Socceroo set to miss qualifiers
The Socceroos seem likely to be without one of their brightest young talents for next month’s games against Indonesia and China.
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
Matildas to debut historic kits later this month
The Matildas and Socceroos will wear matching kits for the first time since 2019 in a design by First Nations artist Reko Rennie. See the details behind the historic new look.
‘He is always there’: Teenage star’s touching game-day tribute to dad
Teenage football sensation Tiana Fuller has been labelled the next Sam Kerr but the 16-year-old does a simple thing before every game to remind herself where her journey started.
If Kerr was Cummins, Cleary or Cripps, the punishment would have been swift
If it was the Australian cricket captain, Carlton’s Patrick Cripps or Penrith’s Nathan Cleary in Sam Kerr’s position, it wouldn’t be a question of if but when they were sanctioned.
Matilda reveals why she rejected rival offers to join second-tier side
Matildas veteran Emily van Egmond had plenty of offers on the table to switch clubs in January. She reveals why she settled on a second tier English side.
‘Toxicity and entitlement’: Sam Kerr’s spectacular own goal for acting stupidly
The judge’s heartless and arbitrary denial of court costs is yet another example of the extent to which white men go to make life difficult for our Sam.
‘Enough’: Chelsea’s call after Sam Kerr verdict
The fallout from Sam Kerr’s London court hearing continues, this time with her club side deciding its next step.
‘F***ing scary’: How 34-min police tape changed my mind on Kerr
Listening to the full 34 minutes of Sam Kerr’s interaction with police — and the heart-sinking moment her voice breaks — changed my view completely, writes SAM SQUIERS.
Everything you need to know about Matildas’ next tournament
The Matildas are loading up for the SheBelieves Cup – their biggest fixtures of the year. But who is playing? What is on the line? And what even is this tournament? Here’s everything you need to know.
Injured Matildas star to miss US tournament
An uncapped Melbourne Victory midfielder has been called into the Matildas squad for the She Believes Cup as a replacement for an injured star.
Matildas great lashes out over Kerr ‘double standards’
The Sam Kerr saga continues to haunt Football Australia, with their handling of the superstar called out by a Matildas great for double standards amid another attack on the team’s culture.
Kerr cleared but captaincy on the line
While Matildas’ superstar Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of racially harassing a white police officer, Football Australia is yet to decide if she will keep the Australian captaincy.
Kerr to face Football Australia over legal saga, Matildas captaincy
Football Australia is set to sit down with star striker Sam Kerr after she was found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment of a British police officer – with her Matildas captaincy on the line.
No special treatment: Hardline Kerr stance Matildas must take
Sam Kerr is among the world’s best footballers but there is no excusing the behaviour that landed her in a London court. Football Australia must treat her the same way they would a misbehaving Socceroo, writes ERIN SMITH.
FA silent on Kerr captaincy call
Sam Kerr has been found not guilty in a London court but the fallout from revelations during the trial could yet be significant.
‘Sorry but thanks’: Kerr not guilty of racially harassing police officer
After the verdict the Matildas captain apologised for ‘expressing myself poorly’ but insisted she didn’t mean to ‘insult or harm anyone’ by calling a police officer ‘f**king stupid and white’.
Scared and unheard – or privileged and profane? Kerr’s character on trial
What we have seen during Sam Kerr’s trial is a woeful example of sporting privilege, a rich, drunk, angry woman who flung around expletives and insults at a police constable after a night out drinking. So should we feel sorry for her?
Police ‘wanted to teach Kerr a lesson’: jury deliberations start
Before the jury in Sam Kerr’s trial retired, her lawyer told them issues of privilege and power were too weighty for the footballer to convey and her reference to a policeman being ‘white’ wasn’t harassment.
Irankunda injured in blow to ‘Roos
It wasn’t a good weekend on the injury front for a couple of Australia’s top young players in Europe.
The biggest loser in Sam Kerr’s imminent comeback
ALW TACKLE: Sam Kerr is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons at the moment – but the star striker is set to make a return to the football field that will shake up the Matildas.
What’s the Buzz: Fowler dethrones Cleary as most marketable Aussie athlete
Even before details of Sam Kerr’s drunken night was revealed this week, Matildas teammate Mary Fowler had already become the face of Australian football and our most marketable sporting star.
Jury doesn’t have to prove Sam Kerr is ‘card-carrying racist’: prosecutor
The jury is set to retire on Monday to consider if the Australian and Chelsea star striker racially harassed or insulted a police officer.
Kerr’s trashy outburst should’ve been the end of the story. Sadly, it’s not
Two women. Two court cases. Each much ado about nothing. But there is a bigger tale here about a plodding prime minister who took too long to intervene.
Spin cycle for Kerr as Australian icon awaits fate
Team Kerr has hired a reputation management consultant as a tricky decision looms for Football Australia.
Fowler’s stunning goal spree continues
As Matildas captain Sam Kerr battles her way through a court hearing, teammate Mary Fowler is starring on the field in England.
‘Heard plenty worse’; Matildas greats back Kerr
A couple of prominent former Matildas believe Sam Kerr’s significant contribution to Australian football should not be forgotten.
Kerr admits she was hostile over officer’s ‘whiteness’ but it wasn’t an insult
The Matildas captain has admitted in court to being hostile to a British policeman, but says it was because he was abusing his power and privilege | WATCH
Matildas reach ‘boiling point’ over Football Australia pay dispute
Crisis talks are taking place between Football Australia and the Matildas over an ongoing pay dispute, as tension reaching ‘boiling point.’
Police ‘treated me differently because of skin colour’: Kerr
Matildas captain Sam Kerr has told a court she called a British police officer ‘f..king stupid and white’ because she felt he didn’t believe her account of her drunken behaviour in a London taxi.
‘Decent chance’: When Sam Kerr could return for Matildas
The Matildas will get an early sighter against Asian Cup opposition with two big home fixtures that could signal the return of superstar Sam Kerr.
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