MELBOURNE (6 Sept 2017) – Goals from Tomi Juric and Mathew Leckie have kept Australia’s 2018 FIFA World Cup hopes alive after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Thailand at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Tuesday night. Australia dominated the match from the first blow of the whistle and were unlucky not to take a lead into half time…
SYDNEY (1 Sept 2017) – Australia need to hit back immediately after a 2-0 defeat by Japan dented their chances of reaching next year’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The Asian champions were beaten in Saitama on Thursday and will be looking to beat Thailand handily at home in their final Group B qualifier on Tuesday – and hope Japan…
SYDNEY (15 August 2017) – Australia called up five uncapped players and welcomed back captain Mile Jedinak from injury in a 30-man squad named Tuesday for crucial World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Thailand. The Australians will face Japan in Saitama at the end of this month before returning to Melbourne to play Thailand on…
SYDNEY (29 July 2017) – Australia produced a superb performance to secure a first ever victory against three-time World Champions the United States, while Japan were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against Brazil on the opening day of the Tournament of Nations. The Matildas produced an outstanding performance to end a 30-year hoodoo, and…
SYDNEY (24 July 2017) – Four teams from ASEAN have made the cut for the AFC Under-23 Championship 2018 in China following the conclusion of the qualifiers last night Two teams – Australia and Malaysia – qualified as group winners while Thailand and Vietnam made the cut as two of six best-placed runners up. Australia…
SYDNEY (6 July 2017) – Football Federation Australia (FFA) will welcome a FIFA/AFC mission to Australia later this month in an effort to end an impasse over expansion of the sport’s membership (Congress). All stakeholders in Australian football, including the FFA, agree with FIFA and the AFC that FFA’s Congress should be expanded to include…