Chris joined the ABC sport team in 2024 after six years at Nine.
He enjoys writing long-form pieces about AFL, cricket and basketball and has a habit of supporting teams that end up torturing him.
You can find him talking too much about the Cavs, Liverpool and Essendon on Twitter @chrisdesilva23 .
David Warner throws his full support behind his childhood friend, Usman Khawaja, while slamming Cricket Australia's investigation into ball tampering.
David Warner labels his former teammates "disgraceful" and Marnus Labuschagne's career crisis continues to spiral as Australia endures a horror end to its tour of South Africa. Here are the quick hits from day five in Cape Town.
Australia falls in a heap on day five of the third Test in Cape Town, spun out by Simon Harmer to lose the game by 176 runs and suffer a 2-1 series loss to South Africa.
South Africa sets Australia a target of 288 to win the third Test and the series after an thrilling comeback on day four in Cape Town.
South Africa loses four wickets and has a lead of just 40 runs, as Nathan Lyon claims the crucial wicket of Temba Bavuma in the shadows of stumps on day three in Cape Town.
Alex Carey and Josh Inglis put together a handy partnership late on day two in Cape Town to put Australia in firm control of the third Test against South Africa.
Mitchell Starc makes the new ball talk to drag Australia back into the third Test as day one ends with honours even in Cape Town.
Ben Simmons suffers a cruel blow just days out from the NBA regular season after showing promising signs on his return to the league.
A frantic final hour of the AFL trade period sees six players switch clubs, with one unlucky Crow the sole player stranded.
North Melbourne and Carlton both make huge acquisitions as the AFL trade period approaches a crucial deadline day.
North Melbourne's bid to add Nick Blakey hits a standstill as Essendon continues to look for ways to bolster its young list.
Some players from Australia's last Test tour of South Africa saw their careers skyrocket, while others couldn't recapture the same heights. Here is a look at what came of each member of the 2018 touring party.
Zak Butters is finally unveiled as a Western Bulldogs player as Port Adelaide receives four first-round picks in a five-team mega trade ticked off by the league.
North Melbourne makes its big play to lure Nick Blakey away from Sydney as clubs line up meetings with the wantaway halfback.
Essendon has registered interest in wantaway Swan Nick Blakey, but won't be blowing up its draft capital to add him after acquiring multiple picks in a deal sending Jordan Ridley to Geelong.
Hawthorn puts the ball in Gold Coast's court when it comes to the future of Ben King as Richmond adds some much needed experience to its young list on day two of the trade period.
Even before Fremantle's heartbroken players left the field of play at the MCG, the recovery from one of the most devastating losses in league history had already begun.
The Brisbane Lions launch an incredible fightback late in the grand final to edge Fremantle by seven points and win a third consecutive premiership.
Fremantle and Brisbane have briefly crossed each other's paths over their three decades in the AFL, never more than when Lachie Neale starred for both clubs.
Isaac Heeney speaks publicly for the first time since he was banned by Sydney for breaching the club's standards after the Swans season came to an end.
Victoria Police has spoken to three spectators in relation to ugly incidents stemming from the fiery finale to Hawthorn's preliminary final against Brisbane at the MCG.
Nick Daicos's stardom has always had an inevitability to it, and his maiden Brownlow Medal triumph is the latest example of him fulfilling his immense promise.
Nick Daicos breaks Patrick Cripps's record in the 3-2-1 voting era by winning the first Brownlow Medal of his career.
Hawthorn fans are condemned for their behaviour after the siren following a heart-stopping preliminary final against the Brisbane Lions at the MCG.
Fremantle overturns a 28-point third-term deficit to defeat Sydney by 12 points and become the first team to qualify for the AFL grand final.
