Candice Warner and Robbie Slater have butted heads over the Socceroos great’s now-infamous Sam Kerr challenge. The 58-year-old on Tuesday night continued to defend his position over a controversial newspaper column comparing Kerr and Socceroos icon Tim Cahill. Slater wrote in an opinion piece for The Daily Telegraph in JanuaryContinue Reading
Football fans from around the world have been left irate and in some cases, empty-handed after the final round of ticket sales for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup concluded this week. The tournament is the first FIFA Women’s World Cup to feature more than one host nation, and isContinue Reading
FIFA made the virtually unheard of move just weeks before the tournament was set to kick off, after two of Indonesia’s top politicians called for Israel to be banned from the competition. Bali’s governor, Wayan Koster, wrote to Indonesia’s Sports Minister to protest against Israel’s participation in a letter that’sContinue Reading
Argentina captain Lionel Messi on Tuesday scored his 100th international goal for the reigning world champions as they romped to a 7-0 friendly win over outclassed Curacao. Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi opened the scoring against the Caribbean island minnows on 20 minutes in Santiago del Estero. Watch the world’sContinue Reading
Brandon Borello’s first international goal wasn’t enough to help the Socceroos complete a clean sweep of Ecuador in their two-match friendly series as the South Americans turned the tables on the hosts 2-1 at Marvel Stadium on Tuesday night. After losing to Australia 3-1 in Sydney on Friday night, EcuadorContinue Reading
Football fans have celebrated a rare length of the field goalkeeper goal after Argentinian goalkeeper Leandro Requena scored what some are calling the longest strike in football history. Requena plays for Chilean top-tier side Cobresal and his goal rubbed salt in the wound as his side already lead 2-0 inContinue Reading
Gary Lineker was told by the BBC to “step back” from presenting his football show on Friday after the former England football star sparked an impartiality row by criticising the British government’s new asylum policy. The 62-year-old, who fronts the flagship English Premier League Match of the Day program, thisContinue Reading
England’s Kyle Walker exposed himself in a bar and snogged and pawed a woman in a shocking 90 minutes caught on camera. The Manchester City star dirty-danced with the woman — not his wife — and a female friend after he arrived drunk and boozed with a group of maleContinue Reading
You would expect scenes at Wembley for a cup final to be raucous, especially with two clubs the size of Manchester United and Newcastle United. Thousands of fans descended on central London ahead of the League Cup Final between the two clubs, marking Newcastle’s first cup final in 23 years,Continue Reading
Football in Australia has been rocked by fresh allegations of abuse after an Indigenous football player reported racial and homophobic slurs used by opposition supporters during a National Premier League fixture in Sydney’s west last Sunday. News Corp reports that an APIA Leichhardt player lodged an on-field complaint to theContinue Reading