Waltzing Matildas

Australia’s hosting of the Women’s Asian Cup this year has the potential to rekindle public interest in women’s football and create some more epic moments for the Matildas.

Heading into trouble

The findings of a world-first experiment add to evidence suggesting heading a ball in the world’s most played sport can impact the brain, even when concussion doesn’t occur.

How hyperbolic is your adjective on World Football Day?

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport and while there are valid criticisms of its financial model, there is much to celebrate about the ‘beautiful game’ on World Football Day.

Video refs are ruining football

Video replays were introduced to reduce refereeing mistakes in soccer but have done little to reduce controversy and also rob the game of its uncertainty and charm.

Born to play football

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player who had a memorable World Cup, but the world’s greatest footballer – who played in the best ever team at the 1970 World Cup – has just died in Brazil.

English football fans: Lamenting a lost world

The uniformly hostile reaction by fans across Europe to the breakaway European Super League humbled its participants and provoked a swift u-turn, but also shone a light on the changing nature of fandom itself.

Back of the net, Buntaram

Soccer lags well behind AFL, rugby and cricket in Australian sporting affections, and Australian fans are must more likely to follow the fortunes of major British clubs than show interest in their Asian neighbours.