"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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Australia's race discrimination commissioner says the AFL is "nowhere near" where it should be on combating "horrific racism" ...

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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 ...

Aussie Rules football is life for many in remote NT Aboriginal communities but in Borroloola, barefoot young women and girls ...