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Legend, John Landy: The athlete who 'went the extra mile'

The late John Landy, agricultural scientist and Governor of Victoria, was also considered to have ...  
The AFL enters a concussive new season still stumbling around

Australian football has the highest rate of concussion of any team sport in the world, but play ...  
Female-only swimming sessions save lives

Drowning is not about bad luck, but about removing structural barriers to water safety and swim ...  
Snow down... you're moving too fast!

Two cross-country skiers glide in perfect unison across Victoria's Mount Hotham during a trai ...  
Australia Open legend Todd Woodbridge has his eye on the ball

A hyper-focused 19-year-old Todd Woodbridge with his eyes on the prize.  
England's 'art of war' Ashes: Before Bazball came Bodyline

During a visit to Australia in the '70s, British comedian Sid James made sport of the fierce bowl ...  
High on the hill: Melbourne's iconic Nylex Clock

It's the end of the year and time to look back at some of the iconic photos featured in EYE FOR ...  
FE Custom becomes more popular than ever thanks to high-quality sportswear and fast service

Community sporting clubs are embracing a new era of locally owned, high-quality team apparel, with ...  
Trump scores an own goal for FIFA

FIFA invents a “Peace Prize” to flatter Donald Trump, proving once again that football’s ...  
'Horsing around' in Melbourne springtime

This image of a Thoroughbred foal bonding with its mother was captured at a stud in Melbourne' ...  
A tight finish: Triathletes put it all on the line

Triathlete Greg Reddan gets to the baton in a fiery finish, scorching a Sydney surf carnival ...  
Sun shines on Sunshine State as football season ends

Celebrations around the end of the season, in the main professional football codes, moved north in ...  
Lionel Rose — a champion revealed

Indigenous Australian boxing world champion Lionel Rose become one of Australia's most famo ...  
Jeff Kennett's Hawthorn hoodoo gone but not forgotten

After Hawthorn beat Geelong in the 2008 AFL Grand Final, the much-publicised 'Kennett curse' to ...  
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The Australian footballer on a mission to make the game accessible to all

Legally blind teen Charlotte Dougherty turned her Matildas-inspired dream into reality and is now ...  
Be like Mike Hussey: Give blood and save lives ─ maybe even your own

Like 100,000 other Australians, you might be walking around with a killer gene that could end your ...  
Sprinter's track record also reads 'charitable bloke'

In 1993, the great U.S. athlete Carl Lewis came to Melbourne to visit a local teenage athlete ...  
Athletes' Olympic climate plea: A contradiction

Dear incoming IOC president, you can end the whole charade once and for all.  
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