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Former Melbourne City caretaker and assistant coach Michael Valkanis is set to accept a new role “coaching the coaches” at Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle, in a first for an Australian overseas. The ex-Adelaide United skipper, who was also formerly on the Reds…

Continuing to promote female participation in Sport. Brimbank is one of 6 Councils who have expressed interest for the Matildas – Australian Female Soccer team’s home to be based in Brimbank. Photo: Kilmon Talliadoros – Football Victoria President, Victoria Police representatives, Eric…

South Melbourne FC and Senior Coach Con Tangalakis will be going separate ways. According to the Club, Con Tangalakis offered his resignation, which was accepted. However, according to other sources the Board of the Club wasn’t very happy with the team’s results…

PAOK edged ever closer to its first league crown since 1985 with its win at Xanthi, while Olympiakos came from behind to beat Atromitos at home. The Thessaloniki giant is four games away from an unbeaten title, after seeing off Xanthi 2-1,…

Former Millwall and Everton midfielder and Socceroo Tim Cahill has announced his retirement from soccer at the age of 39. Cahill retired from international soccer in November, ending a career in which he became Australia’s leading scorer with 50 goals from 108…

Cristiano Ronaldo has injured his right leg and had to be substituted before half-time of Portugal’s 2020 European Championship qualifying draw with Serbia, while England trounced Montenegro and France overwhelmed Iceland. Serbia went in front in Lisbon when Dusan Tadic scored from…

Remember the hysteria about no A-League breaks during the FIFA window? Now, in the first season of its implementation, the Socceroos are having a … break. The spotlight is rightfully on the Olyroos — who are also led by Socceroos boss Graham…

The Greek national team defeated Liechtenstein 2-0 at Vaduz at the start of its campaign for the Euro 2020 qualifiers on Saturday, having produced one hour of decent soccer. Greece created 30 final efforts, with 10 of them within the goal frame,…

One more Greek derby, that between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, fell victim of fan violence, as the match at the Olympic Stadium of Athens was abandoned on the 70th minute due to clashes between hooligans and the police. German referee Marco Fritz decided…

Greece got a smooth draw for the first group stage of the 2019 Basketball World Cup in China, and will likely meet Team USA in the second group stage, which means it will avoid it at least in the first knock-out round.…

Coach Ante Milicic will take his side to the same training base used by the Socceroos in the lead-up to Russia 2018, utilising the hot-weather resort’s elite training and recovery facilities. The decision is a win for gender equality, given the princely…