(L-R) Shaun Grigg, Jack Riewoldt and Dustin Martin react after winning the AFL grand final between the Adelaide Crows and Richmond Tigers at the MCG in Melbourne last year. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)

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SA 'locked out' from hosting AFL grand final

South Australia’s Sports Minister says he is “extremely disappointed” the AFL has signed a deal with the Victorian Government to keep the grand final at the MCG until at least 2057.

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Govt could strip council of Adelaide Oval powers, staff warn

The Adelaide City Council has been warned – by its own staff – that the State Government could effectively strip its powers over Adelaide Oval if it is perceived to be “acting unreasonably” in a liquor licensing dispute with the Stadium Management Authority.

Cricket

Muscle-memory needed for England as Australians strong-arm second Test

In the end, it all happened rather quickly, and the Australians stormed to the win which had seemed theirs for the having at the end of the first two days’ play, needing less than two hours of the fifth and final day to remove six England batters and record a convincing-looking victory by 120 runs.

Cricket

Australia getting jumpy as England rally

How is it possible for a group of elite professional athletes to forget so much in such a short time? Michael Jacobs ponders the imponderables as the Adelaide Test hangs in the balance.

Cricket

Follow-on call and DRS blunders haunt Aussies

Australia concedes it may have blundered by not making England follow-on in the second Ashes Test.