Referees
Soccer
Pledge to end abuse of referees
Lee Gaskin Capital Football claims it is determined to stamp out abuse towards referees.
Referees banished to sidelines after howlers put standards under scrutiny
Dominic Bossi The two referees in charge of last week's A-League preliminary finals have been dropped for this weekend's semi-final matches after a series of blunders marred the fixtures.
Football
Moyes passes first test with honours
Oliver Brown The Man United manager shared his philosophy to an engrossed audience at the Cambridge Union.
The whistle finally blows
You can still see the boy in Sir Alex Ferguson, even now we have reached the end. The elder statesman who called a halt after 27 years at Manchester United needs a hip replacement and feels he has...
Soccer
Panthers coach tells players to find desire
Lee Gaskin MONARO Panthers coach Njegosh Popovic has questioned the commitment of his players and whether they have the desire to play in the Canberra National Premier League.
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.
Football
Game rallies forces to tackle a scourge striking at its heart
Jan Hennop, Paul Kelso THE HAGUE: Football officials vowed to fight the scourge of match fixing but warned a joint effort was needed to tackle the problem after police unveiled a massive criminal network that rigged...
Football
Europol uncovers vast match-fixing network
European police warned that the integrity of football was at stake, as they revealed they had smashed a criminal network fixing hundreds of matches, including in the Champions League and World Cup...
Facing the ugly side of the beautiful game in Asia
During my time as a professional player in Asia, I had some experience with how both match-fixing and organised crime can infiltrate football.
Wenger guns for clean-up
Jeremy Wilson ARSENE WENGER has issued a stark wake-up call to football authorities over the issues of doping and match-fixing, claiming that sport has become ''full of legends who are in fact cheats''.
A-League
Wanderers claw game from toothless Roar
Phil Lutton GIVEN the status quo of the Brisbane Roar, this could only be classed as an improvement. But as the unshakeable confidence and slick football that defined their years of dominance continues to...
Bad calls no laughing matter for Redknapp
Wally Downes Jr HARRY REDKNAPP'S return to football with Queens Park Rangers may have been marked in trademark wisecracking style, but it appears even football's most garrulous manager has his limits.
Soccer
Rogue hit 'out of character'
David Polkinghorne Tom Rogic's coach has come to the defence of the under-fire playmaker, blaming the Central Coast Mariner's red card on a lack of protection from the referee.
Ferguson gives Pardew hairdryer treatment
Chris McKenna AN ANGRY Alex Ferguson launched a withering personal attack on Alan Pardew on Friday and described Newcastle United as a ''wee club in the north-east''.
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...
Teen footballers charged as linesman beaten to death
Richard Nieuwenhuizen was doing what he loved: watching his son play football and helping out his local club by running the touchline as a volunteer linesman.
A-League
Focused Culina missed his ovation
Dominic Bossi IT WAS a moment for which he had waited almost two years, and which drew a standing ovation from 13,317 fans - but Jason Culina was so focused he didn't even notice.
Soccer
Heskey helps Jets burn bitter rivals
James Gardiner THE Newcastle Jets made it back-to-back wins and earned bragging rights over arch enemy Central Coast Mariners in a tense local derby at Hunter Stadium last night.
Refs marked down as player standards rise
Dominic Bossi THE arrival of marquees Alessandro Del Piero, Emile Heskey and Shinji Ono has raised the standard of football in the A-League but players and coaches fear the quality of refereeing is lagging.
