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• Peter V’landys is on the brink of becoming the NRL’s sun king. Will anyone stand in his way?

  08-09-2026 07:35 via theage.com.au
  
  The NRL would be “crazy” not to make V’landys the game’s executive chairman, according to Australian Rugby League Commission member and former chair Peter Beattie.
  
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