‘Great chance to shock the favourites’:Rejuvenated Socceroos up for a blue in Japan
Australian soccer

‘Great chance to shock the favourites’:Rejuvenated Socceroos up for a blue in Japan

The Socceroos have beaten the Samurai Blue just once in 12 meetings since the famous Tim Cahill-inspired 3-1 win in Kaiserslautern at the 2006 World Cup,but they will face the runaway group leaders with renewed confidence after a first-up win over China under new coach Tony Popovic.

  • byVince Rugari

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New-look Socceroos shift focus to ‘beautiful challenge’ in Japan
Australian soccer

New-look Socceroos shift focus to ‘beautiful challenge’ in Japan

A draw on Tuesday night would be a fabulous result for the Socceroos,but coach Tony Popovic believes they are capable of springing a massive upset over their great rivals.

  • byVince Rugari
‘Just as I imagined it in my head’:Goodwin claws Socceroos back from the brink
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Australian soccer

‘Just as I imagined it in my head’:Goodwin claws Socceroos back from the brink

Craig Goodwin has a fair claim as Australia’s most under-appreciated sporting talent. On Thursday night,and not for the first time,he came to his nation’s rescue.

  • byVince Rugari
FIFA World Cup qualifiers LIVE updates:Socceroos v China at Adelaide Oval
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup qualifiers LIVE updates:Socceroos v China at Adelaide Oval

Tony Popovic’s tenure begins with a critical home match against China that will go some way to determining Australia’s qualifying path through Asia.

  • byEmma Kemp andVince Rugari
Revealed:The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not
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Revealed:The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not

Among our football codes,there are three teams that do have a right to confidence,and three that should listen to their pessimists.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Popa’s baptism of fire:Australia’s World Cup hopes go on the line
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Australian soccer

Popa’s baptism of fire:Australia’s World Cup hopes go on the line

Tony Popovic’s first match as Socceroos coach is the team’s most consequential World Cup qualifier in years,but he appears to be very much ready to meet the moment that awaits on Thursday night against China.

  • byVince Rugari
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Diets,detail,discipline:What the Socceroos can expect under Popovic
Australian soccer

Diets,detail,discipline:What the Socceroos can expect under Popovic

The new national team boss is broadly perceived as a hot-tempered authoritarian – and while there’s a bit of that about him,few know the real Tony Popovic.

  • byVince Rugari
‘A fresh start’:Socceroos ready to turn over a new leaf under Popovic
Australian soccer

‘A fresh start’:Socceroos ready to turn over a new leaf under Popovic

Players have to take their share of the blame for the results that led to Graham Arnold’s exit as coach,Socceroos star Craig Goodwin says,as a new era beckons this week.

  • byVince Rugari
‘Absolutely gutted … as bad as it gets’:Postecoglou slams Spurs after historic Premier League collapse
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‘Absolutely gutted … as bad as it gets’:Postecoglou slams Spurs after historic Premier League collapse

Monday morning marked the 10th time that Spurs had lost a game in the Premier League era when they were two goals ahead. No other club can match that.

  • byIan Chadband
‘No sales pitch’:Luongo returns to Socceroos in Popovic’s first squad
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Australian soccer

‘No sales pitch’:Luongo returns to Socceroos in Popovic’s first squad

Ipswich Town’s Massimo Luongo,the only Australian outfielder to have featured in the Premier League this season,is back in green and gold.

  • byVince Rugari
Socceroos players may be anxious about Popovic,and that’s a good thing
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Australian soccer

Socceroos players may be anxious about Popovic,and that’s a good thing

It is fascinating that Football Australia has opted to swing heavily back towards an authoritarian managerial approach more like that of Ange Postecoglou.

  • byEmma Kemp