Time to salute a footballer who has fronted up season after season in the @vfl, breakable neither by sword nor stone. Time to salute Ben Jolley as he prepares for his 300th game (and as he does he names the best 12 VFL players he's seen along the way). codesports.com.au/afl/local-foot…

Good guy Daniel Cherny is in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to cover the #WTCfinal & #Ashes. You can also read Ben Horne Robert Craddock Mike atherton✍️ + more on CODE Cricket. If you're yet to subscribe, a $1 trial will see you through until the end of the men's + women's Ashes. codesports.com.au/cricket/ashes/…

Devastating loss. Wayne Smith was a lion of journalism and a top fella. A testament to his fun and kindness as a colleague is the effort the young ones in the office put into producing this video for his retirement from The @Australian two years ago. youtube.com/watch?v=z1WdFz…

The late great Wayne Smith was such a terrier that when Kepler Wessels sold his story to a rival paper about returning to SA, Smithy jumped in his car and knocked on Kepler’s door to scoop the scoop before it hit the presses. Here’s Kepler being grilled by our hard nosed scribe.

Another big story from Linda Pearce.. Liz Ellis led the State of the Game Review, most capped 🇦🇺 player in netball history. Broadcast, business smarts. And just a sensible voice to have at any sporting table, as her comments in this piece show: codesports.com.au/netball/part-i…

Great yarn.

One year ago today, Australia beat Peru in a penalty shootout thriller to reach the World Cup. It was a game stacked with unlikely heroes. Here's how it went down, via Adam Peacock. codesports.com.au/football/socce…

So here’s the great irony of it all. Bazball, the style of play that has revolutionised Test cricket and breathed life into the English game, has become formulaic. Thoughts from day one at Edgbaston. codesports.com.au/cricket/ashes-… CODE Cricket CODE Sports #Ashes

This is Khawaja's highest Test score in England. #Ashes2023 Age 36 ... and four years since an Ashes tour looked to have ended his international career. It's been a hell of a comeback.

Usman Khawaja moved past Adam Gilchrist, Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe and Doug Walters on the list of highest Test averages for Australia. Since turning 35 he has seven Test tons scored in four different countries. codesports.com.au/cricket/ashes-… CODE Sports CODE Cricket

Off the long run at Lord’s: Joel Selwood. codesports.com.au/cricket/austra… #ashes

Ross Lyon has proven the AFL’s most stubborn coach at the selection table this season, using a league-low total of 28 players. Rob Forsaith looks at how many players each club has used in the first half of this season, and why. codesports.com.au/afl/afl-depth-…

"I’ve had kids ask me outright, ‘How much of this particular steroid should I take?’ and I’m talking about 15 year olds." CODE Sports Jamie Pandaram codesports.com.au/code-sports-in…

Once isolated and vilified, Usman Khawaja is now changing Australian cricket. #Ashes2023 #Ashes ➡️➡️STORY: bit.ly/430RHY4 ✍️Steve James REMINDER: You can read the best of Times Sport with a CODE Sports subscription.

'Mate, I think we’ve got one. Big bloke … 203 (cm) or something like that … wanna see him. He’s bloody exciting.’ Justin Plapp picked the 'big bloke' early. And on Saturday Oscar McInerney may become an AFL premiership player. For CODE Sports codesports.com.au/afl/the-big-ba…

I remember seeing the 1971 #AFLGF on 📺 as a kid and asking ‘who is Bob Keddie?’ For Hawthorn FC fans, I chatted to Bob for this story and his memories were fascinating. There’s still regret about what he didn’t do that day before he turned the game. codesports.com.au/afl/down-like-…

Former Richmond coach Jeff Gieschen spent years chasing the coaching dream around Australia with his young family, but recently he’s paid it back as right hand man to son Jarrod. The story of a father-son bond and a premiership at Old Ivanhoe. VAFA codesports.com.au/afl/local-foot…

Craig McRae made his AFL debut in 1995. It proved a formative season for both him & the Brisbane Bears, who marched to the most unlikely of finals berths from 4-11. “We wouldn’t have won those premierships without that experience." FULL STORY: bit.ly/46oFnDc 🐨