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Central Coast Mariners turned on a master class to crush North Queensland Fury 5-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday.

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Roos rise in rankings

The Socceroos have improved three places to No.21 in the latest world rankings released by governing body FIFA on Friday.

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NYL: Reds down Gold Coast

Adelaide United National Youth League side has downed Gold Coast 3-2 in a confidence-boosting victory over the previously undefeated Coast.

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FIFA delivers Iraq suspension

Iraq have been suspended by world governing body FIFA after the Iraqi Olympic Committee dissolved the governing board of the Iraq Football Association.

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Real take advantage in Spain

Real Madrid have claimed top spot in the Primera Division following their 1-0 win over Racing Santander and Barcelona's 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao.

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Inter stroll to go eight clear

Inter Milan got back to winning ways in Serie A on Saturday, with a convincing 3-1 win over Bologna at the Dall'Ara stadium.

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Chelsea cruise as Arsenal slip

EPL leaders Chelsea have eased to a 4-0 win over struggling Wolves. Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 at Old Trafford but Arsenal stumbled.

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Ozil stars as Bremen go top

Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has inspired Werder Bremen to a 6-0 thrashing of Freiburg which sent them top of the Bundesliga.

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Auxerre take over in France

Valenciennes have defeated Bordeaux 1-0 to knock the Ligue 1 champions off the top of the table, Auxerre taking advantage to climb to the summit.

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Arena says Becks is fine

Los Angeles Galaxy boss Bruce Arena insists David Beckham will be fit to play in the MLS Cup final despite the England star limping away from his team's final training session.

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Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has ridiculed calls for the second leg of France's World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland to be replayed - by offering a rematch on his Playstation.

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Routine win ... Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien celebrates his first against Wolves

Chelsea cruise as Arsenal slip

22 November 2009 | 07:30

EPL leaders Chelsea have eased to a 4-0 win over struggling Wolves. Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 at Old Trafford but Arsenal stumbled.

North Queensland v Central Coast

21 Nov 09 | 00:00

Brisbane v Melbourne

21 Nov 09 | 00:00

Post match interviews - Central Coast

21 Nov 09 | 00:00

Adelaide v Gold Coast

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

Post match - Mathew Leckie

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

Post match - Michael Thwaite

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

A-League Pacific Plan

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

Hutchinson v Portugal

30 Oct 09 | 00:00

Farina Scandal

14 Oct 09 | 00:00

Melbourne Heart - John van't Schip

14 Oct 09 | 00:00

World Cup Draw Looming

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

FIFA hand out no comment

20 Nov 09 | 15.8:

LDU Quito v River Plate

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

Henry - 'Le Cheat' or 'Le God'

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

The Fighting Irish

20 Nov 09 | 00:00

WCQ France v Republic of Ireland

19 Nov 09 | 00:00

WCQ Ukraine v Greece

19 Nov 09 | 00:00

WCQ Uruguay v Costa Rica

19 Nov 09 | 00:00

WCQ Algeria v Egypt

19 Nov 09 | 28.9:

WCQ Bosnia v Portugal

19 Nov 09 | 48.6:

WCQ Slovenia v Russia

19 Nov 09 | 49.9:

Oman v Brazil

18 Nov 09 | 00:00

Robert Enke farewelled

16 Nov 09 | 51.0:

MLS Final confirmed

16 Nov 09 | 57.6:

Maradona cops FIFA ban

16 Nov 09 | 6.8:

Campeonato Brasileiro

16 Nov 09 | 30.3:

New Zealand v Bahrain Post Match Analysis

15 Nov 09 | 00:00

WCQ New Zealand v Bahrain

15 Nov 09 | 30.9:

WCQ - Russia 2-1 Slovenia

15 Nov 09 | 59.2:

England v Brazil

15 Nov 09 | 00:00

African WCQ Roundup

15 Nov 09 | 29.0:

WCQ - Portugal v Bosnia

15 Nov 09 | 21.4:

WCQ - Russia v Slovenia

15 Nov 09 | 26.8:

WCQ - Greece v Ukraine

15 Nov 09 | 46.4:

Post Match - Raul Blanco

15 Nov 09 | 00:00

Post Match - Frank van Hattum

15 Nov 09 | 00:00

Post Match - Rory Fallon

15 Nov 09 | 00:00

New Zealand v Bahrain - coach reactions

15 Nov 09 | 00:00

U17 World Cup - Spain v Nigeria

13 Nov 09 | 00:00

U17 World Cup - Colombia v Switzerland

13 Nov 09 | 00:00

Real Madrid fan reactions

12 Nov 09 | 5.2:

Robert Enke commemorated

12 Nov 09 | 29.8:

Barcelona short of funds

12 Nov 09 | 19.9:

Estudiantes sites on Club World Cup

12 Nov 09 | 4.8:

FIFA World Cup security

11 Nov 09 | 49.0:

Ronaldo to miss WCQ

11 Nov 09 | 2.2:

Brazilian Football update

11 Nov 09 | 8.0:

Real Madrid knocked out

11 Nov 09 | 57.0:

Barcelona Youth Academy Feature

22 Oct 09 | 15.5:

Henrik Larsson retires

21 Oct 09 | 23.2:

EXCLUSIVE Laporta interview Pt 1

17 Jun 09 | 00:00

EXCLUSIVE Laporta interview Pt 2

17 Jun 09 | 00:00

EXCLUSIVE Laporta interview Pt 3

17 Jun 09 | 00:00

EXCLUSIVE Laporta interview Pt 4

17 Jun 09 | 00:00

ACQ Syria v Vietnam

19 Nov 09 | 1.2:

ACQ Indonesia v Kuwait

19 Nov 09 | 52.3:

Lebanon 0-2 China

16 Nov 09 | 49.4:

Kuwait 2-1 Indonesia

16 Nov 09 | 36.3:

Al Ittihad v Pohang Steelers

11 Nov 09 | 40.0:

J-League Cup

04 Nov 09 | 14.6:

ACL semi-final action

22 Oct 09 | 45.6:

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The heartache of the World Cup

By Tim Vickery

For 32 nations, their players and supporters, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be a party like no other but spare a thought for those that have missed out on a place at the greatest sporting spectacle on the planet.

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I have to hand it to Henry

By Jason Culina

What France captain Thierry Henry did against Republic of Ireland was blatantly wrong. Under the same circumstances would I have owned up? No.

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FIFA must order a replay for the good of the game

By Half Time Orange - Jesse Fink

France captain Thierry Henry's soul has already been damned for his "Hand of Frog" that sunk Ireland's World Cup hopes. But there’s still time for FIFA to save its own.

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Is this the Kiwi revolution?

By Les Murray

The first thing that sprang to an Australian mind when New Zealand snared its place in the World Cup finals was Uruguay. We know what Uruguay led to and helped precipitate in Australia – and the question is will it lead to the same in New Zealand.

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The World Cup is not a democracy

By Philip Micallef

The distribution of spots in World Cup finals has been the subject of intense debate ever since the tournament grew from 16 to 24 teams in 1982. And there seems no end in sight.