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Have the Matildas qualified for the Olympics? Next match, schedule for Australian women’s football team | Sporting News Australia

The Matildas have officially qualified for the 2024 Olympics after smashing Uzbekistan 10-0 in Melbourne on Wednesday night.The 13

Socceroos World Cup 2026 qualifying: Fixtures, results, groups, goalscorers, squad, Asian Cup 2023 | Sporting News Australia

‘It’s everything’: Lydia Williams leaves the Matildas as one of its greatest legacies

It started with footprints.Dark patterns pressed into red earth. A trail of scuffs and swirls sculpted into warm sand. Lydia Williams, a young Aboriginal kid,

Schmidt leaves Roosters-bound Nawaqanitawase out of Wallabies train-on squad

Schmidt said in May his eyes were firmly on the British and Irish Lions series, in July 2025. With only 13 Tests between then and now, the Kiwi coach appears ke

Australia’s marathon selection has threatened to tear the sport apart. Here’s why

Selecting a marathon team is an unenviable task at the best of times — an issue that has reared its head in a big way for Australia's women's team ahead of th

*Win two tickets to the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final + $5,000 | Sporting News Australia

The AFL Grand Final is the pinnacle showcase of Australian domestic sport and this year you could be in attendance soaking up the

Australia win women’s rugby sevens series ahead of Paris Olympics

In short: Australia has defeated France in the final of the women's World Sevens Series in Madrid.Australia won the final 26-7, with Maddison Levi scoring two t

‘Poetic’ Aussies clinch Madrid Sevens title

Australia's women have capped off Paris Olympics preparations in perfect fashion, defeating France 26-7 in the final of the Madrid Sevens on Monday morning (AES

‘Not true’: Olympian shoots down Athletics Australia claim

Three-time Olympian Lee Troop says Athletics Australia's claim that its selection committee is independent is "not true in any way" and has bemoaned the influen

Para sports push for greater support to ensure they feature at Brisbane 2032 Paralympics

In short: Australia's men's blind football team and women's goalball team have missed out on qualification for Paris 2024.Coaches say a lack of financial suppor

Dead Rebels: Why Rugby Australia killed Melbourne’s Super Rugby team

Rugby Australia assumed all payments for the players’ wages and funded the club for the 2024 season, and took back the club’s Super Rugby licence. It seemed

Why Heather McKay might be Australia’s all-time greatest athlete

Here’s an entertainingly irresolvable proposition: Heather McKay, a woman you’ve possibly never heard of, is Australia’s greatest ever athlete. Better th