Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire has ruffled quite a few feathers with his latest joke, and it's not just the so-called "PC brigade" that's upset.

An AFL fan stunned everyone with an incredible drop punt that earnt him the huge sum of money.

An Army parachute display gone awry has delayed an AFL match between the Sydney Swans and the West Coast Eagles.

The father of Richmond AFL star Dustin Martin has been thrown out of Australia over gang links.

Australian cricketing great takes swipe at Aboriginal AFL player Adam Goodes, saying it was "ridiculous" to say booing fans are "racist".

AFL Players Association chief Paul Marsh says no one can blame Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes if he decides to retire, as the booing controversy reaches fever pitch.

Australian rules football players and officials have appealed for crowds to stop the relentless, racially-motivated booing and taunting of Adam Goodes, an Aboriginal footballer.

The son of slain Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh has been moved to a mental hospital as the grieving club resolves to return to AFL action next weekend.

Adelaide Crows coach killed in alleged domestic dispute, and police have taken his son into custody.

St Paul's College have avenged their defeat in the 2013 Junior Hawks Cup, beating One Tree Hill College to reclaim the Central Auckland cluster trophy.

The AFL season might be reaching a crescendo in Australia as grand final day looms, but the sport faces a more uncertain future in New Zealand.

Rising Kiwi basketball star Steven Adams is making a name for himself in the NBA for getting under the skin of opponents. Several of them have lost their cool this season and been ejected and fined for attacking Oklahoma City's giant Kiwi.

Ellie Mitchell discovers Brisbane has several ways to quench your thirst after a day in that hot Queensland sun.

Tauranga's Kurt Heatherley, 19, is in the frame to make his AFL debut this weekend for reigning premiers Hawthorn.

With a league-loving family and a father who coaches the 13-man game, Giovanni Mountain-Silbery once had his heart set on a career in the NRL.

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Asada) has hired former Federal Court judge Garry Downes to help wrap up its investigations into the AFL and NRL.

They're known as the family club and that's how the celebrations started as Hawthorn won their 11th AFL premiership.