Coates welcomes Volkers Rio Olympic ban and other top stories.

• Coates welcomes Volkers Rio Olympic ban

  He's yet to receive official confirmation, but Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has welcomed news that Australian swim coach Scott Volkers, who has faced sex abuse claims, has been barred from the Rio Games by Brazilian officials.Australia asked Brazil's Olympic Committee to not accredit Volkers, who has been working in Brazil since 2011, for any Olympic role following a damning review by the child sex abuse royal commission.According to BBC Brazil, the Brazilian Olympic Commit..

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• Crows coach ponders fresh AFL faces

  Adelaide coach Don Pyke's patience is being tested by some of his underperforming AFL players.But the Crows coach isn't convinced it's time to wield a selection axe despite three losses in four weeks."It's a balancing act," Pyke told reporters on Wednesday."Some of those guys played some really powerful and strong footy in the first part of the year."That will be a good discussion point, as to what point do we feel the need to bring in some fresh faces and fresh blood ... we'll see the result of..

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• Archie Thompson looks to play on, will NPL Victoria be the best option?

  

  It comes to an end: Archie Thompson walks off the arena. Photo: Getty Images There was tears and laughter, joy and sadness. Hardened supporters had lumps in their throats, and the man at the centre of the attention, Archie Thompson, found it hard to hold it all together.AAMI Park rose as one to salute Melbourne Victory's record goalscorer, its best known player and the A-League's biggest star as he bade farewell to the Victory faithful on their own turf one l..

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• Netball Australia to announce major change

  

  New franchises aligned to major football teams and some element of private ownership are among the big changes expected to the new-look netball competition to be announced on Thursday.The eight-team trans-Tasman competition which started in 2008 will be jettisoned, with both Australia and New Zealand staging separate domestic tournaments, with the possibility of a crossover component.Netball Australia are expected to unveil up to three new teams, with Sydney and Melbourne each getting a second t..

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• Daniel Merrett says senior Brisbane Lions players must take blame for Collingwood loss

  

  Browny whacks Lions1:54On The Couch: Jonathan Brown slams Brisbane after its Round 8 thumping from Collingwood EMOTIONAL Brisbane vice-captain Daniel Merrett says coach Justin Leppitsch is not to blame for last week’s diabolical loss to Collingwood. Merrett said the buck stopped squarely with the Lions players who “embarrassed’’ everyone associated with the club.Leppitsch’s tenure at the Gabba has come under the spotlight after Brisbane meekly surrendered to the Magpies, producing the club’s fi..

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• How Hawthorn are coping with Jarryd Roughead's cancer diagnosis

  

  The partners of Hawthorn players will get together to discuss how to support Roughead's wife, Sarah Photo: Pat Scala Jarryd Roughead is known to the coaches and football staffers at Hawthorn as "the locker room carer", the go-to man who senses better than most the mood of the group and who often guides the hierarchy if a player is in some kind of personal trouble.And so it transpired on Tuesday when the beloved 29-year-old instructed his emotional teammates n..

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• Pay Jarryd Hayne what he's worth, but don't let him play sevens for Fiji at the Rio Olympic Games

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Hayne's baby steps Jarryd Hayne hopes to win gold with the Fiji Sevens team in Rio, but is not guaranteed a place according to the coach. PT1M21S 620 349 If it please the court, our next case is Odds & Sods v Jarryd Hayne.He doth appear before the People's Court on two charges.The first is that he dideth, or at least just mighteth have, allegedly-eth, wilfully-eth and grievously-eth been-eth a party to rorting the salary cap system, by accepting ..

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