You know there is an embarrassment of Australian footballing riches when a game involving Zinedine Zidane has to play second fiddle.
Super June is the name of an incredible three weeks during which the Socceroos are involved in four 2010 World Cup qualifying matches and Australia's women's team, the Matildas compete in the 2008 AFC Asian Cup. ...
The FFA has announced Australia will bid for the right to host the 2018 World Cup. This is the starting gun in what will be a very long and arduous beauty parade to convince FIFA that Australia should be granted this exclusive and elusive right to host the holy grail of human kinds sporting endeavours.
Yet 10 years out the SANFL, arch enemy of local football, is positioning itself to free load off the World Cup Finals bid. ...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced Australia's bid to host the 2018 World Cup Finals. But Adelaide looks almost certain to miss out on hosting any games thanks to more inaction by SA Premier Mike Rann.
In announcing the bid Kevin Rudd identified the key venues as the MCG in Victoria, the Sydney Football Stadium in NSW, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and the new $1bn stadium being built in Perth - not a single mention of Adelaide. ...
Participation in women’s football is booming in Australia and this is particularly true for female participation (junior and senior). With young females especially playing the game for the first time in massive numbers, women's football is widely considered the fastest growing sport in Australia.
Of the 425,920 total registered players in 2006 there were 83,834 females (19.7% of the total). ...