Australian Rules Football
Once a week as part of a landmark deal between the Australian Football League (AFL) and Shanghai Media Group, Australian Rules football matches will be beamed live into China.
From next week, Chinese viewers will be able to watch the fast-paced game when the professional league’s postseason finals series kicks off, the league’s governing body AFL [...]
Port Adelaide will take on the Sydney Swans in an Australian rules football match next week. These teams are fortunate to meet each other as they have both struggled in the past few matches they have played in.
The Swans had been on a four game losing streak entering their last match. They were fortunate to [...]
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This past weekend (May 22-23) in Australian Rules Football action, defending champion Geelong defeated Collingwood by 36 points in front of a crowd of 88,115 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As a result, the two squads swapped place for first place.
The final eight goals of the match were scored by the Cats of Geelong, giving [...]
Football
Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports, although the first sport with this name originated in the United Kingdom. The most popular of these world-wide is association football (also known as soccer). The English word “football” is also applied to American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic [...]
In the troubled indigenous communities of the Northern Territory, Australian Rules football has become a lifeline to many young men who would otherwise fall into a life of alcohol and substance abuse. New government policies are taking a tough line on the problems in these communities, but some fear the approach will only worsen the [...]
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