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Football: Women 
17/02/2010: New Zealand's Football Ferns produced one of their flattest performances in many a moon at North Harbour Stadium on February 17, and Australia's Matildas took full advantage to record a 3-0 win which flattered their trans-Tasman rivals.
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Football: Men
17/02/2010: Australia's Qantas Socceroos Coach Pim Verbeek has selected an extended squad of 25 players for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qualifier against Indonesia, to be played at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane on Wednesday 3 March 2010. In the squad are Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus), Mark Milligan (JEF United), Jade North (Incheon United FC), Luke Wilkshire (FK Dinamo Moscow), Shannon Cole (Sydney FC), Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix, Ben Kantarovski (Newcastle Jets), Stuart Musialik (Sydney FC), David Williams (Nth Qld Fury), Michael Zullo (Brisbane Roar), Clint Bolton (gk)(Sydney FC), Danny Vukovic (gk)(Central Coast Mariners), Eugene Galekovic (gk)(Adelaide United), Jon McKain (Wellington Phoenix), Alex Brosque (Sydney FC), Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC), Scott Jamieson (Adelaide United), Tommy Oar (Brisbane Roar), Matthew McKay (Brisbane Roar), Matt Thompson (Newcastle Jets). First caps go to Luke DeVere (Brisbane Roar), Mathew Leckie (Adelaide United), Michael Marrone (Adelaide United), Daniel McBreen (Perth Glory). Pending fitness are Jacob Burns (Perth Glory), Mile Sterjovski (Perth Glory) ... International
Football: Women
10/02/2010: Westfield Matildas Head Coach Tom Sermanni has selected a squad of 20 players for the upcoming tour of New Zealand with matches in Auckland on the 17th and 20th of February against the New Zealand Women's national team, Football Ferns. Melissa Barbieri (gk)(Melbourne Victory), Tameka Butt (Brisbane Roar), Kim Carroll (Brisbane Roar), Lauren Colthorpe (Brisbane Roar), Lisa De Vanna (Perth Glory), Heather Garriock (Sydney FC), Kathryn Gill (Perth Glory), Elise Kellond-Knight (Brisbane Roar), Samantha Kerr (Perth Glory), Leena Khamis (Sydney FC), Kylie Ledbrook (Sydney FC), Aivi Luik (Brisbane Roar), Collette McCallum (Perth Glory), Clare Polkinghorne (Brisbane Roar), Sally Shipard (Canberra United), Kyah Simon (Sydney FC), Thea Slatyer (Canberra United), Servet Uzunlar (Sydney FC), Sarah Walsh (Sydney FC), Lydia Williams (gk)(Canberra United). BOTN will bring you reports from the tour.
Australian Men: Socceroos 
07/01/2010: The Asian Cup qualifier versus Kuwait away ended as a 2-2 draw this morning after the Socceroos raced to a two goal lead within 5 mins, but conceded two just before half-time. The final game in Brisbane against Indonesia will now decide whether Australia will play in the finals ...
Australian Men: Socceroos 
23/12/2009: The 23 man squad for the vital Asian Cup qualifier versus Kuwait, away on 7 January, has been announced: Alex Brosque (Sydney FC), Jacob Burns (Perth Glory), Nick Carle (Crystal Palace FC, England), Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC), Jason Culina (Gold Coast United) Bruce Djite (Genclerbirligi SK, Turkey), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United FC), Scott Jamieson (Adelaide United FC), Mile Jedinak (Antalyaspor Kulubu, Turkey), Matthew Kemp (Melbourne Victory FC), Shane Lowry (Aston Villa FC, England), Matthew McKay (Brisbane Roar), Craig Moore (Brisbane Roar), Tommy Oar (Brisbane Roar), Nikita Rukavytsya (FC Twente, Netherlands), Matthew Spiranovic (FC Nurnberg, Germany), Mile Sterjovski (Perth Glory), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Matthew Thompson (Newcastle Jets), Tando Velaphi (Perth Glory), Dario Vidosic (FC Nurnberg, Germany), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners), Luke Wilkshire (FK Dinamo Moscow, Russia)...
Australian Men: Socceroos
14/11/2009: Australia went down to ten men and behind early but came back to win this vital qualifier 2-1 through heroics by Mark Schwarzer and goals to Luke Wilkshire and Brett Emerton ..
Australian Men: Socceroos 
14/10/2009: O man that was close! Australia's Socceroos defeated Oman 1-0 tonight in Melbourne to ease early fears of failure to qualify. Tim Cahill picked up the goal late in a match that swung in the balance for most of the game ..
Australian Men: Socceroos 
11/10/2009: Australia's Socceroos drew 0-0 with the Netherlands at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday evening. Stephen Webb reports, with photo gallery, from SFS .. "We got walloped on the park, but the scoreboard looks excellent" ..
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10/06/2009: An Australian team minus a number of key players was still too good for Bahrain in Sydney on Wednesday evening. Goals to Mile Sterjovski and David Carney put Australia in a good position to top the group when they play Japan next week. ... Paul Green reports from Homebush .. Australian Men: Socceroos
07/04/2009: Australia clenched qualification this morning for the World Cup in South Africa 2010 with a solid, if not exhilerating, 0-0 draw away in Qatar. They now face Bahrain in Sydney on Wednesday evening.
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 Women's Football: Friendly 04/02/2009: In this training game between an W-League based selection and Italy, the only goal came midway through the second period, a header at the near post from Marta Carissimi. Australia generated a number of chances, continuously placing the ball into the penalty box, but they were unable to convert. When Sarah Walsh came on near the end, the attack did improve and it will be good when Walsh is at full fitness ... Nick Guoth reports from the AIS, Canberra ... [ Match report ...] Women's Football: Friendly
 Australia vs Italy: Paul Green reports ... Asian Cup Football: Men's
 National football legend retires: Cheryl Salisbury  Paul Green reports ... AFC Champions League - 2009 [ More ...] FIFA Club World Cup - 2008  [ FIFA ...] International
Football: Men's WCQ
 Asian Champions League Final  12/11/2008: With a wirlwind 15 mins Gamba Osaka wrapped up the title for 2009 in second leg of the final in Adelaide, but Adelaide United's achievement in reaching the final must not go unacknowledged. The 17,000 fans in Adelaide and many, many more through the TV brodcast had a rare experience, one that Aussie fans of old could not have dreamed off. [FFA stats .. ] Asian Champions League Final 05/11/2008: An impressively attacking Gamba Osaka put a tired looking Adelaide United to the sword tonight in Japan, to take a 3-0 lead into next week's second leg of the final in Adelaide. [FFA stats .. ] Asian Champions League 
22/10/2008: Adelaide United lost the away leg Semi-Final of the Asian Champions League 0-1 to Uzbek side Kuruvchi/Bunyodkor in Tashkent tonight, but won 3-1 on the two-leg aggregate. In the other game Urawa lost to Gamba Osaka, who will now move on to play Adelaide in the final. International
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20/10/2009: The Westfield Matildas advanced to the final of the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championships with a thrilling 5-1 win over Myanmar (Burma) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Saturday. The Australians met Vietnam in the Final and won 1-0 through an own goal. Players return to Australia next week for the start of the W-League. International
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15/10/2008: There has been a lot going on with Australian international news other than the Socceroos. The Westfield Matildas had a 6-0 win over Singapore in their 3rd group game of the AFF Women's Championship 2008; The mens Young Socceroos won the AFF U-19 Championship after beating Korea Republic 3-1 on penalties in the final in Thailand; and the Joeys got to the Quarter Finals before losing to the UAE. FFA site has details ..
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10/10/2009: The Qantas Joeys got their bid to qualify for the 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup off to a terrific start, after winning it's three opening games of the AFC U16 Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan ..
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10/10/2009: The Qantas Young Socceroos are into the final of the AFF U19 Championship at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand after two wins ..
