Australia is among the candidates to host the second edition of the FIFA Club World Cup. In 2025, the United States will host 32 clubs from across the world. Australia wants to be the second nation to host this tournament that is replacing the annual Club World Cup. Recently, Australia backed out of the bidding […]

Police are in full force outside of Wembley Stadium on Friday evening. The England national team is hosting Australia in a friendly at the arena. While friendlies tend to be fairly subdued, tension is building ahead of Friday's matchup. The Football Association (FA) revealed on Thursday that the England players will wear black armbands for […]

FIFA has given Australia just 25 days to decide whether or not they want to host the 2034 World Cup. The move comes on the same day as Saudi Arabia announced their intentions to bid for the tournament. The world's governing body of the sport has allocated the 2034 World Cup to Asia/Oceania. James Johnson, […]

Sweden defeated co-hosts Australia by two goals on Saturday to take third place at the 2023 Women's World Cup. The victory means Sweden has collected bronze in back-to-back Women's World Cup tournaments. It is also the second consecutive major competition in which Australia finished fourth. The Matildas also ended fourth during the 2020 Olympics in […]

England advanced to the Women's World Cup final by beating co-hosts Australia early Wednesday. In what was a road match, the Lionesses endured a tough atmosphere to qualify for their first-ever final in tournament history. They will now set up a title match with a formidable Spain team that knocked off Sweden on Tuesday. Teams […]

Australia and England have set up a face off in the semifinals of the 2023 Women's World Cup thanks to victories on Saturday. The co-hosts grabbed their place in the final four by beating powerhouse France in a thrilling penalty shootout. England, on the other hand, completed a second-half comeback to finish off Colombia in […]

Encouraged by FIFA's positive response to its co-hosting of the women's tournament, Australia is considering a candidacy for the 2034 Men's World Cup. Concerns over shady dealings led to just one vote from FIFA officials in a previous effort to award the 2022 men's tournament to Australia. Following a spate of corruption discoveries, FIFA implemented […]

Australia and England both won their round of 16 clashes on Monday to advance to the Women's World Cup quarterfinals. England is into the last eight for the fifth-straight tournament, having reached the semifinals in each of the last two. Australia is back in the quarterfinals at the Women's World Cup after losing in the […]

Encouraging statistics surrounding the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand are starting to emerge. Although the tournament is only about halfway complete, it is already breaking records. This includes both the attendance at the matches and on television screens worldwide. Co-hosts both breaking Women's World Cup attendance records FIFA is reporting that, […]

When the three whistles finally sounded at the jam-packed Brisbane Park and a fierce, intense 90 minutes of soccer finally concluded, the world was shocked. Nigeria, a team that hadn't won two games in a single Women's World Cup since 1999, shocked Australia, one of the tournament's favorites and the World Cup's co-hosts. It was […]

Lionel Messi scored a pearl of a goal for Argentina in his last game before making his debut in MLS with Inter Miami. His opener, which came 90 seconds into the contest, helped Argentina defeat Australia in Beijing, 2-0. This was a rematch of the round of 16 clash in the 2022 World Cup. Argentina […]

The A-League is planning to introduce a system of promotion and, eventually relegation in an attempt to bring the best-placed clubs from the proposed second division to the top tier. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, club executives were recently briefed on the blueprint that closely follows the Japanese J-League, which grew from just […]

Rainbow captain armbands will likely be seen at the upcoming 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. This comes after the debacle at the men's World Cup in Qatar late last year. Several European teams organized to wear special armbands at the men's tournament to highlight an anti-discrimination campaign. However, FIFA put the […]

The Australia Football Association received 32 bids of interest to join a second division underneath the A-League. Football Australia confirmed teams across eight Australian states and territories submitted expressions of interest (EOIs) to join the league. However, the proposed team count for the second division is between 10 and 16 teams. Right now, the main […]

A deal between FIFA and Saudi Arabia could end due to vehement opposition from Australia and New Zealand. The two nations are hosting the 2023 Women's World Cup in the summer. Part of the sponsorship for that tournament was from Visit Saudi, even though Saudi Arabia has no part in the tournament. Saudi Arabia has […]