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The Young Socceroos’ success at the U-20 Asian Cup followed the explosion in match minutes for young players in the A-League.

The A-League has found its purpose. And it’s worth $20 million a year

A revolution has quietly taken place in the A-League. It helped propel the Young Socceroos to success at the recent U-20 Asian Cup, and is being noticed by the rest of the footballing world.

  • Vince Rugari

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The Young Socceroos lift the Asian Cup trophy.

Young Socceroos’ Asian Cup triumph shows better days are on the horizon

Most of the country was tucked away in bed when a Mark Schwarzer-esque save delivered Australia’s first AFC trophy in a decade – but the significance of this achievement should not be slept on.

  • Vince Rugari
The revised plan for the Brisbane Arena saw the indoor stadium moved to the northern end of Roma Street Parklands.

State welcomes inter-city Olympic tension as Brisbane misses out on Matildas

Queensland’s sports minister has encouraged competitive tension between Brisbane and the Gold Coast over which city should host 2032 Olympic and Paralympic swimming.

  • Cameron Atfield
Colombian captain Catalina Usme celebrates her goal in front of Emily Van Egmond and Mary Fowler.

FA want new Matildas coach by mid-year after third straight SheBelieves Cup defeat

The Matildas went down 2-1 to Colombia to round out a disappointing campaign, but FA say there’s still enough time to reset before the Asian Cup on home soil next year.

  • Frances Howe
Further questionable on-air comments about women from now dumped radio host Marty Sheargold have emerged, including when he said endometriosis was “made up”.

‘Endometriosis? It’s made up’: Sheargold comments resurface

Further questionable on-air comments about women from former Triple M radio host Marty Sheargold have emerged.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Marty Sheargold

Triple M parts ways with Marty Sheargold amid backlash from ‘outrageous’ Matildas comments

Sports Minister Anika Wells led a chorus of condemnation after the radio host’s inflammatory remarks about the national women’s soccer team.

  • Frances Howe
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Marty Sheargold sexist cliches “wouldn’t raise a listless titter from a laugh track”.

Marty’s sexism is sheer gold. Now, where did I put that hammer?

Triple M host strayed offside while on air, and scored a spectacular own goal.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
Marty Sheargold has come under fire for his comments about the Matildas.

Sheargold’s foul-mouthed rant went way beyond the line – even for radio

The boundaries of bad taste and outrage have become blurry, but Marty Sheargold’s staggeringly bad take on the Matildas went beyond anything we’d heard in years.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Michelle Heyman celebrates with Winonah Heatley after scoring a goal against the US.

Matildas SheBelieves Cup campaign continues to crumble after 2-1 loss to United States

The Matildas went down 2-1 to current world No. 1 the United States in Arizona on Monday, despite US coach Emma Hayes fielding a second string team.

  • Frances Howe
Hayley Raso tackles Yui Hasegawa.

Miserable Cup opener for Matildas as they suffer 4-0 defeat by Japan

Australia suffered their heaviest loss to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup in Houston on Friday morning (Australia time).

  • Frances Howe

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