Asian Champions League 08/10/2008: Adelaide won the first and home leg Semi-Final of the Asian Champions League through second half goals by Diego and Fabian Barbiero, and a penalty by Cristiano, to lead 3-0 over Uzbek side Kuruvchi/Bunyodkor, in front of a packed Hindmarsh Stadium. [FFA stats .. ] International
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06/10/2009: The Qantas Joeys got their bid to qualify for the 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup off to a terrific start, after winning its opening game of the AFC U16 Championship 3-1 against Saudi Arabia in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A double by Stephen Domenici and one from Brendan Hamill ..
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06/10/2009: The Qantas Young Socceroos have come from an early goal down to beat China 3-1 in its opening game of the AFF U19 Championship at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Two goals from Melbourne Victory midfielder Milos Lujic and one from Queensland Roar midfielder Mitch Nichols, sealed the impressive victory in the four-team tournament ..
Asian Champions League 24/09/2007: Adelaide moved to the Semi-Finals of the Asian Champions League with a gripping 1-0 win tonight over J-League side Kashima Antlers, in front of a vocal 16,965 crowd at a packed Hindmarsh Stadium which included hundreds of Kashima fans. Robert Cornthwaite redeemed himself after his own-goal in Japan - with a headed goal in the 73 min but the Reds could have been well up by them with better shooting. [FFA stats .. ] International
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01/10/2009: Described by their coach, Tom Sermanni, as 'a blend of Young Matildas and promising senior Matildas, together with two goalkeepers', a women's team from Australia will leave on Monday 6 October for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as the first Australian team to officially compete in an ASEAN tournament. Paul Green reports ...
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01/10/2008: While the fans had been focussed on the Hyundai A-League, ACL, and Qatar upcoming for the Men, there has been a lot going on with Australian international news. The Young Matildas had a double win over China, while the mens Young Socceroos are heading off for the ASEAN U19 tournament in Thailand, and the Joeys had a 3-0 win over Uzbekistan prior to the Asian U16 Championships in Tashkent. FFA site has details ..
Asian Champions League 17/09/2007: Adelaide continued on their positive journey in the ACL with a draw away 1-1 with Kashima Antlers in the first leg of the quarter final in Japan tonight. [FFA stats .. ] Australian Men: Socceroos 
11/09/2008: Australia's World Cup qualifying chances had a boost in Tashkent on Thursday morning with a Scott Chipperfield header in the first half being enough to take 3 points from the Silk Road. Uzbekistan's perior victor Qatar drew 1-1 with Bahrain. Next up for the Socceroos - Qatar in Brisbane. Australian Men: Socceroos 
07/09/2008: "Oranje peeled" - Australia's Socceroos continued their preparations for the World Cup qualifying game versus Uzbekistan in Tashkent on Wednesday, with a 2-1 win over a ten-man Netherlands side this morning. With the 44th min send-off of Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenberg, goals from Harry Kewell (the resulting penalty) and a Josh Kennedy header, cancelled out Klaas Jan Huntelaar's superb opening goal made after just six min. Australian Men: Socceroos 
20/08/2008: Australia's Socceroos could only draw 2-2 with South Africa's Bafana Bafana at Loftus Road Stadium in London this morning. In the second last warm up game before taking on Uzbekistan in the World Cup qualifier. Australia were on top in the first half, but this was overturned by a more cohesive South Africa in the second. Pim Verbeek gave a debut to Richard Garcia (pictured). Australian Men: Olyroos Australian Men: Olyroos Opinion  James Heffield previews the mountain facing the Olyroos, in the form of Argentina on Sunday. The Argentines looked impressive in their opening 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast and the big names of Juan Roman Riquelme and Lionel Messi will provide an attacking force that Australia will surely struggle to contain in Shanghai .... Australian Men: Olyroos
07/08/2008: Australia's Olyroos participation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games was given a boost in Shanghai in the 69th minute when Ruben Zadkovich knocked in a loose ball in the box, but the joy was shortlived as Slobodan Rajkovic evened it up 9 minutes later for a more dominant Serbia. Chandini Feroz Khan reports for BOTN .. [ Match details ...]
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12/07/2008: Australia's Olyroos were stretched by the New Zealand Olympic side in their 3-2 win at North Sydney Oval today. Two goals by Mark Milligan and one by Kristian Sarkies overturned a brace from Jeremy Brockie.
Australian Women: Matildas
12/07/2008: The Australian Women's team, the Matildas, reeling from a 0-5 demolition by China in a friendly international in Tianjin during the week, drew on more experienced players (including sadly retiring Di Alagich) to defeat a very combative New Zealand 1-0 at North Sydney Oval today.
Australian Men: Olyroos
06/07/2008: Australia's Olympic Squad for the Beijing Olympic Game in August has been finalised. The largely under 23 squad, with three overage players (Jade North, David Carney and Archie Thompson) contains some bold ommissions, including Nathan Burns. The squad meets New Zealand's squad this Saturday at North Sydney Oval before their first round Olympic matches against Serbia on 7/8/08 and Argentina on 10/8/08 in Shanghai, then 3 days later against Côte d'Ivoire in Tianjin.
Australian Men: Socceroos 
27/06/2008: Australia's Socceroos are off to Taskent, on the Silk Road of Asia, and capital of Uzbekistan, as part of their route through Group A toward South Africa 2010. Our 2006 World Cup and 2007 Asian rival Japan is also in Group A of the Asian 4th qualifying stage. We are joined by Bahrain, Uzbekistan and Qatar. Australia has a bye in the first round (September 6) and will play Uzbekistan, who loom as the darkhorse in the group, away in Tashkent in its first match on Wed September 10, 2008. The 10th and final game will be at home on Wed June 17, 2009 against Japan.
Australian Men: Socceroos 
22/06/2008: Australia's Socceroos are through to the next round but it is just as well they didn't need to defeat China with this team. China saved some face but there will be some red ones in the home camp as they turn to consider the next round. Chris Dunkerley reports from Homebush ...
Australian Women: Matildas 
20/06/2008: The Australian Women's team, the Matildas, put in a strong performance at the 2008 Peace Cup in South Korea this month. After a close game versin the USA (1-2), in the second game Italy was disposed of 3-0. Teenage sensation Kyah Simon scored a memorable injury-time goal, to earn the Matildas a sensational 1-0 win over World Cup finalist Brazil. Matildas Coach Tom Sermanni has named an 18-player squad for the Matildas upcoming two match tour of China in July.
Australian Men: Socceroos
15/06/2008: Australia's Socceroos won 3-1 over Qatar, booking their place in the next round after Iraq defeated China 2-1 earlier.
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08/06/2008: 4th place is all Australia could manage after losing 0-3 to Japan in the playoff. Australia's Women's national team, the Matildas, had lost to favourites North Korea 0-3 in the semi final. A hatrick to Ri Kum-Suk spelled the end of the youthful Matilda's hopes of bettering their World Cup placing. They now meet Japan again, in the third place playoff. [ Details .... ] Australian Men: Socceroos 
01/06/2008: Australia's Socceroos struggled to stamp themselves on this game and Iraq always threatened, but in the end a 47th minute Harry Kewell strike was enough for the 3 points and the 48,678 fans at Suncorp.
