SYDNEY (1 March 2016) – Australia struck an early blow in the race for Olympic Games qualification after goals from Lisa De Vanna, Michelle Heyman and Katrina Gorry helped ease the Matildas to a 3-1 win over Japan at a chilly Kincho Stadium on Monday. In front of a vocal home crowd that braved the two…
KUANTAN (29 Feb 2019) – It was bad day for Terengganu teams and neighbours Pahang in Saturday’s Malaysian Super League matches. Defending champions Johor Darul Takzim did enough to tame Terengganu 2-0 at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu while Malaysia Cup champions Selangor came from behind to whip Pahang…
SYDNEY (28 Feb 2016) – Westfield Matildas playmaker Katrina Gorry admits the heartache of last year’s World Cup exit is providing extra motivation ahead of tomorrow’s Rio Olympics qualifiers in Osaka. Alen Stajcic’s side reached the quarter finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada last June after knocking off South American giants Brazil…
HANOI (28 Feb 2016) – Heading into the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games tomorrow in Osaka, the Vietnam women’s football team will be hoping to spring a surprise on their highly-rated oppositions. Vietnan will be up against hosts Japan, China, Australia, North Korea, and South Korea for the only two…
DILI (27 Feb 2017) – Gianni Infantino was elected FIFA’s new president on Friday, taking over from the disgraced Sepp Blatter and with the mission to rebuild world football’s scandal tainted governing body. Infantino, general secretary of European confederation UEFA, won in the second round of voting by 207 FIFA member associations at a congress…
DILI (26 Feb 2016) – FIFA members on Friday approved major reforms aiming to end corruption scandals ahead of voting for a new president who faces a mountainous task boosting the image of football’s governing body. The measures were adopted by 179 members, while 22 voted against and six abstained at a congress seeking to…