)
Sport
Australia’s backup goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne has revealed that the plan for him to replace Maty Ryan in the event of a penalty shootout was discussed in such secrecy over the past month that not even the Socceroos captain knew about it.
)
Soccer
In a few short moments, football in this country has gone from struggle and doubt to celebrating one of the greatest days in the nation’s sporting history, writes Spiro Karanikos-Mimis.
Get InDaily in your inbox. Daily. The best local news sent straight to your inbox every workday at lunchtime.
Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter.
The State Government did not contact the Crows, Port Adelaide or the AFL before ruling out Adelaide Oval as a venue for Australia’s FIFA Women’s World Cup bid, instead relying on “representations” from the Stadium Management Authority that staging the event in the city would be a commercial “disaster” for the SMA.
In Moscow for the World Cup, Paul Marcuccitti discovered a place and people that defy many of the preconceptions and expectations of Western visitors. And, he writes, it’s well worth visiting.
Defender Bailey Wright and in-form Hibernian hitman Jamie Maclaren are the biggest names to be culled from Bert van Marwijk’s Socceroos squad for the World Cup.
Socceroos coach Bert van Marwijk has stamped talisman Tim Cahill and uncapped teenage gun Daniel Arzani as players who can “make a difference” at the World Cup.