[ Stats .... ] International Club Friendly 30/05/2008: Italian giant Juventus brought a group of unheralded players to Melbourne and defeated the home-town favourites 4-1, but with two of its goals coming on or after the regulation ninety minutes, a 2-1 scoreline would have been more representative of the contest. Alan Clark reports from Docklands .. [ Report ...] Australian Men: Olyroos 
26/05/2008: Australia's Olyroos participation in the Intercontinental U-23 Football Championship in Malaysia ended with a 2-0 loss to Nigeria in the Final. The tournament gave the Olyroos five competitive games before the Olympics. Reports of other games may be read as well. Australian Men: Socceroos 
23/05/2008: Australia's Socceroos continue their preparations for world cup games, with lucky 1-0 win over Ghana in rivetting friendly tonight in Sydney in front of 29,940 fans. Stephen Webb writes for BOTN from the SFS ... [ Report .... ] Australian Women: Matildas 
23/05/2008: Australia's Matildas continue their preparations tonight, winning a tough friendly 2-1 tonight in Sydney against the competitive Canadians. The Women are getting ready for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup campaign which starts against Taiwan next Thursday 29 May. Stephen Webb writes for BOTN from the SFS ... [ Report .... ] Asian Champions League:
Melbourne Victory 3 - Chonburi 1
21/05/2008: Australia's Olyroos participation in the Intercontinental U-23 Football Championship in Malaysia continued with a 4-0 win over Togo. A 3-0 win over Croatia, after Ireland defeated hosts Malaysia 3-1 on the opening day at the Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, led to Australia gained a semi-final berth with a hard fought win over Chile 2-1. Reports of other games may be read as well. Asian Champions League:
Adelaide United 1 - Pohang Steelers 0 International
Football: Australia
25/04/2008: The Australian Men's Under 23 team will meet Serbia in Shanghai on 7 August, one day
before the official opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. Our other opponents in the Group A first stage are 2004 Gold Medal winners Argentina (10 August, Shanghai) and Olympic Games debutants, the Ivory Coast (13 August, Tianjin). In women's football The Under 20 national women's team, the Young Matildas, completed their training camp in Canberra with a 4-2 win over the New Zealand under 17, and the Matildas, departed on Thursday for
two international matches against the USA on April 27 in Cary, North Carolina, and May 3 in Birmingham, Alabamas part of the team's preparations for the AFC Asian Women's Cup in May. They have been drawn in Group B for the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2008 alongside Japan, Korea Republic and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) ...
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Adelaide United 3 - Binh Duong 0 Asian Champions League:
Melbourne Victory 3 - Gamba Osaka 4 Opinion  Asian Champions League:
Adelaide United 0 - Changchun Yatai 0 Asian Champions League:
Melbourne Victory 2 - Chunnam Dragons 0 International
Football: Men's WCQ
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26/03/2008: Our pre-game woes increased as Australian coach Pim Verbeek fell ill at a morning media 'doorstop', but BOTN's Corinthian was at the media conference later in Kunming and brings you the latest. The game is to be played at 2.00pm local (5pm AEDT) in the Tuodong Stadium, Kunming, Yunnan Province International
Football: Men's - Asia
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22/03/2008: Australian coach Pim Verbeek has named his young squad, and Harry Kewell as captain of the Qantas Socceroos for the first time for the international friendly against Singapore tonight. BOTN's Corinthian was at the media conference in Singapore and brings you the latest. It is a mainly Olyroo and A-League based squad, strengthened by out of favour Michael Beauchamp and Harry. The game is at 7.00pm local (10pm AEDT) in the National Stadium, Singapore. Australian Men:
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07/02/2008: Preparations for the Qantas Socceroos next 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match will step-up with a five day camp in Singapore ahead of
the next vital game in the campaign against China. National coach, Pim Verbeek, will also give Hyundai A-League players
another opportunity to press their claims for inclusion in the squad when Australia meets Singapore in an international friendly match on
Saturday 22 March, four days before the qualifier. Australian Men: [ FFA More ... ] Australian Women: 
05/03/2008: The Matildas won a three game trans-Tasman series played at Stockland Stadium on the Sunshine Coast this week, winning all three games. The results were Australia 2 v New Zealand 0 on Saturday 1 March, Australia 2 v New Zealand 1 on Monday 3 March, and Australia 4 v New Zealand 2 on Wednesday 5 March, 2008. Australian Men: 
03/03/2008: Playing in front of a partisan sell-out crowd of 47,440 spectators at the McAfee Coliseum in San Fransico, USA, Mexico went ahead through an 18th minute own-goal by Adam D'Apuzzo but the make-shift Aussies came back through a goal by Troy Hearfield two minutes from the fianl whistle, to draw 1-1. The Olyroos are warming up for the Olympics in Beijing. The draw for the Beijing Olympics football tournaments will be held on April 20.
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06/02/2008: The Australian's started their campaign positively with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Qatar in Melbourne tonight. Early goals by Josh Kennedy, Tim Cahill, and Mark Bresciano killed off the game, though as the jet-lagged Socceroos tired Qatar had their moments ...
Australian Men:
05/02/2008: The 21 remaining players in contention for the squad that will be reduced to 18 for the game Wednesday evening in Melbourne are: International
Football: Women's U17 
02/02/2008: The Australian women's U17 football squad came in a distant 3rd in this week's 'Future Stars' tournament in Auckland, NZ, through a hard-fought 1-0 win over host nation New Zealand. The USA won the tournament with a 3-2 victory over Germany. Australia had earlier suffered a 6-0 defeat against the USA in the opening match and a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Germany.
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23/01/2008: Australian men's national coach Pim Verbeek has picked a 39 man squad consisting of 20 Hyundai A-League players and 19 overseas players. Eight Under 23 (Qantas Olyroo) players were named. "“I have deliberately kept the squad big to give us maximum flexibility until match day,” Verbeek explained. He will trim it 18 for the actual game versus Qatar in 2 weeks. Australian Men:
02/01/2008: Australian men's national coach Pim Verbeek has picked a 22 man local training squad, along with 15 of Graham Arnold's home based Olyroos, for a camp at Marconi Stadium on 7 & 8 January, 2008. This will be Verbeek's first opportunity to work with locally-based players ahead of the Qantas Socceroos 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign that kicks off against Qatar on Wednesday 6 February 2008 at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne. International
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18/11/2007: The Qantas Socceroos win over Nigeria at Crave Cottage ground in London was important leading up the the Asian World Cup qualifiers starting in February. A magnificent goal from David Carney in the 52nd minute earned Australia a 1-0 result. With that game out of the way, the FFA must resolve the coaching situation immediately.
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17/11/2007: The vital Qantas Under 23s (Olyroos) 2-0 win against Iraq at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford tonight went a long way in deciding the fate of Australia's 2008 Olympic Qualifying campaign. The final game will be against North Korea on Wednesday 21 November at the Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, from which we could do with a point (in freezing conditions on artificial turf).
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14/11/2007: With 3 wins from 4 a top two berth for Australia ensures qualification for next year's 16-nation AFC Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia. The top ranked teams at next year's tournament will qualify for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
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20/10/2007: The Joeys (Australian men's U17) are through to the next Asian qualifying round after a 0-0 draw with DPR (North Korea) at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday night Corinthian reports from Singapore. International
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18/10/2007: The new look Joeys (Australian men's U17) squad have flown out to Singapore to start their Asian and World Cup journey. Australia cruised to a 2-0 win over an enterprising Malaysia at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday night benefiting from their opponents' first half goalkeeper's errors to take an early lead and then relaxed almost too much for the remainder of the match. Corinthian reports from Singapore. See the full details, photos and squad listing.
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17/10/2007: The Qantas Under 23s match against Iraq at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford next month is likely to go a long to deciding the fate of Australia's
2008 Olympic Qualifying campaign after Graham Arnold's team played out a scoreless draw against Lebanon in Beirut.
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11/10/2007: The rebuilding Young Matildas have been in China competing in the AFC U19 championships and went out, going down to to Japan 1-0, 2-1 to North Korea, and winning their last game vs Burma 2-1. See the full details and squad listing.
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01/01/2007: The Young Matildas are in China preparing for the upcoming AFC championships - first went down 1-0 to China in Chengdu before recovering to a 0-0 draw in their second game. See the full details and squad listing.
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23/9/2007: The Australian Womens team, the Matildas, faced South American powerhouse Brasil in a quarter final of this World Cup in Tianjin, China tonight and after coming back from 2 down, finally succumbed to the samba team and to odd refereeing from the German.
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20/9/2007: The Australian Womens team, the Matildas, battled to a 2-2 draw with Canada in Chengdu China tonight. Twice coming from behind they went through on points to play in the quarter finals for the first time.
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15/9/2007: The Australian Womens team, the Matildas, had an historic 1-1 draw with powerhouse Norway in China tonight. A suberb goal by substitute Lisa De Vanna late in the 2nd half cancelled out an early Norwegian goal.
