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Referee Alex King shows the yellow card to Riku Danzaki during an A-League match in April.

Soccer players fined $5000 each over yellow-card betting fraud

A former A-League player and his friend have been convicted and fined for betting fraud that “strikes at the heart of competitive sport”.

  • Emily Woods

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Heidelberg United celebrate their quarter-final win over Wellington Phoenix in the Australia Cup.

‘We can do it’: Heidelberg’s semi-pros back at work and eyeing another A-League upset

Australian soccer’s giant-killers from Heidelberg United did not only topple another top-flight team on Tuesday night, they trounced them. But they will face much tougher opposition in the semi-finals.

  • Roy Ward and Greg Dundas
Civil engineer and Heidelberg United player Fletcher Fulton.

Engineer by day, giant-slayer by night: The Heidelberg soccer team living a fairytale

Semi-pro soccer player Fletcher Fulton is burning the candle at both ends as he works full-time and plays for Heidelberg United, who are chasing another fairytale win over an A-League side when they face Wellington Phoenix at Olympic Village on Tuesday night.

  • Roy Ward
Adrian Segecic has made a terrific start to life in England with Portsmouth.

Pick up the phone, Popa: Socceroos could lose another rising star to Croatia

Adrian Segecic is hopeful his roaring start to life at Portsmouth will earn him a Socceroos call-up. If not, he wants Tony Popovic to know he has options.

  • Vince Rugari
Former Football Australia CEO James Johnson and chief football officer Ernie Merrick, who was appointed in mid-2022, but recently departed the organisation.

Football Australia dumps ‘national playing style’ amid executive clean-out

Ernie Merrick joined the national body with a remit to “disrupt” - but it appears he may have been too disruptive for the liking of FA’s stakeholders.

  • Vince Rugari
Mark Schwarzer’s famous saves against Uruguay in 2005.

Safe hands and sliding doors: The incredible legacy of Mark Schwarzer

After a nervous start on international debut and the longest Premier League career by an Australian, Mark Schwarzer has been recognised with a rare honour.

  • Vince Rugari
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Ante Juric lifts the A-League Women’s grand final trophy last year.

Killjoys or fair play? Why Sydney FC is threatening to sack a coach

A feud has erupted between Sydney FC and Sydney United 58 over Ante Juric, who coaches at both clubs, but has been threatened with the sack if he is involved in Sunday’s Australia Cup tie at Edensor Park.

  • Vince Rugari
APIA Leichhardt players celebrate one of their goals against Melbourne City last week.

Wests Tigers owners buy equity stake in APIA Leichhardt FC

The Holman Barnes Group is branching beyond rugby league, forming a joint venture with the famous ex-NSL club ahead of their return to national competition later this year.

  • Vince Rugari
Greater Dandenong Mayor Jim Memeti has built wide, and sometimes controversial, networks.

‘Just the way I am’: Labor mayor’s long list of political and criminal connections

He is the go-to man in Dandenong, a six-time mayor who opens doors for the Labor Party, but he’s also linked to a range of convicted and suspected criminals.

  • Nick McKenzie
Canada’s former head coach, Bev Priestman, is now in charge of the Wellington Phoenix’s ALW team.

She was busted for cheating at the Olympics. Now she’s coaching in the A-League

Former Canada boss Bev Priestman was banned after some of her staffers were sprung using drones to spy on opponents – including New Zealand, the country where she will now make her comeback.

  • Vince Rugari