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Football star Ben Cousins is to visit Perth.                                                                                                                          Cousins will talk to Adrian Barich about his rise, fall and resurgence during the AFL Greats Luncheon. AFL legend Kevin Sheedy will also be appearing. AFL Greats Luncheon Ben Cousins and Kevin Sheedy Perth Convention Centre 12.30pm Sunday 30th August 2009 For further details Brad Hopes on 9243 4457 [...]

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Socceroos star Tim Cahill relived his 2006 World Cup heroics with two second half goals against Japan to ensure Australia ended their qualifying campaign for South Africa 2010 in triumph.  Australia won 2-1 at the MCG on Wednesday night, meaning they went unbeaten through the eight games of their final phase of qualifying and stayed [...]

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SYDNEY (AFP) — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd officially launched Australia’s bid to host the football World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Rudd told an official ceremony at Parliament House in the national capital Canberra that Football Federation Australia (FFA) had the full backing of the government to bid for the showpiece event. “The sheer odds [...]

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Socceroos qualify for 2010 World Cup

AUSTRALIA have booked a ticket to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa with a scoreless draw against a determined Qatar at the Al Sadd Club in Doha. Needing only a point to officially seal qualification, the Socceroos got the job done against a youthful Qatar side to ensure back-to-back World Cup appearances for [...]

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BLUE and white blood runs in their veins. They eat, breathe and sleep blue and white, and bleed blue and white blood.             Who are they? They are the Perth Chelsea Football Club Supporters Group, and they might be coming to a pub near you. About 70 people, some from the northern suburbs, make up the [...]

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SOCCEROOS coach Pim Verbeek looks to have secured the services of promising Perth-born Middlesborough defender Rhys Williams. The youngster turned down Wales to pledge his international future to Australia. The 20-year-old, who has a Welsh grandfather, has played 10 times for the Wales under-21 side but is yet to kick a ball for the senior [...]

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The sun shone. The beer flowed. The Four’n Twenty meat pies were a hit. The Aussies thrashed the Poms. The Americans were largely clueless about what they were watching. That sums up the second annual Westfield Hollywood Ashes cricket match held on the picturesque Woodley Park cricket field in Los Angeles on Saturday, with retired [...]

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Andres Iniesta scored one of the most dramatic goals in Champions League history to sink Chelsea and send ten-man Barcelona into a Champions League final showdown with Manchester United. Three minutes into injury time in a second leg that Chelsea had completely dominated, the Spain midfielder latched on to a pass from Lionel Messi and [...]

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Perth Glory are this morning set to confirm a second pre-season friendly game against an English Premier League side with Fulham heading to Member’s Equity Stadium. Newly-promoted Wolves are already booked in for a trip to Perth and now Mark Schwarzer’s Fulham have signed on the dotted line. Meanwhile Glory coach David Mitchell has revealed [...]

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