Football Australia
Football Australia posts record $8.5 million loss … but CEO says Socceroos, Matildas won’t be impacted
Football Australia says its national team and grassroots programs will not be affected by the posting of a record $8.5 million loss, but interim chief executive Heather Garriock hinted that the federation could be set to shed some jobs.
- Vince Rugari
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Matildas doing ‘significant amount’ of work with Kerr ahead of return
Interim Matildas boss Tom Sermanni has revealed the team has a physiotherapist working closely with Sam Kerr in London while he also praised potential new coach Joe Montemurro as being ideal for the job.
- Roy Ward
- Updated
- Australian soccer
Football Australia to post $8.5 million loss, write off A-Leagues debts as Johnson exits as CEO
FA’s new chief executive will face challenges as the organisation will announce a record financial loss.
- Vince Rugari
Perry Park upgrade expected to be agreed to in ‘near future’
Negotiations between Football Queensland and the state government over an upgrade to Perry Park may soon bear fruit, with hints from the Brisbane Roar its billionaire owners might be willing to help cover the cost.
- Cameron Atfield
Facilities, future tournaments and … flares? Australian football’s $3 billion funding plea
Australian football’s various bodies have united to make a collective pitch to government for more than $3 billion in funding over the next 10 years.
- Vince Rugari
- Analysis
- Australian soccer
How an Arsenal Champions League loss could benefit the Matildas
Australian duo Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley will be desperate to progress to the UEFA Champions League final when they face coach Joe Montemurro’s formidable Lyon side later this month.
- Vince Rugari
- Analysis
- Australian soccer
Why Football Australia made right call in keeping Sam Kerr as captain
As a train-on player only, she won’t wear the captain’s armband on Friday night at Allianz Stadium in the first of two friendlies between the Matildas and South Korea. But she will wear it again.
- Vince Rugari
- Analysis
- Australian soccer
The Barcelona legend, the billionaire politician and the Indonesian plot to usurp the Socceroos
The appointment of Patrick Kluivert as Indonesia’s national team coach is the latest sign that Australia’s northern neighbours are finally getting serious about their national sport.
- Vince Rugari
Matildas, Socceroos greats throw weight behind Brisbane 2032 stadium vision
Soccer greats have joined forces to make a last-minute push for a new stadium at Perry Park, as the 100-day Olympic review reaches its final stages.
- Cameron Atfield
- Opinion
- Sam Kerr
Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break
Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white establishment and to a system of entrenched injustice.
- Oliver Brown
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