Injuries

A-League

Injuries force Farina's hand: 16-year-old set for senior duty

Dominic Bossi SYDNEY FC coach Frank Farina is set to hand 16-year-old defender Aaron Calver his first A-League start after the club's injury crisis further depleted their back line.

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...

Injury ends Messi's season

Soccer superstar Lionel Messi will not play again this season after suffering a thigh injury in Barcelona's 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid in La Liga last weekend, the Catalan club announced on Tuesday.

Australian football

Fill-in full-forward takes all before him

David Polkinghorne Ainslie discover their new diamond in attack.

Rugby league

Teka optimistic on Johnson prospects

Jon Tuxworth Tuggeranong halfback Carl Johnson is capable of returning to the Canberra Raiders, skipper says.

A-League

Wearing the red and black sets Ono's star rising again

IT SEEMS impossible to fathom now, but the Western Sydney Wanderers went within a whisker of never calling Shinji Ono one of their own.

Rugby Union

Chief Viking finds touch

Chris Dutton ACT Brumbies playmaker Zack Holmes is poised to join the Western Force but before he leaves Canberra he's primed to lead the Tuggeranong Vikings' charge for another premiership.

A-League

Week off won't stop Wanderers' momentum in new-look finals

Dominic Bossi Western Sydney Wanderers may have temporarily lost the momentum of their 12-match unbeaten streak, but the A-League minor premiers have welcomed the week's rest in the new-look finals series.

Seeing red: La Rocca's suspension sure to test Western Sydney's depth

Western Sydney Wanderers will be without key utility Iacopo La Rocca for their inaugural A-League final series after the club elected not to contest his four-match ban.

A-League

How Sky Blues lost their silver lining

Sebastian Hassett Star-studded Sydney FC missed the A-League finals. Sebastian Hassett looks at where it all went wrong.

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Neill holds out for a ticket to Europe

Lucas Neill says his stint in sky blue will be a short-lived one if a European team wants to sign him.

Giggs on brink of game 1000

Tom Williams Soccer Ryan Giggs is poised to reach yet another milestone in his extraordinary career on Tuesday when he is expected to make his 1000th appearance in senior football.

All Heart: Aloisi spoilt for choice for run home

Michael Lynch For the first time all season, Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi walked away from a training session on Sunday at the club's Latrobe University base almost content with the number of players he has...

Farina quick to extend Chianese deal as rival clubs circle

Dominic Bossi SYDNEY FC are showing no signs of slowing down their recruitment drive, having re-signed striker Joel Chianese on a one-year deal.

Soccer

Taking the high road to Scotland

Chris Wilson The deal is complete, he's finally in Glasgow with Scottish giant Celtic, but Canberra soccer sensation Tom Rogic says he remains committed to representing Australia at every opportunity as he aims...

Teetotaller Bridge finds new reserves

David Sygall MARK BRIDGE will enter Sunday's clash with Adelaide United boosted by the sense that his self-imposed alcohol ban this season has brought him to the physical peak of his career.

A-League

Sydney FC's marquee man needs protection

SYDNEY FC drawcard Alessandro Del Piero needs better protection from referees or he will continue to miss A-League games, his coach Frank Farina says.

Soccer

Thunder and lightning play havoc with United

Fleta Page Canberra United will have to wait until Tuesday for a chance to break back into the top four, with weather twice delaying the match against the Western Sydney Wanderers before an electrical storm...

Futsal

ACT claims double crown

David Polkinghorne Canberra now has the undisputed kings and queens of Australian futsal after both our men's and women's teams were victorious in the finals of the national championships at the AIS on Friday.