Since the inception of the Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) competition in 2017, women’s football participation has increased rapidly, from about 380,000 in 2016 to around 600,000 in 2022. Women now represent approximately one-third of all players nationally. During this time, the AFLW has evolved dramatically. In 2017, it started with eight teams playing a...
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Acronis And Hyperix Team Up With Sydney FC Introducing A New Era Of Cybersecurity And Travel In Australian Football – Travel And Tour World
Home » TRAVEL DESTINATION NEWS » Acronis And Hyperix Team Up With Sydney FC Introducing A New Era Of Cybersecurity And Travel In Australian Football Thursday, July 25, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes Acronis and Hyperix announce a new TeamUp partnership with Sydney FC, marking Acronis’ first football collaboration in Australia and boosting cyber protection....
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‘Just don’t yet have the support’: A-Leagues need backing on all levels to survive
Following a tough year that has seen staff redundancies and club fundings slashed, a prominent industry figure says the A-Leagues need support on all levels to stay afloat. In January this year, almost half of the football league’s staff were axed, with the Australian Professional Leagues chairman, Stephen Conroy, telling SMH earlier this month that...
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‘Farcical’: Matildas greats at war over shock call to hand ‘club side’ top Aussie honour
The Matildas are at war with each other after 15 players were sensationally wiped from history this week. Football Australia on Monday announced it has rewritten history to announce a team from 1975 will now be considered the first ever Australian national women’s football team. The move has sent shockwaves across the Matildas alumni, further...
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‘Legend of the game’: Legendary WA coach John Todd dead at 86
The AFL world is mourning the death of Western Australian legend John Todd at the age of 86, passing away in his sleep on Tuesday following an illness. The Australian Football Hall of Famer excelled on the field but will be remembered as one of the great coaches of the game. Watch every game of...
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‘I’m not too sure’: Teen sensation Irankunda delivers shock Socceroos’ ultimatum
Australian soccer wunderkind Nestory Irankunda has sensationally threatened to play for another country if he does not start getting selected by the Socceroos. The Bayern Munich-bound teenager dropped the huge bombshell after taking part in the A-League Men’s All-Stars’ 8-0 demolition of a severely-depleted Newcastle United side at Marvel Stadium on Friday night. Irankunda was...
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‘One of the greats of the VFL’: Footy world mourns loss of two-club champion Barry Davis
Barry Davis, a member of the AFL Hall of Fame and a true pioneer of the sport, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday evening. Davis played 289 games for Essendon and the Kangaroos, winning three VFL premierships in his career as a defender and ruck rover between 1961 and 1975. He holds the...
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Corruption scandal hits Australian soccer, captain accused of fixing yellow cards
Australian professional football was rocked on Friday by accusations that the captain of A-League club Macarthur FC paid two younger teammates up to AU$10,000 (HK$52,000) to deliberately receive yellow cards in a scheme set up by a South American gambling connection. The players identified were Macarthur team leader Ulises Davila and teammates Kearyn Baccus and...
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Bonkers 516-point mauling as horrific scoreboard shatters footy records
An Adelaide football club’s 516-point victory has smashed all records and sparked fierce debate. Fitzroy’s thumping off Adelaide Football League club Elizabeth at Argana Park on Saturday in Adelaide’s north has dropped jaws around the country and has got football statisticians reaching for the record books. Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL...
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Horrific scoreboard photo rocks Australian sport
An Adelaide football club’s 516-point victory has smashed all records and sparked fierce debate. Fitzroy’s thumping off Adelaide Football League club Elizabeth at Argana Park on Saturday in Adelaide’s north has dropped jaws around the country and has got football statisticians reaching for the record books. Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL...