Catarina Macario scored her first national team goal in nearly three years as the USA beat Colombia 2-0 in their opening game of the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday. Macario’s highly promising progress was halted by an ACL injury in June 2022 and she has suffered a number of setbacks in her return to action. Although […]
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Kristie Mewis testifies at trial of Sam Kerr who denies ‘whiteness’ insult against police
Kerr is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to a police constable during an incident in London in the early hours of January 30
World Cup 2026 qualifying: South Korea moves a step closer
A 3-1 win at Kuwait left South Korea comfortably top of Group B with four wins and a draw after five matches.
Japan holds Australia, South Korea and China win
Japan denied Australia a famous away victory after a 1-1 draw in Saitama in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday while South Korea and China both won. Australia had never beaten Japan on Japanese soil but a Shogo Taniguchi own goal just before the hour gave the visitors a shock lead in front of a crowd […]
Australia ‘extremely disappointed’ with Indonesia draw in World Cup qualifier
Australia head coach Graham Arnold said his side were “extremely disappointed” after their goal-drought continued into a second World Cup qualifier, this time leading to a 0-0 draw with Indonesia in Jakarta.
USWNT placed in tough group: ‘But they’re all tough groups’
Four-time Olympic gold-medalist USA, 2016 winner Germany and Australia were placed in the same group in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament.
USA and Spain handed tough draws in women’s Olympic tournament
Four-time winner USA, Germany and Australia were placed in the same group.
Wednesday morning: What We’re Reading
Blackstone considering dropping investment bid on Bundesliga media rights … Alarm bells in Australia … Brazilian soccer’s crisis.
Women's World Cup hosts want 'urgent' answers over Saudi sponsorship
Co-hosts New Zealand and Australia said Thursday that they “urgently” want answers from FIFA over a report that Saudi Arabia’s tourist board will sponsor the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Visit Saudi is reportedly poised to be named among the sponsors of the 32-team soccer tournament to be held in New Zealand and Australia from July […]
Sam Kerr scores hat trick in first NWSL game back with Chicago
It took less than seven minutes for Sam Kerr to score her first NWSL goal since returning from the Women’s World Cup, and she finished with a hat trick for the Chicago Red Stars in a 3-2 winover Orlando on Sunday. Kerr, who became the first Australian toscore a World Cup hat trick when she […]
