Last season's A-League strugglers Central Coast have started the new campaign in ignominious fashion, suffering a 2-1 FFA Cup defeat to semi-professional Melbourne club Green Gully.

Western Sydney Wanderers survived an FFA Cup opening round scare after clinching an impressive comeback against Wellington Phoenix to progress to the round of 16.

Canberra Olympic are hoping near freezing conditions will give them an advantage against Surfers Paradise Apollo at Deakin Stadium on Wednesday.

Two days before Anna Meares leads Australia into the 2016 Olympics at the opening ceremony, the country's quest for gold will already have begun.

There are only 12 days before another Premier League season begins but is there a manager out there who truly feels ready?

The brother of Bastian Schweinsteiger appeared to accuse Jose Mourinho of a lack of respect after it emerged the World Cup-winning Germany midfielder had been banished from Manchester United's first-team dressing room by the club's new manager.

Fine print of Scott Jamieson's contract is threatening to scrap his move to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg.

Tim Cahill's anticipated arrival at Melbourne City remains a sensitive topic, but the A-League title hopefuls are happy to talk about Bruno Fornaroli.

Socceroo forward James Troisi has re-joined Melbourne Victory on a one-year deal in a major boost for the A-League powerhouse.

With one month of the transfer window left remaining, English Premier League clubs are poised to push fees to another new record this week.

Melbourne Victory have claimed their second heavyweight European scalp in the space of a week, defeating Atletico Madrid 1-0 at Simonds Stadium.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted a superb goal just four minutes into his Manchester United debut

For the 20 players of Lakemba's all age division nine team, all they ever wanted was an identification card. 

Tottenham Hotspur will leave Australia winless after succumbing to an Atletico Madrid sucker punch in their International Champions Cup meeting on Friday night, losing 1-0 to Diego Simeone's side.

A former president of Guatemala's football federation pleaded guilty to charges he received bribes to award lucrative media and marketing rights for football matches.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech expects manager Arsene Wenger to bring in the right players necessary to improve Arsenal's bid to win a first Premier League title since 2004 without wasting money on panic buys.

Perth Glory's hopes of title success have been dealt an unexpected blow, with star signing Chris Herd performing a major backflip by opting out of his contract with the A-League club.

Blacktown striker Danny Choi's sensational goal from inside his own half was the pick of an eight-goal FFA Cup thriller at Lily's Football Centre on Wednesday night.

Former international midfielder replaces player of the year Corona.

French-born forward is the third most expensive transfer in history, and the biggest domestic Italian deal of all time.

An early Juventus blitz has given the Italian champions a winning end to their tour of Australia, defeating Tottenham 2-1 at the MCG.

Football clubs in the National Premier League NSW have urged Football Federation Australia to suspend betting on state league games after alleging serious incidents of potential match-fixing taking place in the semi-professional competition. 

Pep Guardiola has banned his players from eating pizza and barred anyone who is categorised as overweight from training with the squad.

Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo looked the part as he joined UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the octagon on Monday at the Irishman's training camp in Las Vegas.

Smith is almost certain to get more game time under Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe - and the biggest beneficiary will be the Socceroos.

Canberra United midfielder has felt the lure of Aussie Rules and warns women's sport of its threat.

Sunderland appointed David Moyes as manager on Saturday, replacing Sam Allardyce who has taken charge of the England team.

The Matildas will enter the Olympics all the wiser for a 3-1 away loss to Brazil, coach Alen Stajcic says.

Melbourne Victory have claimed an upset International Champions Cup win, downing Italian champions Juventus after a penalty shoot-out.