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Legion Walker spent his childhood chasing wallabies and hunting food on a small island off Australia’s north coast but dreamt of one day becoming a Socceroo.  Key points: Legion Walker grew up on Mornington Island The Rale Rasic Joey’s Mini World Cup provides rural footballers with a chance to play in Europe

Melbourne and Clayton Oliver are at the crossroads. The pair have endured a tumultuous relationship since the midway point of the season, which coincided with the star midfielder’s hamstring injury that led to him missing a crucial chunk of the season. Speaking to Melbourne officials and people close to Oliver …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Manchester United have been booed off the pitch at Old Trafford for the second time in four days after a Champions League defeat at the hands of Galatasaray. An 81st-minute goal from Mauro Icardi …

Talismanic Socceroo Tom Rogic has retired from football to focus on his family. Tom Rogic Age: 30 Professional debut: 2012, Central Coast Mariners 2012-2013: Central Coast Mariners, 24 games, 5 goals 2013-2022: Celtic, 178 games, 32 goals 2014: Melbourne Victory (loan), 8 games, 0 goals 2022-2023: West Bromwich Albion,…

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Talismanic Socceroo Tom Rogic has retired from football to focus on his family. Rogic, one of the most talented Socceroos in recent years who also starred for Scottish powerhouse Celtic, has called time after …

Remember the time before VAR? When men were men, goals were goals and referees were doing a tough job given the circumstances? The idea that the technology was supposed to end debates was always false and we all knew it. Football, arrogant to the last, and English football, the epicentre …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The news that next week’s Australia Cup Final must be played in Sydney because there’s no suitable venue available in Brisbane is an indictment on both the A-League and the Queensland government. Let’s start …

Some of the concussions Leigh McDonald suffered on the footy field were so bad, he could not remember his own father.  One knock caused a bleed on his brain and others resulted in his unconscious body being loaded into an ambulance. “I didn’t even know who my dad was or …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham and Arsenal have taken full advantage after Manchester City’s perfect start in the Premier League ended with a shock loss to Wolverhampton. City’s lead at the top was cut to one …

Loading It’s not their fault. Such writers cover all clubs, speak regularly to players and coaches, face to face as people, and therefore prosecute the case for Collingwood with clear eyes, too often forgetting that the rest of us are one-eyed. They barrack for “the story” when most of us …

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size The vocational calling of public servants, noted Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo in a high-minded speech to a group of bureaucrats in October 2018, “is to assist governments to be better than they would otherwise be, but not to seek to make …

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size One month before Collingwood would meet his old team in the 2023 grand final, Craig McRae stood before the Brisbane Lions players and fleetingly addressed them on the possibility of a premiership for the Magpies or the Lions. “If we don’t win …

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size One month before Collingwood would meet his old team in the 2023 grand final, Craig McRae stood before the Brisbane Lions players and fleetingly addressed them on the possibility of a premiership for the Magpies or the Lions. “If we don’t win …

“As soon as the World Cup was over, I remember just seeing messages and tweets and everything saying, ‘Well, how can I watch you guys?’,” she said. “Obviously, the times [of WSL games in England] aren’t great for Australians. I know that firsthand from watching overseas football growing up. But, …

New AFL footy boss Laura Kane.Credit: AFL Photos / Getty Images Kane is a former Melbourne University women’s football club player and administrator, who worked as a lawyer before joining the Kangaroos in 2016. There, she was instrumental in the club obtaining its AFLW license and mentoring women in decision-making …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Alexander Isak has scored a second-half winner as last season’s finalists Newcastle United dumped eight-time winners Manchester City out of the League Cup in the third round. In front of a crowd of 51,692 …