Net hovers over Stephen Dank

Having talked to Shane Flanagan, and having seen six months' worth of text messages between James Hird and Stephen Dank, emphasises why the Sharks coach should never have been stood down in the first place. A weak Cronulla board buckled in the face ...

Commuters walk in to London's financial district during the morning rush hour October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Stephen Hird LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly nine in 10 financial services executives are struggling to recruit staff with the right skills as ...

James Hird was just 11 when your correspondent first began to doggedly pursue the Essendon Football Club over whispers that players were using performance-enhancing substances that turned wimps into warriors. But back then it was the Bombers ...

Stephen Dank has claimed Essendon wasn't the only club "pushing the envelope" with the use of exotic supplements last year. Controversial ... Stephen Dank says a number of club were experimenting. Source: James Croucher / News Limited Stephen Dank ...

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has reiterated his call for sports scientist Stephen Dank to give evidence to ASADA into the controversial supplements program at Essendon last year. When asked about the impact of proposed federal government ...

In a growing sign of confidence, Essendon chairman David Evans has suggested coach James Hird will be ''fine'' when the truth over the coach's use of supplements is revealed. Hird has said he had two injections last year of legal amino acids for ...

Sports scientist Stephen Dank says it is time for a royal commission into the drugs-in-sport debacle, and has revealed he is considering suing the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority. Dank, the man in the middle of the Essendon supplement ...

Since the Essendon supplements scandal broke in February, chairman David Evans and coach James Hird have publicly handled themselves with good grace. Evans was at it again on Monday, fronting a packed press conference at Windy Hill, answering ...

Sports scientist Stephen Dank has refused a request to speak to the AFL integrity department, saying the complete lack of respect from the league and chief executive Andrew Demetriou has ruined any chance of that happening. Dank has also taken a ...