• Michael Lynch

Pressure is mounting on the embattled Football Federation Australia as the country's second-tier National Premier League clubs say world soccer's governing body FIFA has backed their demands for a role in determining the game's future.

The fairytale rise of Leicester reached new heights when the English champions reached the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 home win over Sevilla.

• Harriet Alexander

Brazilians have reacted with fury after one of the country's most high-profile goalkeepers was snapped up by a football team on leaving prison – despite serving only a fraction of his sentence for torturing and murdering his girlfriend, and ordering that her body be fed to his rottweilers.

• David Polkinghorne

But the former Socceroo wants it done properly so it's "1000 per cent sure" it will work.

• Michael Lynch

Australia's second-tier soccer clubs are stepping up the pressure on the FFA as they seek a say in the future direction of the game.

• Michael Lynch

Adelaide United's teenage sensation Riley McGree has retained his place in Ange Postecoglou's squad for the crucial World Cup qualifiers.

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• Jonathan Liew

The man with the hardest job in London on Monday  night – with due respect to junior doctors, the police and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's press officer – was Mike Jones, the fourth official at Stamford Bridge. On a night when the FA Cup threatened spilled to spill over with bad blood, Jones was the man tasked with keeping peace on the touchline. And when Jose Mourinho is on that touchline, with his personal pride at stake, that peace can never be guaranteed.

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho had to be separated from Chelsea manager Antonio Conte during their FA Cup clash.

After a run of six games in all competitions without a win, Brisbane returned to form with a 3-1 A-League victory over the Newcastle Jets more than a week ago - their 13th match since the start of the year.

• David Polkinghorne

Canberra club interested in being part of national second division.

• Michael Lynch

So we know that Sydney FC will be crowned Premiers Plate winners.

• Michael Lynch

Melbourne Victory's marquee player Oliver Bozanic looks to be on the way out of AAMI Park, with talks ongoing for him to join a J-League club before the Japanese transfer window shuts at the end of March.

• Jerome Pugmire

Memphis Depay showed just why Lyon signed him from Manchester United after lobbing the goalkeeper from near the halfway line in a 4-0 home win against Toulouse.

An injury to Harry Kane marred Tottenham Hotspur's FA Cup farewell to White Hart Lane on Sunday.

Craig Shakespeare has been appointed as Leicester City's manager for the rest of the season, the Premier League champions announced on Sunday.

• Michael Lynch

Besart Berisha's audacious talent tipped Victory into an emphatic 4-1 win against Perth.

• Michael Lynch

Coach Michael Valkanis said he would look to cover injured Argentine winger Fernando Brandan by either playing other players in his place or tinkering with the way the team is set up.

• Michael Lynch

The FFA says it is still aiming to tie up the business by the end of the month, but it is hard to see how the original timetable can be met.

• Michael Cockerill

A second division is off and running, whether Football Federation Australia likes it or not.

• Simon Cambers

Arsenal ended the fairytale run of non-league Lincoln City, cruising to a 5-0 FA Cup win at The Emirates to take their place in the semi-finals.

​Everton closed to within five points of the top-four with a convincing defeat of a lacklustre West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park on Saturday.

• Dominic Bossi

Sydney FC is the club most likely to host the A-League grand final but the pitch could be in disarray with a Waratahs rugby match scheduled the night before.

• Michael Lynch

Melbourne Victory cement themselves in second place with an emphatic win over Perth Glory.

• Dominic Bossi

Holosko's winner against Central Coast Mariners was a reason to celebrate for the coaching staff, sealing a move engineered on their training ground.

• Michael Lynch

The battle for control of the future of Australian soccer has well and truly been joined, and the announcement this week of a new and potentially powerful player has thrown a fresh dynamic into the equation.

• Matt Law

Mauricio Pochettino has revealed that his wife is his biggest critic at Tottenham Hotspur.

• Dominic Bossi

Mariners coach Paul Okon says Friday night's game against Sydney FC should not have gone ahead due to the poor state of the pitch at Allianz Stadium.

• Dominic Bossi

If it was a celebration Graham Arnold was fearing, then he need not have worried as Sydney cruised to a lackluster win in front of a small crowd to grasp one hand on the premiership.

• Michael Lynch

In any push towards radical change there is a tipping point - a moment when the proponents of new ideas and a fresh approach reach critical mass.