Matildas captain and star striker Sam Kerr sits down with ESPN to share her journey from Aussie rules to soccer and what coming home to Perth truly means.
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold wants his team to take no prisoners on the road to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Australia will discover their opponents for their first steps in 2022 qualification on Wednesday when the draw for the second stage of Asian qualifiers is held.
Arnold says it is exciting to be leading Australia on the bid to qualify for a fifth-straight World Cup.
“We’ve got a very good group of players and we’ll treat every one of these games as a way of being ruthless,” Arnold told AAP.
“We…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants Qatar to have a co-host and will present an expansion proposal at June’s congress in Paris.
ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
The draw for the first phase of Asia’s qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup finals featuring the continent’s lowest ranked nations was made on Wednesday, even though FIFA has yet to decide how many teams will participate in the tournament.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino continues to promote his plan to expand the tournament from 32 to 48 teams and potentially share the hosting duties originally awarded to Qatar with other nations in the Middle East.
Oman and Kuwait have been approached as potential…
Fabio Cannavaro’s mixed coaching record has amplified concerns over his suitability for the China job.
With just six months until the start of their qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup, two defeats in five days under Fabio Cannavaro have only deepened the long-standing pessimism surrounding China’s national team.
Back-to-back 1-0 reversals in Nanning against Asian opposition — Thailand last Thursday and Uzbekistan on Monday — underlined the difficulties China face in their quest to end their long absence from the World Cup.
The next World Cup in Qatar will mark the 20th anniversary of the…
British MP Damian Collins lodges a petition to the House of Commons regarding Sheikh Salman’s alleged misuse of funds.
ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti discusses allegations made by Damian Collins of parliament against FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman.
ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
A refugee footballer who fled Bahrain and was held in a Thai prison for months has condemned Australia’s support for the re-election of Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa.
Australia’s players union also denounced the decision to back Sheikh Salman, who was criticised for his inaction during Hakeem al-Araibi’s detention after he was arrested and imprisoned due to an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain’s request.
Football Federation Australia on Monday issued…
British MP Damian Collins lodges a petition to the House of Commons regarding Sheikh Salman’s alleged misuse of funds.
ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti discusses allegations made by Damian Collins of parliament against FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman.
ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
FFA’s commitment to support the re-election bid of controversial Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman Ibrahim Al-Khalifa has been heavily criticised by Australian football’s players union.
FFA confirmed on Tuesday it will join fellow ASEAN Football Federation nations in backing Sheikh Salman in the April 6 election in Malaysia.
Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) said they weren’t consulted about the decision by the FFA board despite being the largest institutional stakeholder…
Tatsuma Yoshida was most recently in charge of J-League side Ventforet Kofu.
Former J-League manager Tatsuma Yoshida is in line to be appointed as next coach of the Singapore national team, sources have told ESPN.
The Lions have been without a b…
Adel Ezzat has resigned from his post as president of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation in a bid to run for Asia’s top job in 2019.
The official took the Riyadh post in December 2016 but now has his eyes on becoming president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in next year’s elections.
“I presented to [Saudi sports chief] Turki al-Sheikh my resignation from my position as of today,” Ezzat, who will be temporarily replaced by deputy of the federation Nawaf Al-Temyat until new elections…
The Socceroos coach has selected Andrew Nabbout and Dimi Petratos in his preliminary squad to travel to training camp in Turkey.
Socceroos coach Bert Van Marwijk says that young A-League star Daniel Arzani deserves his place in the squad.