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Matildas AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Home Schedule: Every Date, Venue and Kick-Off Time for Australia’s Campaign
August 9, 2026
Matildas AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Home Schedule: Every Date, Venue and Kick-Off Time for Australia’s Campaign
The Matildas home game schedule for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 brought the Australian national women’s football team to three cities over three intense weeks, allowing the fans at home one of the longest stretches of home games ever played by the team. Australia hosted this tournament for the first time since 2006, with Asia’s top twelve teams coming to Perth, the Gold Coast, and Sydney from 1st to 21st March. For Joe Montemurro’s side, it meant playing every single match of their campaign — group stage through to the final — on home soil, something few national teams
Read moreAustralian Cyclists Use Europe’s Toughest Classics to Chase Selection for the 2026 UCI World Championships
For Australian cyclists, the European classics have been more than an event in their calendar; it has always been a chance for them to prove themselves and has generally served as an indication of how well they stand against the cream of the crop in the cycling world. The likes of Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix have the cyclists battle against tough conditions, uncertain weather, and one of the toughest fields in the sport, making the outcome of such races hold much weight in the selection process for the national team. With the UCI Road World Championships heading to Montréal
Read moreMelbourne Spring Racing Carnival 2026: Early Contenders, Key Trials and the Horses Chasing Cup Glory This Spring
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival 2026 is the largest thoroughbred racing carnival held in Australia, and even during the early stages of the carnival, the outline for this year’s carnival is beginning to form. Held between late August to late November at Flemington, Caulfield and Sandown racetracks, the 2026 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival will feature a total of 22 Group 1 races and a schedule that has been revised due to the redevelopment at Moonee Valley. As trainers begin mapping out their spring campaigns, early trials and lead-up runs are already offering clues about which horses are building toward the
Read moreHow the Socceroos Booked Their Spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup Without Needing a Playoff
The Socceroos have punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and they’ve done it the hard way — on the road, in front of hostile crowds, with almost no margin for error. Australia’s direct qualification for next year’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico came down to the final round of Asian qualifying, where a string of tense away results ultimately proved decisive. This is indeed a massive achievement for Australian football, as it marks the sixth straight World Cup appearance for the nation and, most importantly, the first such feat by the Socceroos since 2014
Read moreCharli Grant joins Malmö FF on a three-year deal, returning to Swedish football after her spell with Tottenham Hotspur in the WSL.
Charli Grant has started a new chapter in her club career, putting pen to paper on a three-year contract with Malmö FF that runs through to the summer of 2029. The Matildas full-back’s move to the Swedish giants comes after two and a half seasons in England with Tottenham Hotspur, and it sees the 24-year-old return to a country and a league she already knows well. Grant is not completely new to the women’s football scene in Sweden, for the fact that she has previously played for the team in Sweden when she was younger and then switched to the
Read moreWayne Bennett Rejects Injury Clauses in Latrell Mitchell’s Next Rabbitohs Contract Despite Recent Setbacks This Season
South Sydney Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett has firmly rejected the idea that Latrell Mitchell‘s next contract should be weighed down by injury clauses, calling the proposal a “terrible idea” this week. The suggestion, which surfaced in media reports, floated the possibility of tying Mitchell’s seven-figure salary to how many games he actually plays each season — an arrangement Bennett wants nothing to do with. Mitchell is due for his next contract in December 2027, meaning that Mitchell will be able to begin negotiations with other teams starting from November onwards, if he is not already signed by Souths. It seems
Read moreSuper Netball Players and League Officials Sign New 12-Month Collective Agreement Ending Pay Dispute Ahead of 2027
Super Netball players and league officials have finally called a truce on a bitter pay dispute that’s hung over the sport for months. Netball Australia, the eight Super Netball clubs, and the Australian Netball Players’ Association (ANPA) have signed off on a new 12-month collective player agreement — often described as a Super Netball pay deal — that bridges the gap to a longer-term contract still being worked out. This means that the players can now expect improved payment and working conditions, along with increased downtime between the seasons, after weeks of being in limbo without the chance to sign
Read moreGout Gout Reveals Serious Hamstring Injury That Ends His 2026 Athletics Season Early Ahead of Planned Comeback
The Australian teenager, Gout Gout, who has been making waves in the world of sprinting with his remarkable performances, has revealed to the world that he has been struck down by a hamstring injury which will sideline him from racing till the end of the 2026 season. The young 18-year-old sprinter has had an amazing run for the last two years in international athletics. However, an injury which occurred during one of his training sessions in Brisbane has put paid to his dreams of competing in the upcoming World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon. The gout issue has put on
Read moreAustralian Golf Stars Lock In Their Schedules Ahead of a Blockbuster Australasian Summer Swing This Season
Every year around this time, Australian golf fans start looking ahead to the Australasian Summer Swing, the run of major tournaments held across Australia and New Zealand that closes out the local calendar and kicks off the new one. It’s the stretch where the game’s biggest local names come home, and this year the PGA of Australia has just released the full 2026-27 schedule, giving players and fans alike a clear picture of what’s coming. The swing extends from the WA events in October all the way through to the New Zealand tournaments in February, with the BMW Australian PGA
Read moreThe Race for the 2026 WSL World Titles: Where Australia’s Surfers Sit After Six Championship Tour Events
The surfers from Australia have never been a disappointment when it comes to competing on the World Surf League Championship Tour, and the year 2026 is not an exception either – although all the scores are subject to change every week now. With six events held already within a completely new 12-event calendar, the Australians can be found in various positions of the rankings, some of them building up real momentum, while others searching for the form that made them tour competitors. The old winner-take-all WSL Finals shootout has been scrapped, replaced by a points race that now runs all
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