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Arsenal, Chelsea held to draws in Champions League

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Arsenal surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Paris FC in the Women's Champions League after Leah Williamson gave away a late penalty by putting her hand on the ball from a goal kick. 

England duo Alessia Russo and Georgia Stanway scored either side of halftime in Paris on Wednesday (Thursday AEST), which looked like it would hand Arsenal a second straight win in the competition.

‘Easy fix’ for Norm Smith winner controversy after ‘drinking beer’ reveal… as medal voter hits back

An AFL great has called for an “easy fix” to the Norm Smith Medal voting after Shai Bolton’s controversial crowning denied Will Ashcroft a third-straight honour.

But 2026 Norm Smith Medal panellist Shaun Burgoyne has defended his call to give three votes to Dayne Zorko and leave Ashcroft from his ballot entirely.

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Ashcroft was heroic with six disposals (four contested), four clearances and three score involvements after Wharfie Time sounded in the dying minutes of Saturday’s decider to lead Brisbane’s stunning come-from-behind win over Fremantle.

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Voss outlines his Norm Smith voting strategy

After what was one of the most contentious Norm Smith Medals ever awarded, Michael Voss has provided some intriguing insight.

Voss, who captained the Brisbane Lions to three premiership in the early 2000s, was one of the voters who awarded the medal to Fremantle's Shai Bolton.

The basis for this decision was a process driven approach wanting to remove the emotion and moment biases out of his vote.

“I think it was really important coming into the voting to come with a little bit of a process,” he said on AFL Trade Radio.

“My process at the end of every quarter, I just took a really simple 5,4,3,2,1 (vote) on every quarter.

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