Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has tinkered slightly with his line up for the upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Saudi Arabia and Japan.

More than 30 years after Kevin Keegan's hugely-successful guest stint, and 26 years after they left the national stage, Blacktown City are primed to make the most of their return to the spotlight in Wednesday night's FFA Cup quarter-final against Sydney FC at Edensor Park.

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Jose Mourinho is 53. Jurgen Klopp is 49, Antonio Conte is 47, Pep Guardiola is 45, Mauricio Pochettino? Just 44. Does the fact that Mourinho is already in his 50s matter?

Canberra United will reunite their star attacking duo when the W-League season begins.

An injury to Mat Ryan looks set to hand Mitch Langerak his first Socceroos start in nearly two years.

Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi believes they are in better shape compared to this time last year as they prepare for their final pre-season match against A-League opposition.

Coach Jose Saturnino Cardozo was sacked by Mexican soccer club Chiapas for the second time in a week on Sunday following Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Cruz Azul.

Juventus surrendered the lead and lost 2-1 in a classic match at Inter Milan, slipping to second place, one point behind Napoli in Italy's Serie A.

Late goals from Juan Zuniga and Troy Deeney helped Watford sink Jose Mourinho's visitors to a stinging defeat.

Real Madrid brushed off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to beat Espanyol 2-0 away and maintain their 100 percent start to the league season while matching the La Liga record of 16 consecutive victories.

Melbourne City will be hoping that their last two friendlies are certainly not a harbinger for A-League the season ahead.

Socceroo striker Mathew Leckie made a big impression in his Bundesliga side Ingolstadt's match against Bayern Munich.

After being dumped twice by Sydney FC, Dubbo born-and-bred defender Jacob Tratt has been thrown an A-League lifeline by Wellington Phoenix.

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Is it because a joint FIFA/AFC delegation will be in town this week to push the barrow for a second division with promotion and relegation and the FFA simply want to be seen to be doing something? Maybe. Does it matter what the motivation is? Not at all. What matters is that the pressure for a second-tier is building to fever pitch, both internally and externally, and the FFA can't keep sticking their head in the sand hoping it will go away. It won't.

The Pep Guardiola revolution at Manchester City has continued apace as they crushed Bournemouth 4-0 to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

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Melbourne City fans will finally get the chance to see star signing Tim Cahill in action for the first time on their own turf later this week when John van 't Schip's side takes on Western Sydney Wanderers in the FFA Cup.

Football Federation Australia has signalled for the first time it wants to bring in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for W-League players.

A stunning strike from Jordan Henderson helped Liverpool secure a comfortable 2-1 win at Chelsea on Friday that ended the London club's unbeaten start to the season and underlined the growing potential of Juergen Klopp's side.

After winning Capital Football's National Premier League grand final, Frank Cachia wasn't finished.

As competition heats up to pay higher wages to female athletes, FFA has admitted many W-League players have been playing for nothing.

There is no doubt that Melbourne City has achieved the biggest domestic coup the A-League has ever had with the capture of Tim Cahill for the upcoming season.

The Socceroos have made the biggest move amongst top 50 nations in the latest FIFA rankings, shooting up 12 spots to No.45 in the world.

The Brunswick Zebras under-17 boys had, in Faisal Totakhil's words, an "up and down" soccer season. Injuries, goalkeeper troubles, a run of losses and draws mid-season.

On the eve of a high-level visit from the Asian Football Confederation, Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold wants the A-League to introduce a quota for Asian players, while Football Federation Australia has thrown tentative support behind what could be the most significant rule change in the competition's history.

As they try to woo fans across Asia, Manchester City have taken a focused and systematic approach, opening up a commercial office in Shanghai earlier this year, in addition to regional bases in Singapore, Tokyo, Melbourne and Abu Dhabi. But some things are impossible to plan for, like when striker Sergio Aguero posed for a selfie with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Leicester City fairytale clearly has a few more chapters to come, after this stunning Champions League premiere in Bruges. Claudio Ranieri cannot have envisaged a more stress-free evening as last season's miracle men produced an emphatic statement in their first game at this rarefied level.

Highlights from the opening clashes, including Leicester City's maiden Champions League game.

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar combined to devastating effect as Barcelona swatted Celtic aside 7-0 at the Nou Camp to lay down a marker in Champions League Group C.