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The King is dead…

Edson Arantes do Nascimento anointed as simply, Pele, the legendary Brazilian football (soccer) player who rose from poverty to become the King of Football, died December 29, 2022, at 82. …

Sport

A League’s decision to hold all grand finals in Sydney divides the football community

Just one week after the great result by our Socceroos in the Qatar World Cup in reaching the Second Round, Australian Football missed the excellent opportunity to maintain the positive …

Sport

Graham Arnold restored the Australian football DNA

Australia achieved the honourable loss we were looking for against Argentina and the genius of Lionel Messi. The 2-1 score line does not detail all the chances, twists and turns, …

Sport

Arnold and the Socceroos confound the critics

I was in transit to Los Angeles when that moment – that will long live in Australian football history – was created by Graham Arnold and his team. Mathew Leckie’s …

Sport

The Socceroos’ huge victory was needed

Any World Cup needs its stars to fire, especially Qatar with all the negative criticism over corruption and human rights issues it has attracted. And the stars have not disappointed. …

Sport

Socceroo DNA was missing in the disastrous game with France

The France 4 – Australia 1 score was no big surprise in the World Champions as superstars like Mbappe and Dembele ran our defence ragged. However, this defeat felt different …

Sport

Port Melbourne thumps Heidelberg United to put their finals hopes in danger

Heidelberg finds itself once again behind in the race for the top six after suffering a huge loss at the hands of Port Melbourne, with the regular season slowly approaching …

Dialogue

Black Cretans and 1922

“The Cretans are vastly picturesque: great number of blacks, male and female.”: Edward Lear 1846 According to the British consul in Chania, Crete, writing in 1858 about British efforts to …

Dialogue

Looking for dialogue not divisions in the ‘trans debate’

The ‘trans debate’ Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, Associate Professor Ada Cheung an endocrinologist from Melbourne University attempted to put some nuance and perspective in the debate about trans …

Dialogue

Dr Lina Mendoni: Greece’s culture minister and a champion for the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures

As our wonderful Greek Diaspora this week warmly welcomes the Culture Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Dr Lina Mendoni, we are delighted that the Australian Parthenon Association has the opportunity …

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