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12/9/2007: The Australian Womens team, the Matildas, scored their first ever World Cup victory with a decisive 4-1 win over Ghana in China tonight. A brace by substitute Lisa De Vanna helped set the girls up well in this tough group.
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11/09/2007: The Australian mens national team lost to world number two, Argentina, in a close fought game in front of 70,000 fans in Melbourne tonight. There were chances at both ends and fans got value as the Socceroos rebuild. BOTN's on the spot reporter Alan Clark writes from 'The G'.
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8/8/2007: The Matildas have beaten Hong Kong 8-1 in a 'dead' Olympic qualifier match with a very young side. The full squad for the World Cup has been now been announced. The mens Young Socceroos have won the friendly Weifang Cup tournament in China, beating Uzbekistan in the final game. More news from our other national teams ...
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Football: Asian Men
5/8/2007: The Qantas Socceroos will go into the 2010 World Cup qualifiers that begin next year as the top seeded team in Asia, following its exploits at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany. As the best performed team at the 2006 finals from Asia, Australia is seeded one, with Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Iran rounding out the top five. The remaining seeds are based on the qualification process from the World Cup qualifiers, with 43 teams entered for the 2010 qualification campaign. Asia gets 4.5 berths to the 2010 World Cup, with the top four going through automatically, while a fifth team will play in a Intercontinental Play-off against ... Oceania. Australia’s qualifying campaign will commence in February 2008.
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3/8/2007: While the fans had been focussed on the Socceroos there has been a lot going on with other Australian international news. The Matildas have been in camp in Coffs Harbour and have defeated NZ twice while the mens Young Socceroos have beaten both South Korea and Iran in the friendly Weifang Cup tournament in China, and the Joeys squad for 2009 has been launched.
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29/7/2007: While the fans have been focussed on the Socceroos the Matildas have been in camp in Coffs Harbour and have defeated NZ twice while the mens Young Socceroos have beaten both South Korea and Iran in the friendly Weifang Cup tournament in China.
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13/07/2007: Australia served up another disjointed performance to go down to their youth nemisis Iraq, with coach Graham Arnold under pressure, and changes must be made for the game vs Thailand with Lucas Neil sent off. Read on the spot match report from Corinthian ...
Asian Cup
Football: Men's
09/07/2007: "Australia found themselves a goal down at half time against the team they watched repeatedly in Singapore when the two sides were there for warm up matches. What did they learn, the Aussies?" Read on the spot match report from Corinthian ...
International
Football: Men's - Asia
08/07/2007: The Asian Cup started last night in Bangkok with a 1-1 draw between host Thailand and Iraq. Tonight's Group A game pitted Qantas Socceroos against Oman, it too ended 1-1. Read on the spot match reports on BOTN with Corinthian ...
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Football: Men's - Asia
02/06/2007: Singapore's young guns held a fringe Australian men's team on Sunday night at Bishan Stadium in a practice match. Corinthian reports from the ground for BOTN readers ...
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Football: Men's - Asia 30/06/2007: A flat looking Australia defeated Singapore tonight, with a brace from captain Mark Viduka and a cameo goal by substitute Harry Kewell. Corinthian reports on the game from the ground for BOTN readers ...  International
Football: Men's - Asia 29/06/2007: The Qantas Socceroo take on Singapore's 'Lions' on Saturday night. Corinthian presents a preview for BOTN readers ...  International
Football: Men's - Asia 26/06/2007: The Qantas Socceroo squad has assembled in Singapore. Read about the latest from the Lion city on BOTN with Corinthian ...  International
Football: Women's Olympic
10/06/2007: The Matildas have suffered a 2-0 defeat to DPR Korea in Coffs Harbour. The Matildas hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have been effectively dashed following a 2-0 defeat. Two second half strikes from the visitors ensured a repeat of the scoreline in Pyongyang last week and leaves the Matildas six points behind DPR Korea with two matches remaining. North Korea need only to earn a point in their remaining matches to be the sole qualifier from Group B. Australia play Hong Kong away on 4 August and Taiwan in Coffs on 12 August 2007.
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Football: Men's - Asia
08/06/2007: The Qantas Socceroo 23 man squad that will represent Australia at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was today named by FFA. The squad is:
John Aloisi (Alaves), Michael Beauchamp (1.FC Nurnberg), Mark Bresciano (Palermo), Tim Cahill (Everton), Nick Carle (Newcastle Jets), David Carney (Sydney FC), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen), Brad Jones (Middlesbrough), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester City), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Lucas Neill (West Ham), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, Turkey), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Michael Thwaite (Wisla Krakow), Carl Valeri (US Grosseto, Italy), Mark Viduka (Newcastle), Luke Wilkshire (FC Twente); Stand-by players: Daniel Allsopp (Melbourne Victory), Mark Bridge (Newcastle Jets), Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory), Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory), Scott McDonald (Celtic), Jade North (Newcastle Jets), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners).
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Football: Men's Olympic
06/06/2007: The Qantas Under 23s have progressed to the third and final stage of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Jordan in Amman overnight. After a tight first half the Australian side completed dominated the second period with goals from David Williams (2), Nick Ward and Dario Vidosic. Only the winner of the next qualifier group, held from August 22 to November 21, will progress to the Olympic Games in Beijing next year.
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Football: Women's Olympic
03/06/2007: The Matildas have suffered a 2-0 defeat to DPR Korea tonight, in what is a blow to their chances of qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Level on points going into the match, DPR now hold a distinct advantage going into the return leg of their group match meetings next Saturday in Coffs Harbour. Only the winner of the group will progress to the Olympic Games in Beijing next year.
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Football: Men's Friendly
02/06/2007: Australia 1 (Mile Sterjovski 7') v Uruguay (Diego Forlan 40', Alvaro Recoba 77') - Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney
Saturday 2 June, Crowd 61,795 - Squad: 1 Brad Jones, 2 Lucas Neill, 3 Shane Stefanutto, 4 Patrick Kisnorbo, 5 Jason Culina, 6 Michael Beauchamp, 7 Brett Emerton, 8 Brett Holman, 10 Luke Wilkshire, 11 Scott Mc Donald, 12 Danny Allsopp, 13 Carl Valeri, 14 Simon Colosimo, 15 Ryan Griffiths, 16 Michael Thwaite, 17 Nick Carle, 18 Adam Federici, 19 Archie Thompson, 20 Matthew Spiranovic, 21 Mile Sterjovski, 22 David Carney, 23 Jade North, 24 Mark Bridge
(Three to be omitted).
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Asian Champions League   09/05/2007: Adelaide drew away to continue their unsuccessful ACL campaign while Sydney at home in front of 14,786 also drew to keep an outside hope alive with one round of the Asian Champions League to go. Sydney FC will qualify for the quarter-finals only if it beats Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan on May 23. [ ] Asian Champions League  25/03/2007: Adelaide blew their chances while Sydney resurrected theirs in games in the 4th round of the Asian Champions League. Stephen Webb reports on the game from Parramatta [ More .... ] International
Football: Women's Olympic Qualifiers 16/04/2007: The Australian women's Olympic football team, the Matildas, defeated Taiwan 10-0 in Taiwan on the road to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They are yet to face powerhouse North Korea in their group. [ FFA .... ] International
Football: Women's Olympic Qualifiers 07/04/2007: The Australian women's Olympic football team, the Matildas, defeated Hong Kong 15-0 today. The Matildas have commenced the second and final stage of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics with a comprehensive win at the BCU International Stadium in Coffs Harbour. The Matildas raced to a six goal half time lead before adding a further nine goals in the second half. Striker Kate Gill scored five goals for the second consecutive international match. Australia will travel to Taiwan on Wednesday for the second Group B match next Sunday in Taipei. [ FFA .... ] International
Football: Men's Olympic Qualifiers 28/03/2007: The Australian Olympic (U23) football team, the Olyroos, defeated group leaders Saudi Arabia 2-0 in Adelaide tonight. [ FFA .... ] International
Football: Socceroo Friendly 24/03/2007: The Australian senior men's football team, the Socceroos, with a superior first half display won 2-0 over China in Guangzhou. Goalscorers Brett Holman (8') and Mark Bresciano (28') were two of several Australian players who put on a dominant first half performance giving the home side no chance. Despite China having the best of play after half time, the Australian defence did not allow for many serious shots on goal by the Chinese. A multitude of second half substitutions gave several more players some first team match experience but eventually took its toll of the match as a spectacle. [ FFA .... ] Asian Champions League  21/03/2007: Both Australian teams had a creditable result overnight in the 2nd round of the Asian Champions League. Stephen Webb reports on the game from Sydney [ More .... ] International
Football: Asian Championship
13/03/2007: The Australian women's U16 football team is out of World Championships Asian qualifiers. They gave group leader China an almighty fright in the final group match played in Kuala Lumpur. Needing to win at least 2-0 against the Chinese, the girls showed typical Australian spirit to give as good as they got, but eventually had to settle for a 0-0 draw. It was a much better performance from Australia, after succumbing 3-1 to Korea Republic two days earlier.
