• Ben McKay

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has accepted the inevitable that Mile Jedinak won't be fit for crunch World Cup qualifiers.

• Rik Sharma

Barcelona are suing Neymar for €8.5 million ($12.5 million) for breach of contract as they want him to return the bonus he was paid when he signed a new five-year deal just nine months before joining Paris Saint-Germain.

Socceroos midfield ace Tom Rogic is set for a third consecutive Champions League campaign despite Celtic losing to Astana 4-3 in the second leg of their tie in Kazakhstan.

• James Buckley

Sydney FC have appointed sports businessman Danny Townsend as chief executive of the A-League club.

• David Polkinghorne

Michelle Heyman has re-signed with Canberra United for the upcoming W-League season.

• Ben McKay

A pair of Socceroos walking the injury tightrope present coach Ange Postecoglou with his biggest headache ahead of World Cup qualifiers.

Wayne Rooney scored his 200th English Premier League goal as Everton drew 1-1 with Manchester City on Monday.

Melbourne City have added a fourth international to their A-League ranks, signing Dutch defender Bart Schenkeveld.

• Matt Bungard

Australian Aaron Mooy has had a dream start to his Premier league career, scoring for Huddersfield.

Goals from Marcos Alonso gave Chelsea a 2-1 win over Spurs at Wembley on Sunday.

Boss Brendan Rodgers hailed "fantastic" Tom Rogic after the Celtic midfielder engineered the Hoops' 2-0 win over Kilmarnock.

Socceroos skipper Mile Jedinak will be available for the World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Thailand if he gets through club duty this week unscathed.

• Claire Siracusa

Sam Kerr scores four goals in a half to steal victory for her US club side.

Manchester United netted four goals for the second consecutive week in the Premier League to rout Swansea City 4-0 on Saturday and ensure their highest-scoring start to a season for 110 years.

• James Ducker

Jose Mourinho has cranked up the pressure on Chelsea by claiming his former club are favourites for the Premier League title and cannot hide from their position as champions.

• Vince Rugari

​Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter reckons the Socceroos are "overweight" and are built more like a rugby team.

Cristiano Ronaldo has called his five-match ban for pushing a referee "exaggerated and ridiculous" and claims he is being persecuted after failing to have the sanction overturned on appeal.

Socceroo Tom Rogic is set for his third-straight European Champions League campaign after his Celtic side thrashed Astana 5-0 in the first leg of their qualification play-off.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Canberra Olympic to host Newcastle Jets at Deakin Stadium in the middle of their NPL title defence on August 29.

Teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold curled in a magnificent free kick on his European debut to set Liverpool on the way to a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim

• Matt Law

Manchester City will test Arsenal's resolve to keep Alexis Sanchez -before the transfer window shuts with Pep Guardiola still desperate to add the forward to his squad.

• Anthony Colangelo

Meet Tim Cahill's newest Melbourne City teammate. Marcus Gomes won't set foot on a soccer pitch but will instead represent the A-League club at a different kind of World Cup.

• Vince Rugari

Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak has been named in Ange Postecoglou's 30-man squad for the crunch World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Thailand.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned for five matches for pushing the referee after he was shown a red card against Barcelona in Real Madrid's 3-1 Spanish Super Cup first leg victory on Sunday.

• Jason Dasey

It was 11 years ago on a sultry June afternoon, just after a late Tim Cahill double had conjured up Australia's first-ever World Cup victory from nowhere. In the bowels of Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion, the visiting media contingent was in frenzied overdrive.

• Garry Maddox

Family, friends and fans of Les Murray gathered in Sydney to bid farewell to the much-loved soccer personality.

• Vince Rugari

​Aaron Mooy's seamless step-up to the Premier League should bolster the confidence of the Socceroos as they approach their two biggest matches in recent memory.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational goal and was then sent off for a combination of his provocative celebration and for diving as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in an explosive Spanish Super Cup first leg on Sunday.

Romelu Lukaku scored twice on debut and Paul Pogba capped an ominous team display with a late long-range goal as Manchester United beat West Ham 4-0 in their opening game of the Premier League season.