Even Daniele De Rossi, one of the hardest men in soccer, was reduced to tears as AS Roma talisman Francesco Totti brought down the curtain on a remarkable 25 years at his only professional club on Sunday.
Aaron Mooy is set to play a key role for his club, Huddersfield Town, when the Terriers take on Reading in the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Socceroos great-in-waiting was missed by the 'system' - highlighting the need to improve development paths in football.
Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1
Lionel Messi and Neymar showed their class as Barcelona beat a determined Alaves side 3-1 in the King's Cup final on Saturday to win the competition for the third year in a row and bid farewell to coach Luis Enrique on a high.
The long league campaigns, the Champions League's dreaded barrier of the round of 16 - these are the challenges that Arsene Wenger has found ever harder to negotiate over the years but there is only one king of the FA Cup, the 67-year-old Frenchman who has now won it a record seven times.
Europe rubs its hands with glee as moneyed elite prepare to come calling again.
The A-League side have been fined more than $17,000 for breaking strict regulations around AFC Champions League matches – including a failure to provide adequate meals to referees and match officials.
Past performance is generally held to be the best predictor of future outcomes, particularly in sport. Just not where junior competitions are concerned.
The age of entitlement died the day Ange Postecoglou walked through the door.
Before Arsenal and Chelsea clash at Wembley this weekend, we take a look back at five of the more memorable FA Cup final goals from the 21st century.
EON sports, the digital 24-7 sports radio network, has been forced to abandon local programming due to cost issues.
Brisbane have made the first signing of the post-Broich era with Fahid Ben Khalfallah joining the A-League club on a one-season deal.
Plenty of sound and fury, wailing and gnashing of teeth after Liverpool's fly-in-fly-out visit to Sydney for an exhibition game that drew responses verging from farcical to fantastic.
Wayne Rooney is weighing up the possibility of moves to Everton, China or the United States after giving the clearest indication yet that he will leave Manchester United this summer.
After getting married last week, Socceroos star Aaron Mooy now has his sights on a double celebration by securing promotion to the Premier League with Huddersfield Town.
Hull City's Portuguese head coach Marco Silva has resigned against their wishes following relegation from the Premier League, the club said in a statement on Friday.
Twenty years to the day of their proudest moment as a club, the Brisbane Strikers have reaffirmed their intent to bid for an A-League licence and insist they will be at the forefront of the expansion debate.
Four NPL Victoria clubs can now look forward to a potential bumper payday.
The ABC won plenty of plaudits in the past for its sympathetic and informed coverage of the W-League and women's soccer.
The ABC has squandered whatever chance it had of snapping up the A-League's free-to-air broadcast rights thanks to its calamitous coverage of Sydney FC's friendly with Liverpool.
​Jurgen Klopp admits he didn't know how Liverpool would fare against Sydney FC after a whirlwind global trip he labelled the "most intense" of his career.
Manchester United gave its grieving home city a moment to cheer by winning the Europa League on thursday morning, beating Ajax 2-0 in the final thanks to goals by Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
The A-League's greatest ever team failed to state their credentials against EPL giants Liverpool.
All the live action from the clash between English Premier League superstars Liverpool and Sydney FC.
Harry Kewell's move into management with English League Two strugglers Crawley Town means that, not for the first time, he is a groundbreaker among his peers.
​Crystal Palace's former England manager Sam Allardyce has quit the Premier League club five months after being appointed and said on Tuesday that he was leaving soccer management.
To play a match so soon after such outrage is not callous. Rather it is the sharpest, most effective public metaphor for the city.
Jose Mourinho told his Manchester United players they "have a job to do" in Thursday morning's Europa League final as the usual excitement and anticipation of a season-defining game deferred to professional compulsion.
Liverpool will arrive just 11 hours before kick-off for their exhibition match against Sydney FC after staying over in Bangkok.
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