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Juventus bring B-team to Australia

Staying home: Gianluigi Buffon joins a host of first team Juventus players not coming to Australia for the International ...

​Italian champions Juventus have spared 13 players the trip to Australia for the International Champions Cup following their European Championship exploits.

Tuggeranong United celebrates 40 years

On the rise: Tom Rogic.

They've produced Socceroos Tom Rogic and Carl Valeri, but a David v Goliath battle against the Melbourne Victory was the moment that reinvented Tuggeranong United.

Bernie Ibini set to return to Sydney FC

Heading back to the Harbour City: Bernie Ibini.

Australian international winger Bernie Ibini is on the cusp of sealing a move back to the A-League with a return to Sydney FC set be concluded in the coming days.

FFA appoint new A-League chief

Incoming: Greg O'Rourke has a background in the corporate and manufacturing world.

Football Federation Australia have ended their search for the new head of the A-League, appointing former Football NSW chairman Greg O'Rourke as the competition's new boss. 

Former Liverpool manager hits new low

Brendan Rodgers.

Brendan Rodgers, who said in the build-up to the match that Celtic would treat the part-timers "as if they were Real Madrid or Barcelona", must have been pinching himself after his side conceded early in the second half.

Victory rail against fixture logjam

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat tries to keep his feelings in check after the game.

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat has wasted no time teeing off at Football Federation Australia this season, accusing the game's governing body of putting safety behind other considerations when fixturing.

Victory sign Spanish defender

Spanish flair: Alan Baro Calabuig.

Melbourne Victory have again looked to the continent for a defensive leader, signing Spaniard Alan Baro on a one-year A-League deal.

Portugal's Euro win plagued by moths

Moths fly around Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during warm up before the Euro 2016 final soccer match between Portugal ...

If you leave the lights on - the moths will come. And that's what happened during the final of Euro 16, when the winged insects flocked to Paris' Stade de France during the Portugal and France final.

Live: Portugal v France

Eder of Portugal celebrates after the opening goal.

Hosts France face off against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the final of the 2016 European Championships.

Players bemused with comically small field

"Unacceptable":  Alex Morgan was far from pleased with the quality of the pitch.

Farcical scenes surrounded a NWSL match between the Western New York Flash and Seattle Reign on Saturday night, as a schedule clash forced the contest to be moved to the outfield of a nearby baseball stadium. 

Les Blues finally win back the masses

France's Antoine Griezmann, center, celebrates.

The bond between team and fans had been loosened by more than a decade of division. Yet such is the spirit of this France side that the hosts have re-awoken to the joys of football as a national mission, 18 years on from the 1998 World Cup win in Saint-Denis.

Leckie in QPR's sights

Matthew Leckie is on QPR's radar.

Socceroos star Matthew Leckie is being chased by Queens Park Rangers with the English Championship club considering making a bid for the FC Inglestodt winger.

Griezmann fires hosts past Germany

France's young hero: Antoine Griezmann.

Two goals from Antoine Griezmann helped hosts France overcome world champions Germany 2-0 to fire the hosts to the final of Euro 2016, a first competitive victory over their old rivals in 58 years.