December 2022
Destiny and Lionel Messi await Socceroos in Qatar
Socceroo defenders Harry Souttar and Kye Rowles will have to keep Lionel Messi in check if Australia has any chance of beating Argentina on the weekend.
- Gus McCubbing
November 2022
Qatar bans beer from World Cup stadiums in last-minute decision
With just two days to go before kick-off, beer with alcohol has been suddenly banned from the eight stadiums hosting matches in Qatar - the latest move in a controversial World Cup.
- Andrew Mills
December 2019
Craig Foster is thinking of working as a lawyer
The TV soccer analyst who campaigned to free refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi talks about why he's now pondering a career in the law – and maybe politics.
- Updated
- Michael Pelly
October 2019
- Opinion
- FIFA World Cup
Fifa must keep pushing for female fans in Iran
Given that Iran's highest clerics had spent 38 years imposing a blanket ban on women attending football matches, they were never likely to disavow all remnants of the past in the space of a single World Cup qualifier.
- Oliver Brown column