The Socceroos World Cup campaign is over. But there’s plenty to be optimistic about for the next one in four years’ time.
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Progressing to the next World Cup round would represent a significant step forward for Australian soccer, and it’s an achievable aim.
It is a difficult juggling act to be both a soccer fan and social critic. After tournaments start, it becomes even harder.
Canada co-hosting the World Cup and its national team’s success is an opportunity to explore how people living in multicultural regions decide who to support.
Despite gambling ad bans during live sport in Australia, many World Cup viewers are still being bombarded with betting ads and marketing content.
Lionel Messi’s shorter, slower, ageing body is a handicap he overcomes through a mental process called scanning.
With a population of just 500,000 people spread across ten islands, Cape Verde is used to defying the odds.
FIFA can pause the match and sell the spectacle, but the 2026 World Cup shows the limits of its control over global football.
Sixteen stadiums, spread across three countries are staging matches in environments that differ dramatically.
The World Cup is into the knockout phase after an action-packed group stage in which athletes and fans shone.
Once described as the ‘Balkans of central Asia’, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have managed ethnic and territorial tensions with great success.
Hosting the FIFA World Cup games can prove a propaganda win for authoritarian nations. But the data suggests the tournament favors democracies.
It wasn’t pretty, but the Socceroos are through to the knockout stages of the World Cup after a tense stalemate against Paraguay.
A workplace law expert explains what your rights are – and whether employers who suspect people of not being sick can ask for a medical certificate.
As Australia prepares to take on Paraguay, it’s clear a group-stage match rarely carries such decisive weight.
Selectors look not just for fitness, movement and cognitive skills, but also for left-footedness – this trait has enormous strategic value on the pitch.
While it’s impossible to predict the champion, the 2026 World Cup already has many winners: the qualifying teams, the host countries and FIFA are all reaping record financial and media benefits.
The football technology being showcased at the 2026 World Cup often has its origins in university research.
Australia’s World Cup is far from over. But after a timid performance in which both goalscorers from the previous game started on the bench, coach Tony Popovic needs to be bolder.
Our picks this week include a history of how America came to love football, a book about freedom of speech, an adaptation of a Woolf book and two artistic takes on nature.
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Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Education, Flinders University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Data Science, Sports Analytics and AI, The University of Western Australia; Audencia
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Senior Lecturer in Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer and Football Techncal Director, Curtin University
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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