Townsville first for Matildas' NZ clash
With a continued rise in participation levels across the country, Football Australia (FA) will kick off the Matildas' international series against New Zealand in regional Queensland on April 8.
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Bayern, Liverpool advance to ECL quarters
Bayern Munich and Liverpool are the first teams through to the Champions League quarter-finals after contrasting results at home against Salzburg and Inter Milan respectively.
Lewandowski’s 11-minute hat trick helps Bayern advance in champions league
MUNICH: Whatever hope Salzburg had of overcoming Bayern Munich was extinguished by Robert Lewandowski scoring a hat trick in 11 minutes. It was game over by the time Lewandowski’s third hit the net in the 23rd minute on Tuesday to make it the quickest treble ever seen at the start of a Champions League match. A second leg that started at 1-1 was tilted 4-1 in Bayern’s favor by the striker’s scoring masterclass.
Mexican club ordered to play behind closed doors for a year after horror melee
Mexican soccer authorities have ordered Queretaro to play their home games in an empty stadium for a year after fans went on a bloody rampage in a brawl that injured at least 26 people and made global headlines.
Klopp irked by 'slapstick' loss as Liverpool progress
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was not happy with the "slapstick" 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan which ended their year-long unbeaten home record but accepts it was the one game they could afford to lose. The Reds carried a two-goal advantage from the San Siro into the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie at Anfield and ended up needing it after Lautaro Martinez's 61st-minute goal had given the visitors a chance of overturning the deficit. However, Alexis Sanchez's red card for a second bookable offence less than two minutes later blew a hole in Inter's hopes and although Liverpool should have put the result beyond doubt as Mohamed Salah twice hit the post in the second half a fourth quarter-final in five seasons was secured. "Big caveats. The art of football is to lose the right games," said Klopp after a first home defeat in 29 matches spanning the course of 366 days also brought to an end a 12-match winning run.
Parrott bags brace, Connolly frustrations continue
Troy Parrott recovered his scoring form, grabbing his first league goals since September with a brace in MK Dons 3-1 win over Cheltenham Town in League One on Tuesday.
Russian soccer faces isolated future
Four years after Russia hosted the World Cup, and reached the quarter-finals, the sport faces being isolated within the world game.
Robert Lewandowski makes history as Bayern Munich demolish RB Salzburg
Robert Lewandowski scored the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as Bayern Munich destroyed RB Salzburg 7-1 to reach the last eight of the competition.