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Football: Men - Olyroos
01/03/2007: Australia drew 0-0 with Iran in Tehran overnight in an Asian qualifier for the Olympic Games.
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Football: Men - Olyroos
07/02/2007: Australia travels to Taiwan for the second leg next Wednesday with a massive 11 goal advantage, and Australia obviously holding the upper hand in the two-legged fixture. The winner progresses to the next (group) stage of the 2008 Olympic games qualifying campaign. Played at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, the Australian line-up: Danny Vukovic (gk); Ruben Zadkovich, Mark Milligan, Adrian Leijer, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Stuart Musialik, Kristian Sarkies, Spase Dilevski, Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, David Williams; Subs from: Leigh Broxham, Robert Cornthwaite, Adam D'Apuzzo, Ben Griffin, Ben Kennedy, Vince Lia, Dario Vidosic.
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Football: Men
07/02/2007: An Australian team with 9 continuing World players missing took on Denmark at Loftus Road ground in London, with two goals dissallowed they were defeated 3-1 by potent Danish attack. Australian line-up: Michael Petkovic (gk); Brett Emerton (c), Patrick Kisnorbo, Michael Thwaite, Scott Chipperfield, Vince Grella, Josip Skoko, Tim Cahill, Mile Sterjovski, Brett Holman, John Aloisi; Subs from: Brad Jones (gk); Shane Stefanutto, Jacob Burns, Ryan Griffiths, Jon McKain, Scott McDonald, Neil Kilkenny
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Football: Asian Men's
06/02/2007: Eight nations from AFC's Asean grouping contested the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship in stadiums across Singapore and Thailand. Asean nations Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines and Vietnam joined the two host nations to contest the biennial tournament for the right to call themselves champions of Southeast Asia. Singapore ran out winners over 2 legs in the last week.  and BOTN looks to Asia [ In Asia .... ] International
Football: Youth Olympics
19/01/2007: The Australian men's and women's football teams kicked off their respective
campaigns at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, in which football is included for the first time.
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Football: Schools
15/01/2007: Boys and Girls international matches get underway in January with the Boys travelling to New Zealand and Samoa this weekend, and the Girls taking on New Zealand in Brisbane during the week.
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Football: Men's
22/12/2006: The 2007 Asian Champions League draw was made tonight and A-League teams have tough draws. Adelaide United appear to have the better group in G, with opponents Gach Dong Tam Long An from Vietnam, Seongnam Ilhwa FC of Korea, and Shandong Luneng Taishan FC (China); with Sydney FC in E to face Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan, Shanghai Shenhua (China), and Indonesia's Persik Kediri. The group stage kicks off on March 7, 2007, games being played on Wednesday's home and away, and the winner of each of the seven groups will progress to the quarterfinal stage (September 19 and 26) where reigning champions Jeonbuk Motors join the competition. The semifinals will be held on October 3 and 24 and the two-legged Final is scheduled for November 7 and 14.
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Football: Men's
20/12/2006: The Qantas Socceroos will play their Asian Cup pool 'A' matches in Bangkok, Thailand, in Asia's biggest football tournament - the finals of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The tournament draw was held tonight in Kuala Lumpur with Australia (FIFA ranking 39) being drawn in Group A alongside Iraq (83), Oman (72) and co-hosts Thailand (137). Australia will play their first match against Oman on Sunday 8 July 2007 and then will take on Iraq on Friday 13 July 2007 and Indonesia on Monday 16 July.
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Football: Women's
03/11/2006: The Qantas Matildas were defeated 2-1 by world number ten Denmark in Suwon, South Korea, in their final group match at the 2006 Peace Cup. Earlier the Matildas were defeated 2-0 by the USA, and beat Netherlands 1-0. The Matildas will commence their 2008 Olympic qualifying campaign in February next year having been drawn in Group C of the first stage of qualifying alongside Taiwan, Myanmar and Uzbekistan.
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Football: Men's U20
01/11/2006: The Young Socceroos (U20) defeated Thailand 3-1 tonight despite a red card that reduced them to 10 men from the 22nd minute. Australia's last group game is v UAE.
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Football: Men's U20
30/10/2006: The Young Socceroos (U20) lost 0-1 to China earlier tonight in an even game with the Young Socceroos having lots of possession but China scoring on the break. Australia have been drawn in Group B with China, Thailand and UAE - the top two teams to progress to the quarter
finals. Australia's next game is Australia v Thailand, Tuesday 1 November (9:30pm AET)
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Football: Men's U20
24/10/2006: The Young Socceroos (U20) leave this Wednesday for the AFC Youth Championships. International
Football: Men's U20
17/10/2006: The Young Socceroos squad for the AFC Youth Championhsip has been announced. The 16-nation AFC Youth Championship will be held in India October 29 – November 12, with the top four nations qualifying for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.
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Football: Men's
11/10/2006: The Socceroos defeated Bahrain tonight in Sydney for the seeded spot from Group D qualifying for the Asian Cup finals to be held next year. A few early stutters and some important stops by Socceroo keeper, Mark Schwarzer, paved the way for what eventually proved to be a straightforward 2-0 win by Australia ....
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Football: Men's
07/10/2006: International football returned to Brisbane's magnificent Suncorp Stadium tonight after some years absence, with the opponent again being South American rising stars Paraguay. This game had many of the World Cup squad back, but saw the retirement of four players - Zeljko Kalac, Tony Vidmar, Stan Lazaridis and Tony Popovic. Tony Popovic scored a late header to put Australia in the lead but an own goal by his substitute Michael Beauchamp gave the scoreline more respectability for the South Americans.
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Football: Men's
27/09/2006: Squad for Australia v Paraguay, Brisbane, October 7, and AFC Asian Cup game Australia v Bahrain, Sydney, October 11 -
John Aloisi, Michael Beauchamp, Alex Brosque, Marco Bresciano, Tim Cahill, Scott Chipperfield, Ante Covic, Jason Culina, Travis Dodd, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Zeljko Kalac, Josh Kennedy, Stan Lazaridis, Mark Milligan, Craig Moore, * Kevin Muscat, Lucas Neill, *Jade North, Tony Popovic, Mark Schwarzer, Josip Skoko, Mile Sterjovski, Archie Thompson, Tony Vidmar, Luke Wilkshire (* Jade North and Kevin Muscat will join for the Bahrain match)
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Football: Men's
16/09/2006: The draw for the Asian qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic tournament in China was made today in Singapore, with Australian men's coach Graham Arnold, and 'our man in Singapore' present. International
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Football: Men's
04/09/2006: Our widely travelled BOTN reporters provide a glimpse of what would have been if our Joey's had overcome Laos earlier this year. The U17 Asian Championship is in full swing.
