The Australian waitress who received death threats after claiming to have slept with One Direction star Zayn Malik earlier this year has gone public once again, this time telling of an alleged one night stand with Leeds United bad-boy El Hadji Diouf.

Queensland politician Bob Katter has claimed that Australian professional football players deserve “a fairer tax rate” in order to compensate for their relatively short careers in professional sport.

Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop has claimed that he will be taking a “zero tolerance” approach to football hooliganism after a video emerged of Western Sydney Wanderers fans engaging in violence and anti-social behaviour over the weekend.

A-League All Stars coach Ange Postecoglou has declared his team won’t just try to contain English giants Manchester United in their July showdown in Sydney.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | In an attempt to understand the almost religious fevour with which football is followed in our adopted homeland, our sleuth dons the red and white and tries to go incognito at the ‘North London derby’.

AFL Europe recently announced Axios Systems as a sponsor of the Euro Cup; an Australian football tournament for European nations. It is a coup for AFL Europe ahead of their UK based Easter Series in which AFL’s future stars from the Australian Institute of Sport take on the representative European side.

Usually outshone by their star compatriots in the Premier League, a host of lesser-known Australians are enjoying their moment in the sun in English Cup football.

Australian A-League football fans have vented their frustration with mainstream media’s depiction of the football community by forming the movement Passion Is Not A Crime.

The Red Devils will return to Australia for the first time in 14 years to play an exhibition match against the best of Australia’s A-League, as selected by fans.

Having only donned a Socceroos jersey once this year, stalwart Brett Emerton is determined to use his selection for this week’s East Asian Cup qualifiers to prove he still has a lot to offer the national team.

Deprived of the live atmosphere of his favourite Australian sports, PAUL BLEAKLEY explores the UK alternative at Millwall FC.

The man in charge of keeping the Fulham FC football players in top shape, Aussie fitness coach SCOTT MILLER looks at the difference between experience and youthful potential when it comes to professional football.

His goal-scoring prowess – or lack thereof – made him the butt of jokes in England. However, ex-Liverpool forward Emile Heskey now seems to be the answer to the Newcastle Jets’ striker dilemma in the A-League.

Hard-working Socceroo Brett Holman produced a man of the match performance in Aston Villa’s drought-breaking 2-0 English Premier League win over Swansea.

The Socceroos will head into their World Cup qualifier in Jordan full of confidence after bouncing back to form with a 3-0 win over Lebanon in Beirut on Thursday night.

With the Olympics done and dusted, the soccer season has come back around already and the Scottish Premier League was the first to kick off earlier this month. Edinburgh’s Hearts FC defender – Aussie Ryan McGowan who made his Socceroo debut last week – speaks to JONATHAN WALDHEIM about his upcoming season and life in Scotland.

The Socceroos are still searching for momentum ahead crucial World Cup qualifiers after suffering a 3-1 loss to Scotland in Edinburgh.

Forget the Olympics. Our Aussie soccer players are set to own the English Premier League. The season kicks off this weekend, but which of these Socceroo’s will make an impact ?

Ryan McGowan isn’t used to feeling much love at Easter Road. And the young Australian defender expects an equally-hostile reception if he makes his international debut against Scotland in Wednesday night’s friendly in Edinburgh.