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Arsenal's $90 million man set to make debut in Sydney
Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal's record signing, will be on the plane to Australia next week where he is set to make his first appearance for the club in Sydney.
Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal's record signing, will be on the plane to Australia next week where he is set to make his first appearance for the club in Sydney.
A former La Liga regular will be leading the line for Western Sydney Wanderers' attack next season after the club completed the signing of the first marquee player of the season, Spanish striker Oriol Riera.
It's one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year but the FFA couldn't sell the TV rights for Arsenal's first tour of Australia in 40 years.
The highway linking Adelaide to Melbourne is the shortest between interstate capitals, which is just as well given the conveyor belt of players who have spent time at both Melbourne City and Adelaide United since the former came into the league in its sixth season.
Adelaide City chairman Greg Griffin says the club will put its foot down and refuse to release five star youngsters for an Olyroo training camp and tournament later this month.
The ground is continually shifting in Australian soccer with speculation suggesting that moves are being made by disgruntled stakeholders to persuade FIFA to disband the FFA board and start afresh to determine a new governing body for the sport.
At the age of 36, and having won five Premier League titles, former Chelsea captain John Terry has embarked on a final challenge by signing a one-year contract with Championship side Aston Villa.
Michelle Heyman is a eyeing a remarkable Matildas comeback this month following a serious ankle injury.
Lars Stindl scored the only goal as Germany defeated Chile 1-0 on Sunday to win football's Confederations Cup for the first time.
Lionel Messi and his childhood sweetheart have married at a ceremony attended by some of the biggest names in soccer.
An A-League 2 could be close with the FFA forced to act on a national second division in exchange for support for their congress.
Sydney FC have two visa spots and extra salary-cap cash to play with after news Milos Dimitrijevic has left the A-League champions.
Could Western Sydney's success be replicated in Australia's other big city, Melbourne?
Germany's Leon Goretzka scored twice in the opening eight minutes to set his side on the way to a 4-1 win over Mexico to reach the final of the Confederations Cup.
Socceroos star Aaron Mooy has completed a permanent move to Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town.
Germany's Leon Goretzka scored twice in the opening eight minutes to set his side on the way to a 4-1 win over Mexico to reach the final of the Confederations Cup.
Germany's Leon Goretzka scored twice in the opening eight minutes to set his side on the way to a 4-1 win over Mexico to reach the final of the Confederations Cup.
A-League veteran Nikolai Topor-Stanley has returned to the Newcastle Jets on a two-year deal.
A-League clubs are demanding a forensic financial audit of FFA's books – and have threatened court action if their demand is not met.
FFA Cup-holders Melbourne City will begin their defence of the trophy with a road trip to Queensland, to face Brisbane Premier League side Peninsula Power in the competition's round of 32.
Matildas star Sam Kerr has scored a spectacular bicycle kick goal to continue her impressive National Women's Soccer League form in the US.
A solicitor, a football club secretary and four former senior police officers have been charged over the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989.
Swiss prosecutors have examined multimillion-dollar Australian taxpayer-funded payments to controversial lobbyists hired at the behest of billionaire Frank Lowy to help Australia win the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Melbourne City's new coach, Warren Joyce, will find himself in the spotlight sooner than he might have expected after City were scheduled to take centre stage on opening night of the next A League season, hosting Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park on Friday, October 7.
A report has revealed explosive new evidence that undermines longstanding assurances by Australia's peak soccer body and its former chiefs, billionaire Frank Lowy and North Melbourne football chairman Ben Buckley, that the nation's bid to host the World Cup wasn't tainted by corruption.
Fighting fires on all fronts, about the last thing Football Federation Australia needs is another conflagration. Desperately trying to get a grip on the present to structure a future on the home front, the past has come back to haunt the FFA. As it was always likely to do.
Canberra will be a junior soccer mecca next week, but it won't host an A-League game next year.
While Football Federation Australia claims there is nothing new and no more to say following the explosive revelations of the Garcia Report, the woman who was the whistleblower exposing some of the less than savoury aspects of the Australian World Cup bid says its publication should act as a catalyst for change in the way the Australian game is managed.
Report shows the lengths Football Federation Australia went to conceal colourful consultants' role.
At the heart of the allegations is the man who controlled the Australian game at that time with an iron fist.
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