Corinthian and Nick Guoth report from Singapore
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Football: Men's
31/08/2006: The Qantas Socceroos squad has been named to play Kuwait away, in Kuwait City, on Wednesday 6 September as part
of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. A complete change from the home leg the team consists entirely of a selection of European based players: International
Football: Women's U20
24/08/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas went out proudly from the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship after a 1-1 draw with hosts Russia. The Aussie girls played the European champions off the park but with the perenial Australian disease could not convert their many chances, although an 86th minute header by Alison Brogan gave later hope.
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Football: Women's U20
21/08/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas were defeated by an impressive Brasil 2-0 in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship. 16-year-old Fabiana was the star of the show for Brazil, scoring one goal on the break in the 69th minute after being brought down for the penalty after a good run into the penalty box, coverted by Francielle in the 41st minute. The Australian had their chances but failed to really test the Brasilian keeper, and eventually paid for it as the Brasilian dominated possession for long periods of the game. They must beat Russia now to advance in the tournament after the home team beat NZ 3-2.
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17/08/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas team representing Asia defeated Oceania's New Zealand 3-0 tonight in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship. Two superb goals by Collette McCallum and a late header by Sally Shipard wrapped it up. The starting line-up was Lydia Williams (gk); Clare Polkinghorne, Kim Carroll, Danielle Brogan, Olivia Kennedy; Leah Blayney, Kylie Ledbrook, Sally Shipard, Collette McCallum; Sasha McDonnell and Leena Khamis. The line-up selected by coach Alistair Edwards featured five players - captain Sally Shipard, fellow midfielders Collette McCallum, Kylie Ledbrook, Leah Blayney and goalkeeper Lydia Williams - who were members of the Qantas Matildas squad which last month also qualified for a World Cup, the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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Football: Men's 16/08/2006: The Qantas Socceroos defeated Kuwait 2-0 in Sydney tonight in an Asian Cup qualifier, thus ensuring a finals berth. Held 0-0 at half-time it was not until late in the game that goals to Travis Dodd and Saso Petrovski sealed the win.  (Photo BOTN 2006 - by Corinthian) and BOTN looks to Asia [ In Asia .... ] International
Football: Men's
13/08/2006: The Qantas Socceroos play Kuwait in Sydney on this Wednesday August 16 in an Asian Cup qualifier, and the final game squad has been announced: International
Football: Men's U20
15/08/2006: The Qantas Young Socceroos (U20) have drawn the second international match of their South American tour, coming from behind to finish 1-1 with Chile at the La Florida Stadium in Santiago. Bruce Djite continued with his impressive tour, scoring Australia's goal. The second game was drawn 2-2 with Australia reduced to 10 men through red cards.
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Football: Men's U20
11/08/2006: The Qantas Young Socceroos (U20) have drawn the first international match of their South American tour, holding defending World Youth Champions Argentina 0-0 at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona de Arsenal in Buenos Aires earlier today. Earlier they had a loss and a win against club opposition. They round out the tour with two internationals against Chile.
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Football: Men's
30/07/2006: The Qantas Socceroos play Kuwait in Sydney on August 16 in an Asian Cup qualifier, and a training squad has been announced by acting coach Graham Arnold, for a training camp in Melbourne 7-10 August, 2006: International
Football: Women's
30/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas were beaten by China in the 2006 Asian Cup final: Australia 2 (Caitlin Munoz 29', Joanne Peters 33') - China 2 (Han Duan 68', Ma Xiaoxu 73'), and after extra time China won on penalties 4-2. In the 3rd place play-off North Korea defeated Japan to take Asia's last place in the Women's World Cup in China in 2007
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Football: Women's 27/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas are in both the final of the 2006 Asian Cup but also into the 2007 Women's World Cup as one of the top 2 in Asia, after defeating Japan 2-0 in the semi-final in Adelaide tonight. A 9th minute goal to Caitlin Munoz was followed by a 46th minute goal to Joanne Peters. The Qantas Matildas will now play in Sunday's final of the tournament, 4pm Australian Eastern Time versus the winner of North Korea and China in the other semi to be played later tonight.  and BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: Women's
24/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas have gone into the semi-final of the AFC Women's Asian Cup in Adelaide with a 5-0 win over Thailand and will play Japan for a place in the final, and more importantly in the Women's World Cup. North Korea play China in the other semi after beating South Korea 1-0.
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23/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas have continued in the AFC Women's Asian Cup in Adelaide with a 0-0 draw with the exciting North Korean side. This leaves both countries on top, with the DPR Korea ahead on goal difference. They play South Korea next, and Australia plays Thailand.
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Football: Women's 20/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas have continued in the AFC Women's Asian Cup in Adelaide with a 2-0 win over 11 behind the ball for Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). In the other Group B games North Korea ripped apart Thailand 9-0 and defeated Myanmar 3-0, while South Korea bounced back to beat Thailand 11-0. In Group A China beat Taiwan 2-0 and Japan accounted for Vietnam 5-0.  and BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: Women's 16/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas started the AFC Women's Asian Cup in Adelaide very well with a solid 4-0 win over the Korean Republic. In the other Group B game today, Thailand defeated Myanmar 2-1. Neale Martin reports from Adelaide [ More ... ] and BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: Women's
14/07/2006: The AFC Women's Asian Cup starts in Adelaide this weekend, with the first game on Sunday 16 July between Australia and the Korean Republic at Hindmarsh Stadium (Kick-Off 2:30pm).
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Football: Women's
06/07/2006: The Qantas Matildas squad for the AFC Women's Asian Cup to be played in Adelaide from 16-30 July 2006 has been announced: World Cup Football: Round of 16 27/06/2006: The Socceroos lost to Italy early this morning in the biggest game in Australian football history, having moved to the second round of 16. An injury time penalty, which appeared very soft, was taken by Francesco Totti and it put Australia out of the World Cup. Trent Dickeson will report from Kaiserslautern ... [ More .... ] World Cup Football: Group F 23/06/2006: The Socceroos showed great determination to overcome defensive errors and twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Croatia - thus advancing to the second round, to be played against Italy. Trent Dickeson reports from Stuttgart ... [ More .... ] World Cup Football: Group F 19/06/2006: Brasil ran out winner 2-0 in a tight and absorbing encounter in Munich. Brasil took their chances and Australia could not despite sustained pressure. Trent Dickeson reports from Munich ... [ More .... ]  Trent M Dickeson Reports FIFA accredited BOTN writer Trent M Dickeson will be reporting on all Australia's games, and much more direct from 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. International
Football: Women's
16/06/2006: The Qantas Matildas have begun their two match tour against China with a narrow 2-1 loss in Shanghai (China) tonight. The deadlock was broken in the 28th minute when a defensive error resulted in Australia conceding an own goal which gave China a 1-0 lead. The second half saw the Matildas equalise 3 minutes in when Jo Peters put her cross from the left in behind the Chinese Defence and Sarah Walsh was on hand to neatly finish past an advancing Chinese goalkeeper. China took the lead again with a successful penalty in the 75th minute following a controversial foul by Australia in the penalty box.
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Football: U20
16/06/2006: The Qantas Young Socceroos (Australian Men's U-20 team) coach Ange Postecoglou has announced his 22 man squad for the QNI North Queensland Challenge Trophy which gets underway in Rockhampton tomorrow night. During the 7-day tournament, the Young Socceroos will face HAL Clubs Central Coast Mariners & Melbourne Victory as well as Chinese Super League Team, Changchun Yatai. The squad is: Goalkeepers - Alex Vrteski & Tando Velaphi (AIS); Defenders - Steve O’Dor, Matthew Spyranovic, Peter Eleftherakis, Michael Marrone, Blake Charity all (AIS), Jamie Cumming (Frankston Pines); Midfielders - Shaun Ontong, Jim Downey, Troy Hearfeld, Chris Grossman (AIS), Chris Nunes (AIS), (all AIS), Evan Berger (Marconi/AIS), Tarek Elrich (Newcastle Jets), Scott Jamieson (Bolton Wanderers), Cameron Watson (Porto); Forwards - Bruce Djite (Marconi/AIS), Nathan Burns (AIS), Robbie Kruse (AIS), David Williams (Brondby, Denmark)
2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
12/06/2006: It took until the last 8 minutes but the Socceroos put an early goal from a defending error behind them to run out clear 3-1 winners over Japan tonight.
