A KEY national report on sports funding has been slammed as 'insulting' and 'un-Australian' by a livid Olympic committee chief John Coates. Full Article at The Courier Mail

The Crawford report dismissed the Australian Olympic Committee's calls for an extra $100 million a year for 10 years for elite sports, saying that money would be better spent elsewhere. It also took issue with the AOC's quest to reclaim ``top five'' Full Article at Herald Sun

Tough gig ... Full Article at ABC Online

The man responsible for those Martians, seagulls and marshmallows is set to re-enter the AFL landscape. But don't tell Vlad (aka. Full Article at Sportal Australia

WITH one signature, the AFL is a legitimate threat in the battle for western Sydney. WITH one signature, the AFL is a legitimate threat in the battle for western Sydney. Full Article at Adelaide Now

AFL BOSS Andrew Demetriou admits footy clubs were involved in the cover-up of sex abuse and scandals as recently as five years ago. "In the past, particularly when I played, there were these sorts of things that were covered up," he said. Full Article at Herald Sun

Andrew Demetriou today said he was doing his best to raise the standards of respect and responsibility towards women within the sport, but that view had been a relatively recent change. Full Article at Adelaide Now

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has publicly declared his support for elite football's return to the Adelaide CBD. Full Article at Adelaide Now

HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett has urged the AFL world to embrace Australia's bid to host the World Cup soccer finals but warned shutting down the football season for two months would be a recipe for disaster. Full Article at Adelaide Now

AFL and NRL officials yesterday took a united stand in rejecting a proposed FIFA suspension of both codes during the middle of their seasons, should Australia win the right to host the world's biggest sporting event in 2018 or 2022. Full Article at Adelaide Now

Legs and arms are rammed into whatever space remains before the doors slide shut. That is a metaphor for Australian football. THINK of a train station in Tokyo. Full Article at The Australian

NRL chief executive David Gallop yesterday led a chorus of opposition, describing any shutdown as unworkable, while Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett compared the prospect to "cutting off your arm". Full Article at Herald Sun

West Coast says it knows nothing of a possible third AFL team in the nation's west. The club's comments come after AFL boss Andrew Demetriou spoke last night of the possibility of another franchise in Western Australia to join the Eagles and Fremantle. Full Article at ABC Online

THE AFL's ambitious Greater Western Sydney club will have access to players from the ACT, Riverina and Northern Territory although most of NSW is off limits under generous start-up concessions announced yesterday. Full Article at The Australian

While surely everyone in Australia knows who Andrew Demetriou is, the AFL boss wasn't exactly sure who his code's latest recruit was when told former Manly chief executive Grant Mayer had taken up a role with Team Greater Western Sydney. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald

WHEN AFL boss Andrew Demetriou was told who would be heading the new western Sydney franchise, he thought they were talking about Jennifer Aniston's former boyfriend, Canadian rocker John Mayer. Or did they mean Channel 7 weatherman Grant Denyer? Full Article at The Daily Telegraph

"There is room for us all ... we don't have an argument with the rugby league." And then came the bombs. Full Article at Adelaide Now

THE AFL isn't calling it a war. "No fight here mate,'' said AFL legend Kevin Sheedy when I interviewed him earlier this year. "There is room for us all ... we don't have an argument with the rugby league.'' And then came the bombs. Full Article at Adelaide Now

IN A historic first, the AFL will determine the time and place of the final eight games of season 2010 on the eve of round 22 in a bid to orchestrate the fairest possible finals series. Full Article at The Age