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An artist’s render of Wyndham City Stadium in Tarneit, which is planned to be built in a public-private partnership between the City of Wyndham and the owners of A-Leagues team Western United.

Fledgling soccer club seeks net gain from suburb built around stadium

A rollcall of Australian sporting stars has invested in the project, such as AFL greats Adam Goodes and Scott Pendlebury and tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis.

  • Adam Carey

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Filipo Daugunu of the Rebels celebrates with teammates.

Melbourne Rebels to share Tarneit with Western United as part of consortium rescue plan

A private equity-backed consortium led by business heavyweight Leigh Clifford is working on a deal to save the Rebels and move the club to Melbourne’s west.

  • Sarah Danckert and Carla Jaeger
Kelly Rowland is playing at Fridayz Live at the Brisbane Showground.

R&B, a fringe festival and Hunger Games: The best things to do in Brisbane this week

Stars of R&B converge, Wynnum Fringe takes flight, and a new Hunger Games movie opens in Brisbane this week.

  • Nick Dent
Princess Ibini celebrates the spot-kick which put her side 3-0 up.

Sydney FC rout Western United to claim fourth A-League Women’s crown

The Sky Blues ensured Western United’s fairytale debut season came to a shuddering halt with a dominant performance in front of their home fans at CommBank Stadium.

  • Anna Harrington
Western United’s Hannah Keane celebrates her winning goal.

‘Proving everyone wrong’: How Western United went from nothing to a grand final in a year

Inside Western United’s astonishing journey from infancy to an A-League Women’s grand final within 12 months.

  • Marnie Vinall
Sydney FC’s Courtnee Vine and Western United’s Angela Beard contest the ball in the semi-final earlier this month.

Sydney FC put faith in hard work and a pub feed ahead of grand final

The Sky Blues won’t have it easy against Western United, who they lost to in the semi, when they play their sixth straight grand final at CommBank Stadium on Sunday.

  • Billie Eder
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Maclaren breaks goals record as City beat Western United

Jamie Maclaren has scored a hat-trick to break the A-League Men goals record and lead Melbourne City to a 3-1 win over Western United, while in the A-League Women Sydney FC will meet Western United in the grand final after scrapping past Victory with a last-ditch goal from Madison Haley.

  • Marnie Vinall
Victoria Police officers outside AAMI Park on Monday night.

Heavy police presence as Victory fans locked out of 1-0 loss to Western United

Victory star Nani was surrounded by almost 20 police as he entered AAMI Stadium and officers patrolled along Olympic Boulevard before the club’s first A-League Men’s match since last Saturday night’s violent pitch invasion.

  • Roy Ward
Melbourne Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro.

Victory chairman quits APL board amid bitter fallout over sale of A-League finals to Sydney

Melbourne Victory’s chairman Anthony Di Pietro has resigned as a director of the Australian Professional Leagues amid continuing fallout in soccer from the contentious decision to sell the A-League grand finals to Sydney.

  • Marnie Vinall and Paul Sakkal
Daniel Arzani

Socceroos aspirant shows support for Iranian protestors after boosting World Cup chances

Daniel Arzani demonstrated his solidarity with women’s rights protestors in his birth country, Iran, after producing a moment of class on Sunday that will surely improve his World Cup selection chances.

  • Vince Rugari

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