Matildas
'Playing again is our priority': Matildas desperate to regroup after COVID break
The over-worked Matildas have had a rare three-month break. But now they desperately need training and games if they're to shine in 2023.
- by Dominic Bossi
Latest
FIFA Women's World Cup
'Unimaginable dream' comes to life for the Matildas pioneers of 1979
"If you ask anyone back in those days where they wanted football to go, they'd say right here, right now," said inaugural captain Julie Dolan.
- by Vince Rugari
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Only thing better than hosting the Women's World Cup would be winning it
All the attention, adulation and air-time will flow to the Matildas and the women's game as never before when Australia and New Zealand co-host the tournament in 2023.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Sam Kerr
'Bigger than the Olympics': World Cup a game-changer, says Kerr
Matildas superstar says the 2023 World Cup is a more significant prize than an Olympic medal, and that hosting the tournament will change women's football in Australia.
- by Dominic Bossi
FIFA World Cup
Soccer superstar Sam Kerr primed for home FIFA World Cup glory
WA's global soccer superstar Sam Kerr was full of beans on Friday afternoon despite a sleepless night watching Australia win its joint bid with New Zealand to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
- by David Prestipino
FIFA Women's World Cup
FFA backs Victorian push for $90m to establish Melbourne as Matildas home
Football Victoria is pressing the state government to unlock $90 million in funding to establish a Victorian home for the Matildas.
- by Michael Lynch
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
With the 2023 Women's World Cup, football in Australia has a beacon
This is an opportunity to create a normal in which women footballers no longer have to fight for fairness and a voice, but that these values are self-evident.
- by Kate Gill
Analysis
FIFA Women's World Cup
Why the 2023 Women's World Cup is a supply ship, not a life raft
The 2023 Women's World Cup won't make Australian football rich, but it will make it happy and that can unlock its potential.
- by Dominic Bossi
FIFA Women's World Cup
When is the Women's World Cup? All you need to know about the tournament
A joint Australia and New Zealand bid to host the tournament was announced as successful in the early hours of Friday morning. But what else do we know?
- by Dominic Bossi and James Polson
Updated
FIFA Women's World Cup
'Hundreds of millions of dollars': 2023 World Cup a huge boost for economy, says minister
The hosting rights win is regarded as a significant uplift to Australia's post-COVID recovery, according to federal Youth and Sports Minister Richard Colbeck.
- by Dominic Bossi
FIFA Women's World Cup
Everything you need to know about the Australia-NZ World Cup bid
Who votes? What is the process? And how will those votes fall? Here's everything you need to know about tonight's decision on the 2023 Women's World Cup host.
- by Dominic Bossi