After seemingly endless months of verbal volleys,finger-pointing and hand-wringing,all hope of Tim Cahill coming back to the A-League now hinges on a meeting of Melbourne City's executive next week.
With a new broadcast deal set to be thrashed out before the end of the next A-League season,David Gallop is adamant they've delivered a draw that puts the domestic competition firmly in the shop window.
If going to this year's Olympics seems like a borderline inconvenience for some Australian athletes given all the problems engulfing Rio de Janeiro,spare a though for the nation's Paralympic team.
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has upped his war on substandard pitches on Australian soil,claiming he was embarrassed for the entire nation.
Ange Postecoglou did what he could to play it down - as he always does - but coaching his adopted country against the country of his birth was always bound to stir special emotions.
The heartbreak of getting within touching distance of captaining Crystal Palace to FA Cup glory still lingers with Mile Jedinak - but getting straight into international duty with the Socceroos has eased the pain.
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou says the time has come for Australian venues to provide "world-class" pitches for the national team,saying the prospect of patchy fields in Sydney and Melbourne for their upcoming matches against Greece is unacceptable.
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou wants to give as many players as possible a run in Australia's upcoming matches against Greece in Melbourne and Sydney,saying it will be his last chance to test new faces before the final round of World Cup qualifying begins in September.
Seeing the sun rise at 9am and set at 3pm in Norway was a culture shock at first for Alex Gersbach – but the left-back has no regrets about leaving the Sydney lifestyle behind for one of the world's northernmost clubs.
He might have put on one of his most impressive recent international performances in as a centre-back against England on the weekend but Mark Milligan would prefer to keep a hold of his usual place in midfield.