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4-time premiership coach Ivan Cleary has announced that he will be finishing up at the Panthers at the end of the 2027 season. That's not a typo, he's given his resignation 18-months in advance. Penrith are in ominous form so far in season 2026 and their want to send their champion coach out at the very top could motivate them further. What can Cleary and his team achieve over the next two seasons...

We are only nine rounds into the AFL season but that was enough for Michael Voss to decide he's had enough. Mick Malthouse has lived a version of this so we ask him about the pressures that leading the Blues comes with and who the club might have in their sights to take over the role full time. Carlton have been known for chasing big names to lead the club and there is currently no shortage of exp...

At a time when the AFL is trying to boost Indigenous representation, Michael McLean might be the perfect honouree for Sir Doug Nicholls round. A two-time club champion with Brisbane, he was crucial to the anti-racism push in the nineties and has had a huge role in Indigenous communities. McLean talks about his emotive story and confronts the challenges the game is facing.  Featured: Michael McLean...

The Giro d'Italia gets underway this weekend and there are 12 Australian hopes in the field, including the 2022 champion Jai Hindley. He will have some serious competition in the peloton but his biggest rival might actually be on his own team. In the AFL Scott Pendlebury is eyeing off the all time games record this weekend as he prepares to draw level with Brent Harvey on 432 games. Plus why is te...

Arsenal has no shortage of haters and when the Gunners stumbled against Man City in the Premier League, there was a LOT of derision. Spin forward to now and they're on track for arguably their greatest ever season with a potential PL-Champioins League double very much in play. How have the Gunners gone from calamity to the edge of immortality?  Featured: Danie Garb, football reporter, ABC Sport. ...

Carlton has begrudgingly accepted the $75k fine handed down by the AFL over the Elijah Hollands incident, but the industry is now grappling with what comes next. The AFL has a raft of mental health actions planned, including  full-time psychologists and a 'fit to play framework'. But a former club psychologist has described one initiative as 'box ticking' and raised concerns about others. The AFL...

The fastest Australian to run 100m isn't Gout Gout, Lachie Kennedy or even Patrick Johnson. It's Eddie Nketia. His story is kind of insane, he's dabbled in rugby union and American football. He holds the national records for New Zealand, but he has quit the Kiwis to run for Australia. Running in the US college system has unlocked his best ever times and he thinks he can get much quicker. Eddie joi...

Underdogs who can do something no other Australian team has achieved at a World Cup. That's how manager Tony Popovic sees this Socceroos group, as he readies to fly out for the pre-tournament training camp. Popovic has opened up on some big names, emerging talent and injury headaches as he set the scene for the biggest sporting event on earth.  Featured: Amanda Shalala, senior reporter, ABC Sport....

Marathon swimming isn't for the faint hearted, let alone when there's 5500 crocodiles in the same body of water. But for Andy Donaldson, the challenge was worth the pain and risk. We chat to the Australian-Scottish world record holder about overcoming fear, the mental battles of long distance swimming and why he chose the Kimberley in Western Australia for this epic feat. Featured: Andy Donaldson,...

Cricket Australia has put the so-called “biggest strategic decision” in generations on ice, so is that it or will discussions continue to drag out indefinitely? Plus, Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has been diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disorder during an already high stress season and NSW and QLD set up a bumper series in game one of the women’s State of Origin. Featured: Peter Lalor, C...

Reports from the Wall St Journal suggest the Saudi Arabian investment in LIV is over, so what now? We speak to the man who broke the story to understand what it means for the rebel golf league, players like Cameron Smith and events like LIV Adelaide. Featured: Andrew Beaton, Wall St Journal. To catch up on everything that’s making sports headlines recently, listen to more episodes of ABC Sport Dai...

Jarome Luai is the first PNG Chief. The expansion team has landed its first official signing and it’s a big one. Luai has been instrumental in rebuilding the Wests Tigers into a team that could play finals in 2026, but now faces an 18-month goodbye before he joins the Chiefs in 2028. The PNG side has tax-free money to spend on players and for some that money would be lifechanging. Luai was one of...

