MELBOURNE (31 July 2016) – Spanish giants Atletico Madrid crashed to a 1-0 loss to A-League side Melbourne Victory on their Australian pre-season tour in Geelong on Sunday. The European Champions League runners-up fell behind to a goal against the run of play shortly before half-time and were kept scoreless in the second half. For…
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…
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…
SYDNEY (11 June 2016) – Next season’s Hyundai A-League Finals Series could use revolutionary video replays on contentious decisions, as the 2016/17 campaign gets set for a “big bang” start in October. Speaking on Thursday at the unveiling of the draw for next season, Gallop revealed some exciting new initiatives, while also revealing the FFA…
SYDNEY (8 June 2016) – Football Federation Australia on Wednesday promised five-year bans for fans who lit flares before and during the Socceroos’ clash with Greece, which was marred by pre-match scuffles. Melbourne has a large Greek community and hundreds of fans marched from the city’s “Little Athens” precinct on Tuesday evening towards Etihad Stadium,…
SYDNEY (2 June 2016) – Football Federation Australia (FFA) CEO David Gallop delivered a keynote address at the World Soccer Congress in Shanghai speaking on how Australia can inspire China and Asia in football. The World Soccer Congress Shanghai 2016 aims to bring together worldwide soccer governing bodies, confederations, league administrations, soccer clubs, youth training systems, stadium…