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Football: Men's Friendly International
Football: Men's Friendly
04/06/2006: The Socceroos drew last night with the Oranje of the Netherlands in the first of two warm up games before the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany next week. This 1-1 draw against the Dutch team, which is FIFA rated at No. 3 in the world, was a very useful test. Dominated by a superb Netherlands team for the first half, with a goal Ruud Van Nistleroy at the 9th minute mark, Mark Schwarzer kept them in the game. In the second half Australia frustrated their opponents and when mark Viduka was unable to put away a penalty it was good to see Tim Cahill quickly in to slot it home. Australian now play Liechtenstein in Ulm, Germany on Thursday.
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Football: Women's
30/05/2006: The Qantas Matildas have had an impressive hit-out in the second of three matches against visiting Mexico, scoring a 3-0 win at Bob Jane Stadium on Sunday. After dominating the first half without finding the net, goals to Jo Burgess, skipper Jo Peters and Lisa De Vanna in the final half-hour secured a well-deserved victory which also sealed the series. The third and final match of the series, a major part of the Qantas Matildas' build-up to July's Asian Women's Championships in Adelaide, was played on Tuesday and the Matiladas run out 4-0 winners. International
Football: Men's
25/05/2006: The Qantas Socceroos tonight defeated European Champions Greece 1-0 through a 13th minute screamer from Josip Skoko. The second highest football crowd ever in Australia of 95,103 witnessed a solid display by the Australian's expecially in the first half. Starting line-up - Zeljko Kalac (gk); Lucas Neill, Craig Moore, Jason Culina, Brett Emerton, Josip Skoko, Mark Viduka, Vince Grella, Scott Chipperfield, Mile Sterjovski, Marco Bresciano
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Football: Women's
25/05/2006: The Qantas Matildas defeated Mexico at the MCG tonight by 2-1. In the 13' Mexico took the lead against the run of play, when Ocampo hits a terrific shot across Barbieri after being put through by Padilla. In the 75' Australia equalised through a Kate Gill header, and then in the 84th Australia take the lead when Salisbury gets the slightest of touches to a beautiful Collette McCallum free kick into the box. Team starting line-up - Melissa Barbieri (gk); Cheryl Salisbury (c), Heather Garriock, Jo Peters, Lisa De Vanna, Kate Gill, Thea Slatyer, Collette McCallum, Sally Shipard, Dianne Alagich, Jo Burgess.
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Football:
24/05/2006: The Qantas Socceroos and Matildas perform before the Australian football public this Wednesday night. The Qantas Matildas will meet Mexico in the opening match of the double header at the MCG at 4.30pm, with the Socceroos facing European Champions Greece at 7.30pm. As well as a rare opportunity to see the women perform this is a farewell game for the men before they leave for two warm up games in Europe leading up the the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany next month.
World Cup
Football: Men's
10/05/2006: The Qantas Socceroos squad to contest the 2006 World Cup in Germany in June was announced today in Sydney. The 23 man squad is: 15. John Aloisi, 16. Michael Beauchamp, 23. Marco Bresciano, 4. Tim Cahill, 14. Scott Chipperfield, 12. Ante Covic (gk), 5. Jason Culina, 7. Brett Emerton, 13. Vince Grella, 18. Zeljko Kalac (gk), 19. Josh Kennedy, 10. Harry Kewell, 11. Stan Lazaridis, 22. Mark Milligan, 3. Craig Moore, 2. Lucas Neill, 6. Tony Popovic, 1. Mark Schwarzer (gk), 8. Josip Skoko, 21. Mile Sterjovski, 17. Archie Thompson, 9. Mark Viduka, 20. Luke Wilkshire. Uncapped Mark Milligan and Joshua Kennedy were among the surprises and sadly after withdrawing due to heart trouble veternan Tony Vidmar will miss the culmination of his 4th campaign. This squad will play Greece in Melbourne before the Cup.
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Football: Men's
03/05/2006: The Qantas Young Socceroos (U20) draw for the AFC Youth Championship has matched them with traditional Asian powerhouse China, 2003 nemesis United Arab Emirates, as well as Thailand in Group B of the 16-nation tournament. We will need to reach the semi finals of the competition to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Canada. Trial games will be played in Canberra this month.
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Football: Men's
20/04/2006: The 18 man U23 squad playing in a 4 nation tournament in Vietnam has done well, with no goals scored against. First up against an Iran selection they gained a 0-0 draw, then drew 0-0 against the Vietnam national team, and finished with a 1-0 win over Uzbekistan. International
Football: Women's
18/04/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas have qualified for the World Championships in Russia with a hard fought 3-2 win over the strong Japanese team tonight. In doing so the Women's Under 19 team became the first Australian team to qualify through Asia for a FIFA world championship. They join China and North Korea.
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Football: Women's
16/04/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas have a test to face after being beaten 4-2 by North Korea and missing the AFC U19 championships final. Nevertheless if they can beat Japan for third spot they will still qualify for the World Championships.
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Football: Women's
13/04/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas have finished on top of Group B at the AFC U19 Women’s Championship in Malaysia after a comfortable 7-0 win over Jordan tonight - a 24-0 group aggregate. Caitlin Cooper scored two goals inside the first 20 minutes, Amy Jackson and Kylie Ledbrook added a further two goals to make 4-0 at the break. Sasha McDonnell, Renee Cartwright and an own goal made it 7-0 at full time. They will now play North Korea in the semi finals on Saturday at 7.00pm AEST, with the winner earning a berth at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship in Russia later this year.
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Football: Women's
11/04/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas have defeated host Malaysia by 16-0 tonight, leading 6-0 at half-time. Australia dominated from start to finish in the hot and humid conditions, leading 6-0 at the break and adding a further ten goals against the dispirited Malaysian side. Jenna Tristram (pictured right) and Kylie Ledbrook each scored four goals in the big win, with Victoria Balomenos grabbing a hat-trick, Collette McCallum and Servat Uzunlar each with two and Leah Blayney the only single goalscorer.
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Football: Women's
09/04/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas have defeated China 1-0 in the 2006 AFC Women’s Under 19 Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Queensland striker Sasha McDonnell had the distinction of being Australia's first male or female player to score in the finals of an AFC competition when she converted a Collette McCallum cross from close range nine minutes after the interval. While the Chinese twice struck the frame of the goal later in the half, it was to prove their only threat to the goal of Australia's Lydia Williams and the Qantas Young Matildas ran out deserved winners in a match played in high humidity. They next play Malaysia on Tuesday 11 April at 7.30pm AEST.
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Football: Men's
07/04/2006: The 18 man Qantas U23 squad for the 2007 AFC Men's Under 23 Qualifiers that will travel to a 4 nation tournament later this month in Vietnam has been announced, and goes into camp in Canberra this week: International
Football: Women's
28/03/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas for the 2006 AFC Women’s Under 19 Championship next month in Malaysia has been announced: International
Football: Women's
08/03/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas are through to the 2006 AFC Women’s Under 19 Championship next month in Malaysia, after a comprehensive 6-0 win over Myanmar tonight. Earlier they commenced their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship campaign in confident style recording a convincing 6-2 victory over Thailand in Bangkok overnight. Queensland striker Sasha McDonnell scored twice, while Kim Carroll, Jenna Tristram, Caitlin Cooper and Leena Khamis all scored one goal each. The U19 Women's Championship is to be played in Malaysia on 8-18 April, 2006.
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22/02/2006: The Qantas Socceroos have defeated Bahrain 3-1 in their opening Asian Cup game. Coming from behind after a scrappy first half, goals by Thompson, Skoko, and a penalty by Elrich dashed Bahrain's early hopes.