Eight months ago Millie Elliott welcomed baby Gigi into the world, now she’s preparing to enter NRLW’s toughest arena, State of Origin. She hasn’t played a game of NRLW for over 18 months, but will make her way straight back into the NSW Blues side. The four-time premiership star always intended to come back to footy postpartum but the reality was easier said than done. How has she managed the tra...

It was not so long ago running fans thought a sub-two hour marathon in race conditions was impossible but two runners in the London Marathon have done exactly that. Kenyan runner Sebastian Sawe has set a new world record and in turn has shocked the world finishing the distance in 1.59.30. Who is Sawe and will his incredible achievement spur on others to try and chase him down?  Featured: Jess Sten...

St Kilda’s Lance Collard has had his ban for using a homophobic slur decreased significantly thanks to the AFL’s appeals board and the decision and reasoning has raised eyebrows across the industry. On the park we will see Collingwood take on Essendon, and despite both team’s ladder position Luke Ball believes we will have a game on our hands. In the NRL the Tigers are on a roll and we are set to...

Arsenal were in the box seat to win the Premier League title all season, until they weren’t. Manchester City have taken top spot with five matches to go, and if anyone knows about winning at this point of the season it’s them. Can Arteta's Gunners learn from past mistakes or will Man City once again reign supreme? Featuring: Daniel Garb, football writer, ABC SPORT.  To catch up on everything that’...

The Australian Government has introduced new reforms around gambling advertising in an attempt to shield young sports fans from the negative impacts of problem gambling. Some believe this is a step in the right direction and others say this is nowhere near enough. Australians are the biggest losers per capita when it comes to sports betting, so will these reforms actually help to curtail a downwar...

Elijah Hollands’ mental health episode against Collingwood on Thursday night has raised many questions, particularly of the Carlton Football Club. How did this happen? Why was he allowed to stay on the ground? How can we stop this from happening again? Premiership Bulldog Tom Boyd has publicly shared his mental health battles, so we ask him those very questions.  Featured: Tom Boyd, Western Bulldo...

In round 23 of last year the St George Illawarra Dragons were celebrating a win over the Sharks and a contract extension for coach Shane Flanagan. 11 consecutive losses later they’re looking for a new head coach after the club announced they are mutually parting ways. We are seven rounds into the NRL season and already two coaches have been moved on. Can the Dragons do what Manly have done and tur...

Peter Bol is a five-time 800m national champion and after winning that title last weekend, next on his list is trying to win gold at the Commonwealth Games later this year. Bol has had his fair share of ups and downs across his career but after a disappointing Olympics in 2024 and missing the final at the World Athletics Championships last year he’s excited to pull on the green and gold again. We...

LIV Golf has had a rollercoaster 24-hours. Rumours started to swirl that the league would have to fold due to funding cuts then the CEO poured cold water on that then their broadcast went off air for two hours. So what on earth is happening with the rebel golf league? Meanwhile Netball Australia has signed a new TV rights deal that may mean less money but more people watching their sport - how do...

You might have seen Paralympian Alexa Leary winning gold medals, dancing on the pool deck and giving the most bubbly and joyous interviews. But the reality for Leary is that after her traumatic brain injury from a cycling accident 5 years ago, life is often far from fun. In her new book 'Sink or Swim' she talks mood swings, turning anger into peak performance and the song that will always remind h...

St Kilda’s Lance Collard has been handed a nine-week suspension from the AFL tribunal for a homophobic slur during a VFL match last month. It took the disciplinary hearing three days to hear the evidence and come to a decision, but the process and outcome might have raised more questions than answers. How should the AFL balance punishment with prevention, will the process discourage other players...

Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy were the headline acts at the 2026 Australian Athletics Championships and they didn’t disappoint. Gout broke his own 200m national record and became the first Australian to run the distance in under 20-seconds, meanwhile Kennedy is stalking Patrick Johnson’s 100m national record. How does Johnson feel about being chased down? We ask him.  Featured: Patrick Johnson, Aus...

Because there's only one thing better than one green jacket. Rory McIlroy has made history again by winning consecutive Masters on a rollercoaster Sunday at Augusta and it might signal a second surge from one of golf's greats. It was a wire to wire win but that doesn't tell you the half of it as McIlroy lost his lead, grabbed it back, then nearly botched it on the 18th. It's a legacy victory that...