Australia name squad for Rio 2016

SYDNEY (5 July 2016) – Eighteen of Australia’s finest women footballers, united by the goal of climbing onto the Rio 2016 Olympic podium, are heading to Brazil after the final Matildas squad was announced on Monday. Making their first appearance since the Athens 2004 Games, of which only co-captain Lisa de Vanna remains, the side is full of…

Matildas remain Asia’s top-ranked side

SYDNEY (27 June 2016) – Australia will head to the women’s football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games as Asia’s highest-ranked side after the latest FIFA Women’s Ranking showed little movement in the global list for the continent’s teams. The Matildas sit in fifth place behind an unchanged quartet of women’s football superpowers that sees…