AFL trade news and rumours: Brisbane comment on Lance Franklin pursuit

With the AFL Trade and Draft period all but over, clubs lists are almost finalised, with the pre-season supplemental signing period the only source of movement. In what has been an exciting offseason so far, a total of 35 players were involved in trades while another 72 new players were added across the various draft nights.

Australian great Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from international cricket, ending a brilliant career in the shorter formats of the game. Finch held a press conference to announce his decision to retire from international cricket on Tuesday morning, saying he wanted to give the team time to get settled before the T20 World Cup next year.

Manchester United and Leeds United fans will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming days as they face back-to-back Premier League meetings. Erik ten Hag's United have continued their impressive start to 2023 as they push for a top-four spot, whilst Leeds opted to sack head coach Jesse Marsch following a poor string of results.

Wrexham will bid to keep their fairytale FA Cup run going a little longer when they face Sheffield United in a fourth-round replay on February 7. The initial tie finished 3-3 after a thrilling match in the north-east of Wales, with Championship side United snatching an injury-time equaliser through John Egan after earlier seeing Daniel Jebbison sent off.

There’s not much that gets missed by cameras during a Guinness Six Nations game and thankfully a brilliant bit of mischief between Finn Russell and Owen Farrell was picked up yesterday at Twickenham. England had been trying to get at Finn Russell all game, with some standard off-the-ball shoulder...

Australia will kick off their massive series against India on February 9th, with the first Test set to be played at VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The ground has only ever held sporadic Test matches in its history, with the last red-ball international fixture coming six years ago. VCA Stadium can...