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A-League star reveals abuse over father's murder conviction
Adelaide United defender Dylan McGowan has been taunted by rival A-League fans about his father's murder conviction.
Adelaide United defender Dylan McGowan has been taunted by rival A-League fans about his father's murder conviction.
Manchester United moved into fifth place in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory away to struggling Middlesbrough, who sacked manager Aitor Karanka on Thursday.
Tim Cahill did the business for Melbourne City on Saturday night, as he has done for so many clubs and his country for so many years.
Brisbane Roar assistant coach Ross Aloisi faces major disciplinary measures after allegedly striking a rival coach in the tunnel after the Roar's 2-1 defeat to Adelaide United.
Dane Ingham has made history, as far as I can tell. The first player to choose to play for New Zealand rather than Australia. As the debate swirls about whether the youth system is nearing collapse, what should we read into this?
It took five months and seven attempts, but Western Sydney have finally broken their Spotless Stadium curse.
The Australian Association of Football Clubs broke cover only a fortnight ago with a disruptive agenda designed to challenge the status quo in the structure of Australian soccer.
Two headers by Craig Dawson and a Hal Robson-Kanu strike lifted West Bromwich Albion to a 3-1 win over Arsenal and piled more misery on their manager Arsene Wenger.
A first-half Tim Cahill header and three second-half goals, one to substitute Nick Fitzgerald and two to captain Bruno Fornaroli, eased Melbourne City to a comfortable 4-0 win over Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on Saturday night.
FFA coming under more pressure from clubs, with FIFA to relinquish further control of the game to stakeholders.
Will the A-League clubs – a number of whom are in favour of breaking away from FFA as a last resort – take the plunge and provoke a schism with soccer's governing body by setting up an independent A-League?
Tim Cahill won't be held back in preparation for Socceroos duty on Saturday night when his A-League side host Newcastle.
Far too often in Australia do we hear of players aged 22 or 23 being referred to as youngsters. They are not. In football terms, they are almost middle-aged.
Canberra Olympic coach Frank Cachia has joined the chorus of those welcoming a proposed national second division.
Who can save Wellington Phoenix? Not Rob Morrison, I fear. The chairman of a club which almost passed into history last season is showing few signs of learning from the bruising experience.
Manchester City's captain is one of several likely departures.
When Ange Postecoglou picked Adelaide United teenager Riley McGree in the Socceroos squad earlier this week, young A-League players must have asked themselves: "Could that be me?"
Melbourne Victory is confident of receiving confirmation by Friday morning that the deal to offload their marquee player Oliver Bozanic to a struggling J-League side has been completed.
Kevin Muscat admits to ''one or two things'' in his playing career he'd take back if he could. "But you can't go back."
Melbourne Victory have banned several fans from matches after they were involved in a violent brawl with Sydney supporters early this month.
Samir Nasri has described Jamie Vardy as "a cheat" and accused the Leicester City striker of play-acting to get him sent off, following their angry confrontation in the Champions League tie on Tuesday night.
Monaco stunned Manchester City to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, overturning a two-goal first-leg deficit with a 3-1 victory in a pulsating clash to go through on away goals.
Western Sydney have survived a late onslaught to defeat FC Seoul 3-2 and resurrect their ghastly Asian Champions League campaign.
"We're hopeful that it won't be a rebel league ... but if the FFA won't help or endorse it, then what's the alternative?"
Melbourne City midfielder Luke Brattan wants to use the final rounds of the A-League season - and hopefully a title win - as a springboard back to European football.
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.
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.
But the former Socceroo wants it done properly so it's "1000 per cent sure" it will work.
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.
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