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Football: Men's U20 22/02/2006: The Qantas Young Socceroos (U20s) have won their opening qualifying match for a place at the Asian Youth Championships, with a resounding 3-0 result against Turkmenistan this evening. They play Sri Lanka on Saturday. [ FFA Young Socceroos more .... ] International
Football: Women's U20 17/02/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas (U20s) have won both matches against New Zealand in Canberra as the team continues preparations for next month’s Asian qualifying tournament in Singapore. The first half was scoreless in a match played in warm conditions at the Australian Institute of Sport. However second half goals from Jenna Tristram, Sasha McDonnell, Collette McCallum and Leena Khamis ensured the Australians ended winning 4-0 and 7-1 on aggregate. [ FFA Young Matildas more .... ] International
Football: Young Matildas 16/02/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas have commenced their final preparations for next month’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship qualifying tournament with a convincing 3-1 win over New Zealand in Canberra this afternoon. Victorian-based midfielder Amy Jackson starred with two superbly-taken goals in the opening 12 minutes of the match that was played at the Australian Institute of Sport. Leena Khamis ensured victory when she executed a well-placed volley over the goalkeeper with 13 minutes remaining. Sally Shippard has been appointed captain. [ FFA Young Matildas .... ] BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: Young Socceroos
16/02/2006: A 20-man Qantas Young Socceroo squad has been announced by coach Ange Postecoglou for next week's opening Asian qualifying matches in Sri Lanka for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship. Three Hyundai A-League players have been named in the squad. International
Football: U17 Joeys 11/02/2006: The Qantas Joeys (Australia U-17s) have finished second in its qualifying group and missed out on a place in the Asian Under 17 Championships later this year. In the groups final match, host nation Laos defeated Indonesia 5-0 and go ahead of Australia on goal difference after both teams finished level on 4 points. Recent criticism of youth development in this country is expected to intensify following this humiliating early exit, and the FFA will need to focus some of it's attention to the health of our production-line, and on coaching staff! [ FFA U17 .... ] BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
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10/02/2006: The Qantas Socceroos squad for the first Asian Cup qualifier in Bahrain on 22 February has been announced. The 18 are made up of: 8 A-League: Michael Beauchamp (CCM), Alex Brosque (QR), David Carney (SFC), Alvin Ceccoli (SFC), Spase Dilevski (QR), Jade North (NUJ), Michael Valkanis (AU) , Nick Ward (PG); 10 Overseas: Tony Vidmar; Ante Covic (gk), Ahmad Elrich, Brett Holman, Jon McKain, Scott McDonald, Michael Petkovic (gk), Josip Skoko, Michael Thwaite, Luke Wilkshire International
Football: U17 Joeys 09/02/2006: The Qantas Joeys (Australia U-17s) have have defeated Indonesia 3-1 in Vientiane City, Laos, tonight and are now top of their qualifying group. They await the result of the Indonesia vs Laos game on Saturday to determine who qualifies. Fourteen teams have already confirmed their spots in the U-17 finals – Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tajikistan, Iran, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, North Korea, defending champions China and hosts Singapore. The other remaining spot in the finals is being contested between Thailand and South Korea. [ FFA U17 .... ] BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: Women's U20
09/02/2006: The Qantas Young Matildas (U20s) will play two matches against New Zealand in Canberra next week as the team continues preparations for next month’s Asian qualifying tournament in Singapore. The games are at the Australian Institute of Sport on Wednesday 15 February and Friday 17 February as part of a 5-day camp for the squad.
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Football: U17 Joey 07/02/2006: The Qantas Joeys (Australia U-17s) have opened their campaign for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Championship with a scoreless draw against host-nation Laos in Vientiane City overnight. Australia will complete their Group I commitments against Indonesia tomorrow requiring a good win if they are to guarantee topping the group and qualification for the AFC U-17 Championship to be held in Singapore in September. [ FFA U17 .... ] BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: U17 Joey 07/02/2006: The Qantas Joeys (Australia U-17s) have opened their campaign for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Championship with a scoreless draw against host-nation Laos in Vientiane City overnight. Australia will complete their Group I commitments against Indonesia tomorrow requiring a good win if they are to guarantee topping the group and qualification for the AFC U-17 Championship to be held in Singapore in September. [ FFA U17 .... ] BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International: Australian Schools Australian Schoolgirls - a mixed-bag of results in their last three matches. On 25 January they scored a 2-0 win over Manor House School in Dublin through goals to Hart and Polias. The match was played against a spirited and willing opposition that included four Irish internationals. On Australia Day against the Republic of Ireland U18 squad the result was a loss - an early goal in the 7th minute as the Aussies took the match to their opponents looking for an equaliser. Late goals in the 89th and 90th minutes to the Irish team gave a final scoreline of 0-3, however this was not a true reflection on the game. The Aussies latest match was against a Midlands select team played at Lilleshall. Leading 1-0 thanks to Spirovski at half-time the tourists exerted their dominance in the second half scoring eight goals through four goals to Feuerriegel, Spirovski, Chapman, and Butt . International
Football: U20 Young Socceroos
25/01/2006: The Qantas Young Socceroo squad that will go into camp tomorrow ahead of next month’s opening qualifying matches for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship. Coach Ange Postecoglou has selected a 27-man squad for the six day camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. International: Australian Schools Australian Schoolgirls 3 - Nth Ireland U18 0- Australian Schoolgirls continued their strong start to the tour with a 3-0 win over Northern Ireland U18 squad through two goals to Rollason and a late goal by Taylor. Australian Schoolgirls 3 v Bristol Academy 1 - The Australian Schoolgirls scored an emphatic 3-1 win over a commited Bristol Academy side in the first match played on tour. Adapting to the artificial surface quickly the Australian girls got into stride and camped in the Bristol half for long periods. International
Football: Asian Cup Draw 04/01/2006: Australia has been drawn in the tough preliminary Group D to play the 'middle eastern' trio of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Lebanon. The first game will be away in Bahrain on Wednesday 22 February, 2006. This area may assist in getting Euro based players on board for the games. [ Football Asia .... ] BOTN looks at the move to Asia [ Into Asia .... ] International
Football: U17 Asian Qualifiers
23/12/2005: The new era of Asian football for Australia's national football teams commences in February this year in Laos, when our Men's U17 Joeys compete in the group qualifiers for the 2007 World Championship. Club World Championship Club World Championship International
Football: World Cup Draw 10/12/2005: Australia has been drawn in Group F to play Brazil, Croatia and Japan in the round-robin stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany in June. In one of the best groups for the neutral football watcher the Socceroos have a big game against Brasil, and must likely beat both Japan and Croatia to qualify. We will meet Japan in Kaiserslautern on 13 June, Brasil in Munich on 18 June and Croatia in Stuttgart on 22 June. [ FFA more .... ] International
Football: Women's Friendly 03/12/2005: At Aussie Stadium today in the second of a series of games between the visiting Chinese women's national team and the Australian women's team, the Matildas, dominated play but a scoreless draw was again the outcome between the 16th and 9th ranked nations in women's football. Corinthian reports from Sydney [ More .... ] International Women's Friendly: Young Matildas International
Football: Women's Friendly 25/11/2005: In the first of a series of games between the visiting Chinese women's national team and the Australian women's team, the Matildas, a draw was all that eventuated on Friday 25th November despite an exciting final 25 minutes from the Australians. Chris Dunkerley reports from Gosford. [ More .... ]  (Matildas - Photo: Corey Davis - sport@westnet.com.au) Football: Women's Practice Game International
Football: Men's WCQ 2nd leg 16/11/2005: 'Australia off to Germany' - The Australian men's national team have advanced to the Football World Cup in Germany next June, by defeating Uruguay 4-2 on penalties - after a 33rd minute goal by Marco Bresciano, and extra time failed to give a result! Alan Clark reports from the Sydney Olympic Stadium, aka the new sacred home of Australian football! [ More .... ]  (Aloisi's penalty - Photo: Nick Rappo - BOTN ) Olympic Football Tournament
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