Soccer
Usain Bolt’s proposed A-League trial will go ahead – but only if Football Federation Australia agrees to contribute around $900,000 from its marquee fund should the Jamaican sprint king prove worthy of a contract.
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Even in the wake of Adelaide United’s greatest triumph, InDaily soccer columnist Paul Marcuccitti was wary about the Reds’ future. Two turbulent years later, he says the club’s new broom gives fans a genuine reason to be excited about the future.
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Adelaide United will chase evolution not revolution in the A-League off-season after seeing their flickering finals flame snuffed out by old enemy Melbourne Victory.
Western Sydney coach Josep Gombau has been sacked less than six months into his three-year A-League contract.
After nearly a decade, Adelaide United faces the prospect of finals revenge against Melbourne Victory. Paul Marcuccitti remembers the incident-ridden 2009 A-League grand final.
Just like that, Adelaide United is in the finals. But, given the way the 2017-18 A-League season has unfolded, it’s perhaps not surprising that the Reds clinched a berth in the end-of-season playoffs a fortnight after the prospect of missing out seemed greater than ever.
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