Gold Coast United is officially no longer after Football Federation Australia confirmed the club will not play next season.
Less than 24 hours after announcing a new team from western Sydney will play in the A-League next season, FFA CEO Ben Buckley put the final nail in the coffin of the troubled Gold Coast franchise.
FFA is bitterly disappointed that Gold Coast United Pty Ltd failed to develop a market for football on the Gold Coast over the past three seasons, Buckley said.
Today s decision to exit can be directly attributed to Gold Coast United Pty Ltd s lack of community engagement and its inability to build a football culture around the club.
FFA s mandate is to govern for the good of the game and this decision is the only responsible course to …
Belgium will not rush to decide whether head coach Marc Wilmots will keep his job after they crashed out of Euro 2016 to Wales.
The Red Devils suffered a shock 3-1 last-eight defeat in Lille on Friday despite having taken the lead through Radja Nainggolan.
That meant Belgium crashed out in the quarter-finals – the same stage they had exited the 2014 World Cup under Wilmots.
The 47-year-old took charge in May 2012 and helped the nation to a peak position of number one in the FIFA world rankings last year, but has failed to guide them to what would have been a first semi-final appearance at a major tournament since 1986.
The Royal Belgian Football Association has now stressed it will not rush to decide on Wilmots fate, with the national team boss sti…
England goalkeeper Joe Hart will be released from the squad, after coach Roy Hodgson opened the door for Fraser Forster and Ben Foster.
Hodgson s men remained unbeaten in Euro 2016 qualifying on Saturday, coming from behind to beat Slovenia 3-1 at Wembley.
Hart allowed the first goal of the game, Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson leaving his keeper with little chance as he headed into his own net in the 58th minute before England hit back with three goals in 13 minutes a penalty from centurion Wayne Rooney and a brace by Danny Welbeck.
Hodgson said he wanted to look at his back-up goalkeepers for their friendly with Scotland in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Leighton Baines was one but he got released anyway, Hodgson said, of the Everton man who departed the sq…
Gonzalo Higuain wants to end his playing career at Juventus, his brother and agent Nicolas has told Radio Marte, as relayed by Sky Sports.
Having started out at River Plate, spent seven years at Real Madrid and the following three at Napoli, the striker arrived to Turin in 2016 and scored 55 goals in 105 games in all competitions over two seasons for the Old Lady. Following the arrival of his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo from Real last summer, he played the first half of 2018/19 on loan with AC Milan and completed the season at Chelsea.
Neither of these moves proved a fruitful one for the 31-year old, and his future has been the subject of speculation lately. There was talk of a possibility of a permanent transfer to Stamford Bridge, but he seems set now to continu…
Bayer Leverkusen forward Kevin Volland does not hold out much hope of earning a place in Joachim Low s Germany squad for the 2018 World Cup.
Volland has started to deliver on the reported club-record €20million fee Leverkusen paid to sign him from Hoffenheim in 2016, with only Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang outstripping his nine Bundesliga goals this season.
The 25-year-old has earned 10 Germany caps but has not featured under Low since a 0-0 friendly draw against Italy in November 2016.
While Volland would like to force his way into the squad that travels to Russia, he is unsure that aim will come to fruition.
I do not have the biggest hopes right now. It will not be easy considering the amount of competition, Volland told Bild.
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What the papers say
Executives at Bayern Munich have flown to London to try and convince Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to sell Harry Kane, according to the Telegraph.
The German club will reportedly submit a bid worth around £86million for Kane. Paris St Germain are said to have been close to agreeing a deal with Tottenham but Bayern is Kane’s preferred destination of the two clubs.
Bayern are also interested in Manchester United’s David De Gea and Brentford’s David Raya, the Times said.
The Evening Standard says Chelsea have had another bid rejected, this time for 20-year-old Marseille striker Elye Wahi. The Blues offered the French club £24million.
Former Everton midfielder and now free agent James Rodriguez looks set to join Sao Paulo on a fr…
Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed Neymar will be out for six to eight weeks with an ankle injury.
The Brazil star was taken off on a stretcher during the closing stages of the 3-1 win over Saint-Etienne and was seen leaving the stadium on crutches.
Head coach Mauricio Pochettino said he did not expect the injury to be serious, but tests have shown Neymar has sprained the ligaments in his left ankle.
PSG said on Monday that a further update on his recovery time would follow this week.
Should Neymar be sidelined for two months, he would miss eight games in all competitions, including PSG s final Champions League group game against Club Brugge and the league trip to Lyon on January 8.
The 29-year-old has struggled for top form in 2021-22, managing t…
Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke expects head coach Diego Simeone to see out his contract with the club and insists there is no rift in the Vicente Calderon dressing room.
Atleti secured a much-needed 1-0 win over Las Palmas on Saturday thanks to Saul Niguez s goal shortly before the hour.
But the 2013-14 LaLiga champions still sit sixth in Spain s top flight having this season struggled for the type of consistency that has become synonymous with Simeone s celebrated reign in the capital.
The former Argentina international negotiated down his March 2015 contract extension which ran until the end of the 2019-20 season to expire in June 2018 earlier this year, heightening speculation over the future destination of one of football s most sought-after coaching talen…
Manchester United winger Ashley Young revealed he is yet to be offered a new contract to remain at Old Trafford.
Young enjoyed a return to form under manager Louis van Gaal last term, keeping Angel di Maria out of the stating line-up towards the back end of the season.
Chris Smalling and Phil Jones have signed new deals and Young appeared next in line, though the Englishman is still waiting to extend his time in Manchester as he enters the final year of his contract.
I think a lot of people thought I had it done, but I haven t, said the 30-year-old. It s in the club s hands now so I ll have to see how it goes.
I want to go out and play and at the moment I m on tour so I m trying to enjoy myself.
I m at one of the biggest clubs in the world so I…
The Mirror understand that Chelsea may make a move for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha when the transfer window reopens in January.
The Ivory Coast international has been a shining light for the Eagles all season, through their early struggles and has played a key part in their recent revival.
Tottenham Hotspur had also been linked with a move for the former Manchester United man though the reigning Premier League champions appear to be winning the race to secure his services.
Zaha is currently in his second spell with Palace having began his career with them before securing a move to Old Trafford.
He made just a handfull of appearances for the Red Devils before, via a loan spell at Cardiff City, returning to Selhurst Park in the summer of 2014.<…