FIFA bans Macarthur from signing players until Yorke is paid compensation
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FIFA bans Macarthur from signing players until Yorke is paid compensation

The club was ordered to pay its former coach Dwight Yorke hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation. Now the sport’s governing body has stepped in.

  • byRiley Walter

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Money and power:Why Europe’s top leagues have declared war on FIFA
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Money and power:Why Europe’s top leagues have declared war on FIFA

The game’s governing body is the subject of legal action by players and leagues who say the international calendar is at breaking point. Here’s what you need to know.

  • byVince Rugari
Political football:FIFA to vote on push to expel Israel

Political football:FIFA to vote on push to expel Israel

A push to expel Israel from international football has opened a new schism in Australia,which plans to abstain from the vote despite the urging of former Socceroo Craig Foster.

  • byChip Le Grand andPaul Sakkal
‘It’s going to destroy it,mate’:Ange unloads on soccer’s plan for blue cards

‘It’s going to destroy it,mate’:Ange unloads on soccer’s plan for blue cards

Ange Postecoglou has warned that soccer’s lawmakers will “destroy” the sport with the controversial proposal to bring in the new card and sin bins.

  • byJason Burt andBen Rumsby
Football Australia open to trialling ‘blue card’ sin bin for referee dissent
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Football Australia open to trialling ‘blue card’ sin bin for referee dissent

Soccer’s lawmakers are set to experiment with a new card to signify a 10-minute sin-binning for abusing referees or committing cynical fouls – and Football Australia is on board.

  • byVince Rugari
Australia will not bid to host 2034 World Cup with Saudi Arabia firm favourites

Australia will not bid to host 2034 World Cup with Saudi Arabia firm favourites

Football Australia will instead focus on winning hosting rights to the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup and an expanded men’s 2029 Club World Cup.

  • byEmma Kemp
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What are Australia’s chances of hosting the 2034 FIFA World Cup?

What are Australia’s chances of hosting the 2034 FIFA World Cup?

The deadline for Australia to bid on the upcoming World Cup is fast approaching.

  • byEmma Kemp
‘It is time to fight’:Spain’s World Cup players continue strike action
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‘It is time to fight’:Spain’s World Cup players continue strike action

The strike came after Luis Rubiales,then president of the Spanish federation,caused an uproar when he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the World Cup medal ceremony.

  • byJoseph Wilson
‘He wanted to control everything’:Inside the sexist world of Spanish women’s soccer

‘He wanted to control everything’:Inside the sexist world of Spanish women’s soccer

Women involved in Spanish soccer say they have endured everything from paternalism and offhand remarks to verbal abuse.

  • byRachel Chaundler,Sarah Hurtes andJeré Longman
Hermoso files sexual assault complaint against Rubiales over World Cup kiss

Hermoso files sexual assault complaint against Rubiales over World Cup kiss

Soccer star Jenni Hermoso has filed an official complaint after she was kissed by federation boss Luis Rubiales after Spain’s World Cup win in Sydney.

‘They’re not going to stop’:First soccer and golf – will cricket be next for the Saudis?

‘They’re not going to stop’:First soccer and golf – will cricket be next for the Saudis?

Some call it sports washing,others call it image and reputation management. Whatever it is,Saudi Arabia’s multibillion-dollar spending spree isn’t likely to stop any time soon.

  • byLucy Cormack