Youthful Germany Squeeze Past Australia In Confederations Cup

A youthful Germany side weathered a second-half fightback by Australia to open their Confederations Cup campaign with a 3-2 win over the Socceroos on Monday in Sochi. Goals by Lars Stindl and Leon Goretzka, either side of a penalty by Julian Draxler, saw Germany home to leave them second in Group B behind Chile, who … Read more

Magic Rogic ‘owed Us One’, Says Socceroos Boss

Coach Ange Postecoglou says Tom Rogic owed Australia some magic after his spectacular winner kept alive the Socceroos’ automatic qualifying hopes for next year’s Russia World Cup finals. The Celtic midfielder hit a thunderous strike to give the Australians a 3-2 win over Saudi Arabia in Adelaide on Thursday to join Japan and the Saudis … Read more