Socceroos’ door still ajar for Dykes
Gold Coast-born attacker Lyndon Dykes has been chosen for Scotland after COVID-19 stopped him representing Australia.
Gold Coast-born attacker Lyndon Dykes has been chosen for Scotland after COVID-19 stopped him representing Australia.
A Turkish soccer club has left Socceroos midfielder Mustafa Amini in the lurch after a monster contract fell through at the last minute. Left jobless and homeless abroad, he wants to take his case all the way to FIFA.
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The Socceroos haven’t played a fixture since last November – and following an AFC decision to push back their World Cup qualifiers, coach Graham Arnold has to take matters into his own hands.
THE Socceroos have conquered World Cup Group C rivals France before. It came back in 2001 at the Confederations Cup in South Korea and featured a winner from an unlikely source.
JURGEN Klinsmann has commissioned one of his closest friends to scouting the possibility of being Socceroos coach at next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia.
FACING France, Denmark and Peru in Russia next year is not the group of death of four years ago. But it’s no walk in the park either and the Socceroos are certainly up against it in Group C.
PREPARE for a lack of sleep and make sure the kettle is working! There’s some late nights coming up for football fans in June next year (and hopefully July as well). Here’s the World Cup draw.
FRANCE is a standout at the World Cup. But it’s not necessarily about beating Les Bleus first up, it’s more about avoiding a disastrous loss, writes Mark Bosnich.
THERE wasn’t much pot luck for the Socceroos, who have landed themselves in another tough World Cup group for Russia 2018 against two European sides and a rising South American team.
FRANCE will be one of the favourites for the World Cup but with right attitude, the Socceroos might jag the result they need from the first match in Russia, writes Robbie Slater.
SOCCEROOS can make it to the at least the second round after drawing Peru, Denmark and France in next year’s World Cup, says John Kosmina.
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