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Soccer
In pursuit of happiness
LEE GASKIN Gracing the same turf as Lionel Messi, Hristijan Tanoski could have been excused for pinching himself to see if it was real.
Levelling the playing field
KATHRYN WICKS Moya Dodd stands to be the first Australian elected to the FIFA executive committee this week.
Football
Socceroos stick with old guard for qualifiers
DOMINIC BOSSI Experience has won over youth for the Socceroos back line after coach Holger Osieck identified veterans Lucas Neill and Sasa Ognenovski as the men to lead Australia's defence in their final three World Cup qualifiers.
Football
Kennedy, Ognenovski earn Socceroos recalls as qualifiers loom
DOMINIC BOSSI Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has recalled veterans Josh Kennedy, Sasa Ognenovski and captain Lucas Neill to his squad for the final three World Cup qualifiers.
Saturday night fever as A-League aims to top record season
DOMINIC BOSSI Attracting fans to games has been prioritised in the draw for the upcoming A-League season despite Football Federation Australia signing a record television deal in which the competition will be televised on both free-to-air and pay TV for the first time.
Soccer
Door open for Mariners to play ACT fixture
DAVID POLKINGHORNE Capital Football will put its hand up to host reigning A-League champions the Central Coast Mariners.
Mariners bow out of ACL with 3-0 defeat
The Central Coast Mariners had no answer to the talent assembled so expensively by Guangzhou Evergrande, tumbling out the Asian Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat in China.
Soccer
Pledge to end abuse of referees
LEE GASKIN Capital Football claims it is determined to stamp out abuse towards referees.
Football
Grand final rematch for A-League's opening round
DOMINIC BOSSI A-League champions Central Coast will begin their title defence at home against Western Sydney Wanderers.
Football
No Fulham offer for Schwarzer
Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer feels he has done enough to deserve a new contract at Fulham, and if the London club fails to deliver he will consider offers from other Premier League sides.
Football
Arnold dares to dream in clash with Asian titans
SEBASTIAN HASSETT They might be the longest of long-shots to overhaul a 2-1 deficit against Guangzhou Evergrande in Wednesday night’s second leg but Central Coast Mariners coach Graham Arnold says his team can pull off an Asian Champions League miracle to make the quarter-finals.
Football
Mourinho to leave Real Madrid next month
Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after a turbulent three-year spell in charge of the Spanish giants, club president Florentino Perez confirmed on Monday.
Football
Women coaches, dare to dream
KATHRYN WICKS It should not surprise anyone to see a female coach of an A-League team in our lifetimes, FIFA executive committee candidate Moya Dodd says.
Soccer
Serie A call up for Canberra's Carl Valeri
Lee Gaskin Carl Valeri will fulfill his life-long dream of playing in one of the world’s premier leagues after securing a promotion to the Serie A.
Football
Arsenal seal Champions League berth
Arsenal won the race for fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle while Alex Ferguson's extraordinary career ended in remarkable fashion as Manchester United drew 5-5 at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
Soccer
Striker doesn't miss former club - twice
LEE GASKIN The message on Alex Oloriegbe's shirt said it all: ''Cooma, do you miss me?''
Football
He'll always have Paris: Beckham bids tearful farewell
David Beckham bade a tearful farewell to Paris on Saturday as the former England star made his final home appearance for Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain before heading into retirement.
Football
Investing in Aboriginal youth will pay huge dividends
CRAIG FOSTER We can be pleased about the growth in our football but there is still one glaring aspect of the game in Australia that needs urgent attention: helping indigenous Australia discover a lifelong relationship with the game.
Rugby League
Bulldogs let slip chance to defeat Scholars
Lee Gaskin James Aubusson's dream of upsetting the defending premiers turns into ''gut-wrenching'' nightmare.
A-League will leave it late to end season
SEBASTIAN HASSETT Football Federation Australia will push the climax of the A-League season to its latest ever finish, with a May grand final next year bringing the competition end into line with the European season - but potentially causing significant scheduling headaches with the competing local winter codes.
Football
The truth about Becks
HENRY WINTER David Beckham was a good player whose real talents lay off the field.
Football
Trninic seeks to close the gap
LEE GASKIN Canberra FC coach Miro Trninic expects the race for the premiership to go down to the wire and knows three points against Cooma is crucial to his side's chances of keeping Canberra Olympic on its toes.
Football
Beckham calls time on glittering career
Football megastar David Beckham announced on Thursday that he is to retire after a glittering 20-year playing career in which he became one of the most widely recognised figures in world sport.
Football
Chelsea snatch last-gasp Europa win
Tom Williams A stoppage-time goal by Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory over Benfica on Wednesday in the final of the Europa League in Amsterdam.
Football
Reid steps up search for coach
CHRIS WILSON Capital Football chief executive Heather Reid wants to appoint a new Canberra United coach within a month.
Football
Plucky Mariners fall short against Evergrande's aristocrats
SEBASTIAN HASSETT For a moment, mission impossible seemed possible for the Central Coast Mariners. Unfortunately, that moment proved all too brief.
Football
EPL giants face potential play-off scenario
Richard Shute Premier League fans could be in store for a bonus end of season fixture should Arsenal and Chelsea finish the season with identical figures on the ladder.
Football
Moyes passes first test with honours
Oliver Brown The Man United manager shared his philosophy to an engrossed audience at the Cambridge Union.
Football
Mariners front up to the emerging monsters of Asia
SEBASTIAN HASSETT The motto of Guangzhou Evergrande simply sums up the Chinese club's extraordinary ambition: ''Be the best forever.''
Football
Booed Rooney lauds Alex Ferguson
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney on Tuesday praised the retiring Alex Ferguson as a "fantastic manager" -- just days after the veteran Scottish boss revealed that the striker had submitted a transfer request.
