"The AFL's original Racial and Religious Vilification Policy was an Australian first, and perhaps a first in world sport. It sent a very strong message that our game wanted to stand up against racism, ...

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 ...

THE AFL and all 18 clubs have issued a powerful statement, apologising "unreservedly for our failures" to former Sydney ...

Mitch Brown is the latest athlete to make queer sports history. A former Aussie Rules football player, Brown, 34, publicly came out Wednesday as bisexual. The 10-year vet is the first player who’s ...

Two of the AFL’s brightest talents this year called out racist abuse on social media directed at them and their families. St Kilda's Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera and Port Adelaide's Jase Burgoyne received ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Former West Coast Eagles defender Mitch Brown became the first Australian Football League player, past or present, to come out as bisexual on Wednesday, saying he hoped ...

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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 ...