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Jake Niall

Jake Niall

Jake Niall is a Walkley award-winning sports journalist and chief AFL writer for The Age.

The legendary Dennis Cometti died aged 76.

A JFK assassination buff: The quirks and keys to the legendary Dennis Cometti

Cometti’s passing is a moment to reflect on how history is made, not only by athletes, but by those who consecrate and capture the essence of what we have seen, who make it special.

  • Jake Niall

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Dennis Cometti’s commentary career spanned 51 years on TV and radio.

‘He made footballers famous’: Bruce McAvaney’s tribute after beloved caller Dennis Cometti dies at 76

Cometti was long regarded as one of the doyens of sports commentary, especially AFL.

  • Jake Niall and Andrew Wu
The timing for the AFL grand final is on the new chairman’s agenda.

AFL to review grand final time slot under new commission chairman

The call will be made under a new chairman, ex-Geelong president Craig Drummond, whose appointment as Richard Goyder’s replacement will be ratified by the clubs and commission on Wednesday.

  • Jake Niall and Tom Decent
Collingwood’s 2023 premiership was the most recent by a Victorian team.

Rebuilding, regrouping, unreliable or overripe: The AFL’s 17-year Victorian era is fading

In 2026, the Victorian clubs’ prospects aren’t bleak or bereft of hope. A premiership for one of them can’t be discounted. What is evident, however, is that the cycle is turning in favour of teams beyond Victorian borders.

  • Jake Niall
The closing ceremony in Verona.

After all the scandals, protests, confessions and crashes, Italy sticks its Games landing

The Winter Olympics have come to a close in Verona, Italy pulling off a successful event despite extreme difficulties. It was also Australia’s most successful outing in this Olympic format.

  • Billie Eder, Vince Rugari, Jake Niall and Bronte Gossling
USA v Canada gold medal match.

Hockey and hostility: Canada blows gold medal match against the USA

Canada had more to gain, and to lose, as a nation now defined by resistance to a monstrous neighbour. The disappointment at the overtime defeat will reverberate for a long time.

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Curling gold medallists Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, of Team Canada, celebrate victory with coach Paul Webster.

They were accused of cheating last week. Now they’ve won Olympic gold

Accused of cheating in a match that escalated into heated confrontation, Canada’s Curling team has shrugged off one of the Olympics’ most contentious episodes to win gold.

  • Jake Niall
Norwegian champion Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo.

This nation’s population is 60 times smaller than the USA. It topped the Olympic medal tally

Norway’s success at the Winter Olympics is astonishing given a population of 5.65 million, but it’s no accident they’ve topped the medal tally at Milano Cortina.

  • Jake Niall
Jamaica’s four-man bobsled team at the track in Cortina.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, it’s Jamaica’s four-man bobsled time

From Lewis Hamilton to Snoop Dogg, Jamaica’s bobsled team is capturing the world once again, just like they did at the 1988 Games in Alberta.

  • Jake Niall
Vladyslav Heraskevych carries the flag for Ukraine in the opening ceremony.

‘It’s broken the rules’: Ukraine to boycott Paralympics opening ceremony over Russia entry

Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Milano Cortina Paralympics because the International Paralympics Committee no longer has evidence that they are supporting the war through sport.

  • Jake Niall