MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An elite player has been banned for four games for a homophobic slur against an opponent in a top-flight Australian rules football game, the sixth AFL-listed player ...

Australian Rules football has started games with a centre bounce for more than 130 years, but from next season it will be ditched because umpires are finding it too hard to master the skill. The ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Defending champions Brisbane Lions battle the Geelong Cats for unofficial "team of the century" honours in Saturday's Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final, with ...

MELBOURNE, Aug 22 (Reuters) - For the professional athletes competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), anti-discrimination education is mandatory, reinforced annually and supported by stiff ...

OK, while most sports fans are watching Major League Baseball playoffs this weekend, there is another championship happening - the U.S. Australian Football League national title in Tucson, Arizona.

MELBOURNE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Adelaide Crows forward Izak Rankine has been banned for four weeks for directing a homophobic slur at an opponent, all but ruling him out of the Australian Football ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Australian Football League (AFL) will revive its "State of Origin" concept after a 27-year break, with a Western Australian (WA) representative team to host a ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Mitch Brown finally had enough as he watched unfolding coverage of yet another case of homophobic abuse in the Australian Football League, and decided it was time to change ...