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Sam Kerr on track for Matildas return, but will it be as captain?

Tom Sermanni, the interim Matildas coach who handed Sam Kerr her international debut as a 15-year-old in 2009, says he hasn’t contemplated whether she should be stripped of the captain’s armband.

  • Vince Rugari

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The smashed window, the bank account and swearing at cops: Key moments from Sam Kerr case

Matildas captain Sam Kerr has appeared in a London court to face the charge of intentionally causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to a police officer in January 2023.

  • Rob Harris
Sam Kerr outside Kingston Crown Court on January 30, 2025.

Sam Kerr could face time in jail. Here’s what you need to know

The Matildas captain has appeared in court for a four-day trial for the alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.

  • Frances Howe
Bodycam footage played to a UK court showing Matildas star Sam Kerr in a London police station.

Expletive-laden video of Matildas star Sam Kerr’s arrest played for UK court

The court was played about 30 minutes of police bodycam footage where Kerr could be heard using expletives and saying: “You guys are stupid and white.”

  • Rob Harris

The end of green and gold? A more stylish approach to national pride

Follow the Matildas and embrace local designers with an Australian aesthetic.

  • Damien Woolnough
Football Queensland’s proposal for a ‘tier two’ stadium at Perry Park.

The Olympics’ biggest spectator sport makes its Brisbane stadium pitch

Queensland is ill-equipped to host Olympic soccer, Football Queensland and Football Australia have warned in their review submission.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Casey Dellacqua, Todd Woodbridge and Lleyton Hewitt pose with the United Cup trophy during the 2025 United Cup Official Draw at Foundation Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art on October 21, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images for Tennis Australia)

Grand slam! Todd Woodbridge and Lleyton Hewitt’s enormous Tennis Australia salaries

It seems a tennis ambassador can earn much more than Kevin Rudd, Australia’s actual ambassador to the United States.

  • Stephen Brook, Madeleine Heffernan and Cara Waters
Australian football star Sam Kerr departs Kingston Crown Court after a pre-trial hearing on January 14, 2025 in Kingston upon Thames, England.

Sam Kerr fronts court charged with racially aggravated harassment

Australia’s all-time leading goalscorer pleaded not guilty last year.

Joe Montemurro.

He coaches the best side in Europe. And he’s firming as top choice to lead Matildas

Former Arsenal and Juventus coach Joe Montemurro is now in charge of Olympique Lyonnais, the long-time standard-bearers in women’s soccer. Could he be the man Football Australia is after?

  • Vince Rugari
Football Australia chair Anter Isaac.

Blame-game culture holding Australian soccer back, says FA chairman

Speaking to this masthead to mark the end of his first year as FA chairman, Anter Isaac said he and his board are not satisfied with the lack of progress made by the sport.

  • Vince Rugari

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