AUSTRALIA NEWS

Canadian women soccer players testify to distrust of leaders

Canadian women’s soccer players testified during a government hearing on they don’t trust the sport’s national governing body to negotiate a fair labor agreement, remarks made afte...

MARCH 10, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

First-ever CONCACAF W Gold Cup kicks off next year in US

The first CONCACAF W Gold Cup, a women’s edition of the long-running men’s tournament, will be played in the United States early next year

MARCH 8, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canada Soccer, women's team reach interim funding agreement

Canada Soccer and the women’s national team have agreed on an interim funding agreement that is retroactive to 2022 after players threatened to boycott team activities at last mont...

MARCH 3, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

FIFA faces questions for supermodel role before Women's WCup

FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador is not popular with a leading advocate for women's soccer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canada soccer head quits, unable to settle labor disputes

Nick Bontis has resigned as president of the Canadian Soccer Association

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Georgia loses game, and wins a FIBA World Cup berth anyway

Georgia lost, and then celebrated

FEBRUARY 26, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Australia wins Women's T20 World Cup for 3rd straight title

Australia has won the Women’s T20 World Cup by beating host South Africa by a comfortable 19 runs to underline its status as the best team in the world with a third straight title

FEBRUARY 26, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iran clinch final World Cup berth in Asian playoffs

Iran has clinched Asia’s final qualifying spot for the basketball World Cup despite losing its final playoff game 86-74 to China

FEBRUARY 26, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

World Cup qualifying enters final days, with 10 spots left

There are still 10 spots left unclaimed for this summer’s Basketball World Cup, with all but one of them expected to be decided on Sunday

FEBRUARY 25, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Panama edges Paraguay 1-0 to qualify for Women's World Cup

Panama has claimed the 32nd and final place at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with a 1-0 playoff win over Paraguay

FEBRUARY 23, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Australia wins Cup of Nations women's soccer tournament

Australia has defeated Jamaica 3-0 to finish the Cup of Nations women’s soccer tournament unbeaten in three matches to clinch the trophy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

FIFA reserves at $4BN after World Cup; more to come in 2026

FIFA has revealed reserves of almost $4 billion after a financially successful 2022 World Cup in Qatar

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canada women resume training after federation meeting

The Canadian Women’s national team said Saturday night that players would return to team activities after Canada Soccer threatened legal action because of their protest over cuts t...

FEBRUARY 12, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canada's women take job action over cuts ahead of World Cup

The Canadian women’s national team says they’re outraged by cuts to the women’s program and won’t participate in team activities

FEBRUARY 11, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Diana Taurasi has sights set on playing at Paris Olympics

Diana Taurasi hopes to be healthy and potentially play for the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics next year

FEBRUARY 7, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Women's soccer pushes All Blacks out of New Zealand rugby HQ

The All Blacks will play Australia and South Africa at home before this year’s Rugby World Cup but have had to make way for women’s soccer to confirm dates and venues

FEBRUARY 7, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Women's World Cup hosts urge FIFA not to sign Saudi sponsor

Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have urged FIFA not to sign a sponsor deal with the tourism authority of Saudi Arabia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fernandez signing caps big-spending Chelsea's latest spree

Chelsea completed another staggering spending spree by its new American ownership by signing Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez for a British-record fee on the final day of the Ja...

JANUARY 31, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Breanna Stewart headlines WNBA free agency list

Breanna Stewart is the biggest WNBA free agent on the market this offseason and the former MVP has a host of teams courting her, including the Seattle Storm where she’s spent her e...

JANUARY 21, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Swanson scores 2 and US women down New Zealand 4-0

Mallory Swanson scored twice and the U.S. women’s national team opened the year with a 4-0 victory over host New Zealand on Wednesday

JANUARY 18, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

History-making Frappart on Women's World Cup referees list

The six female match officials who worked at the men’s World Cup in Qatar have also been selected by FIFA for the 2023 Women’s World Cup

JANUARY 9, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ronaldo the latest star to end career in soccer outpost

Cristiano Ronaldo is not the first soccer superstar to head off to one of the world’s supposed minor leagues in the latter years of his career

JANUARY 6, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lynn Williams returns to US women's team after injury

Forward Lynn Williams and defender Emily Sonnett have returned to the U.S. women’s national soccer team for a training camp in New Zealand in preparation for this summer’s World Cu...

JANUARY 5, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bayern signs Daley Blind to cover for injured Hernandez

Bayern Munich has signed veteran Dutch defender Daley Blind to cover for the injured Lucas Hernandez

JANUARY 5, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS