Brain damage fuels soccer heading fears
Professional football is as risky as boxing in causing brain damage that can lead to dementia and early death, scientists have suggested.
Professional football is as risky as boxing in causing brain damage that can lead to dementia and early death, scientists have suggested.
No team have ever overturned a deficit of four or more goals to progress in the Champions league knockout stages.
Paris Saint-Germain's Angel Di Maria was at his vintage best as he scored twice in a 4-0 demolition of Barcelona in their Champions League last-16 first leg.
Manchester City have suffered a large blow to their title hopes with Gabriel Jesus suffering a fractured foot that could keep him out for up to three months
The Video Assistant Referees (VARs) have courted controversy in their first use in football in New Zealand.
​Western Sydney will swap one hoodoo venue for another when they take on the mighty Sydney FC at the Olympic stadium.
Jacynta Galabadaarachchi's name might be hard to pronounce, but callers and fans of women's soccer might have to get used to it.
Melbourne City's history making captain coach Jess Fishlock could yet return to try to lead the team to a triple W-League title next season although no new deal has yet been confirmed.
Its all change at the Matildas as  Head Coach Alen Stajcic looks to reinvigorate his squad with a massive injection of youth in a three day training camp at the AIS which kicks off on Wednesday.
Ajax vice-captain Joel Veltman has defended his 'unsportsmanlike' behavior against Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday when he pretended to stop the game for injured team mate, Bertrand Traore, before sprinting down the line to deliver a cross.
Matildas co-captain Lisa De Vanna has been cited nine days after charging into Melbourne City's Jess Fishlock off the ball and from behind in Canberra United's W-League semi-final loss.
Coach Kevin Muscat was critical of Melbourne Victory's lack of intensity in their laboured scoreless draw away to Newcastle Jets on Monday night, leaving his side 11 points behind league leaders Sydney FC.
​Sergio Aguero roared back into action for Manchester City, claiming a sharp goal and helping them move into position as Chelsea's top challengers for the Premier League title with a crucial 2-0 win at struggling Bournemouth on Tuesday.
After a nil-nil draw in Newcastle, Melbourne Victory are now 11 points adrift of A-League leaders Sydney.
Guns N' Roses and extreme heat have failed to damage the pitch at ANZ Stadium ahead of the Saturday night's Sydney derby.
Canberra teen Grace Maher will juggle her final year of school with an Australian Matildas dream.
Soccer's wider constituency is likely to find itself pushing at an open door as it presses the game's ruling body, the FFA, to broaden its governing base and widen representation on the organisation's board.
Melbourne City's history making women 's team needed to draw on all their reserves of physical and mental strength  to achieve back to back grand final triumphs in the most difficult of circumstances.
Premier League leaders Chelsea moved 10 points clear at the top on Sunday despite being held by Burnley in an entertaining game played amid flurries of sleet and snow.
Aaron Mooy will take Championship bragging rights into Socceroos camp next month after his Huddersfield side consolidated third place in England's second tier with a 2-1 win away to Massimo Luongo's QPR.
Stakeholders are telling the FFA it must do more to market soccer and turn participants into fans, and fans into consumers.
Melbourne City has became the first club to win consecutive W-League titles after beating Perth Glory 2-0 in the grand final at nib Stadium.
If the Sky Blues go on to win the A-League championship they may well have more reason to thank their Serbian playmaker, and a pre-season chat he had with assistant coach Steve Corica.
The curse of Olympic Park continues for Western Sydney Wanderers who are still searching for their first win at their temporary home precinct after being stunned by Central Coast Mariners on Sunday.
Liverpool finally kick-started their year and damaged Tottenham Hotspur's slender Premier League title hopes as Sadio Mane struck both goals in a 2-0 victory at Anfield on Saturday.
Melbourne Victory boss Kevin Muscat has added his voice to the chorus, calling for A-League referees to lift their game, but suggested that better resources are needed if the standard of refereeing is to truly improve.
Melbourne City coach Michael Valkanis has hailed the quality, commitment and spirit of his youngsters and squad players after they overhauled a 2-0 half-time deficit to force a 2-2 draw with high-flying Brisbane Roar on Saturday night.
An inability to sell the message and the increasing unwillingness of the football community to listen has led to this.
Two goals from Alexis Sanchez – including handball – earned Arsenal a 2-0 win over Hull City and halted their run of defeats.
At least 17 people died and scores were injured in a stampede at an Angolan soccer match on Friday when hundreds of supporters stormed the stadium gates, a medical official said.
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