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Football commentator Simon Hill (pictured left) has slammed the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) after the governing body for the A-League Men and Women cancelled their annual awards night. Hill labelled the development a 'crying shame.'

In the case of IBF featherweight champion Ebanie Bridges, the old saying that "looks can be deceive" hasn't necessarily be true. Bridgers trained in karate and muay thai as a youth before embarking on a lucrative career in bodybuilding, winning multiple titles around the Sydney region. Bridges' path to a career as a specialist was unusual in that she began taking boxing lessons solely to improve her footwork for kickboxing.

Despite one professional appearance for the club, Dylan Tombides (pictured left) is a West Ham legend in the eyes of many football fans. He lost his battle against testicular cancer when he was just 20 years old in 2014. The current crop of Hammers players on a pre-season tour of Australia (right) remembered the talented striker and trained at his junior club, the Stirling Lions.

Young gun Noah Botic (pictured left) has signed a deal extension with Western United until 2025, allowing him to continue honing his craft under former Socceroo John Aloisi (right). Botic, 21, was also named in the Australian under-23 men's squad on Tuesday, just days before a training camp in northern Italy starts on March 20-28.

After the record-breaking defender's transfer to Leicester, Socceroos World Cup star Harry Souttar believes it won't be long before more Australians secure their own contracts in the EPL. As he urged several of his fellow World Cup participants to make the jump, the Foxes new cult hero believes there is every chance he will not be the only Socceroo playing at the highest level of the English game soon.

DANNY MILLS: We arrived in Wales on the heels of three straight victories and in first place in the Premier League. Under David O'Leary, we had a great young Leeds team, and we had reached the Champions League semi-finals the previous season. We were tenth in the third class when we arrived at Ninian Park, Cardiff, and we may have been a little greedy.

VIEWING INTERVIEW: When third tier Cardiff City defeated Premier League leaders Leeds United, it was one of the biggest FA Cup upsets of modern times. It did not get any better than upsetting a star-studded squad that featured Rio Ferdinand, Mark Viduka, and Robbie Fowler. The war of Ninian Park turned out to be more than Cardiff's spectacular 2-1 win. After an orgy of crisis that culminated in referee Andy D'Urso and Leeds players being hit by missiles and a post-match pitch invasion that culminated in sour and required riot police to break up, Cardiff's controversial owner Sam Hammam was barred from pitchside walkabouts.

Since she shook hands on a strange bet with social media influencer and Manchester City supporter Elle Brooke, Ebanie Bridges' loyalty to Leeds United could cost her. One of them will punch the other depending on the outcome of Wednesday's Premier League match at Elland Road, Australia. M. and Ebanie Bridges have a bet on tonight,' Brooke tweeted ahead of City's visit to Leeds.'

The 2026 World Cup will be hosted in three nations: the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and Australia's Daily Mail Australia has taken out the crystal ball and boldly predicted who will wear the gold jersey. Harry Souttar, Garang Kuol, and Keanu Baccus (pictured) all appear to be pick locks, but Marco Tilio and Joel King will have to prove themselves.

IAN LADYMAN: When Australia coach Graham Arnold decided he was so unpopular at home that he took his dog for a walk on a Sydney beach in March, a public servant reported him for breaking Covid rules. Arnold, who was fighting the virus at the time, was fined £14,000 by his own association. And that wasn't the only bad point. Arnold, 59, was not going to be fired a week after failing to qualify automatically for the World Cup led Football Australia to publish a statement saying he was not about to be dismissed.

'Australian fighting spirit has boosted.' We hear those words so often that they've become a cliché. Not to be confused with Queensland's spirit, Outback spirit, or Anzac spirit (which, it must be said, honors a loss), the Australian fighting spirit has risen to its highest level since Don Bradman was wearing short pants. Politicians, television presenters, and athletic coaches are all criticized. Wherever there is a flood, bushfire, or victory over the odds, there is always the effect of an advertisement jingle.

After Graham Arnold's underdog team beat Denmark in Qatar on Thursday morning, the Socceroo WAGS have been invited to a wild celebration. When dressed in their green and gold jerseys, the bevy of bombshell beauties cheered their colleagues to victory from the stands. Nicola Mooy, a stunning mother of two, accompanied her midfielder Aaron in a number 13 jersey.

It's a victory that will live in the memory for many Socceroos and Australians around the world as Graham Arnold's side made history in Qatar. Arnold and his crew stifled their doubters in style on Thursday morning, claiming their spot in the last-16 after being described as one of the worst Socceroos sides to ever compete at the World Cup. It's a feat that only the 'golden generation' of 2006 has achieved, when a team that boasted Tim Cahill, Mark Viduka, and Harry Kewell were disqualified in Germany by Italy.

Since he recalled one of the code's darkest days ahead of Thursday's match against Denmark (AEDT) at the World Cup, socceroos boss Graham Arnold (pictured inset) has called out a Iranian reporter for'ruining his day'. Australia was 2-0 up at the MCG on November 29, 1997, but Iran only scored twice in a matter of minutes. They qualified for France 98 on away goals.

Kewell was guiding Australia through the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time sixteen years ago, alongside Tim Cahill, Mark Viduka, and John Aloisi in a sport that has long been remembered by football fans Downunder. The 44-year-old has told News Corp that he supports the current Socceroos squad despite having to imitate the 2006 team and abandoning their group altogether.

Mat Ryan isn't about to dine out on his newfound fame as the third Socceroos captain to win a game at a World Cup. He's hungry for more. After Australia's 1-0 victory over Tunisia in Qatar on Saturday, Ryan joined Mark Viduka and Lucas Neill as Australians to captain the Socceroos to victory at the cup finals.

When the first Socceroos arrived in Qatar ahead of the World Cup, Jackson Irvine paid a special tribute to former Australia star Mark Viduka. Irvine wore a Celtic shirt from the 1997 season, with the word "Viduka 36" on the back, a nod to the former socceroos captain and his two-year with the Glasgow giants. The Socceroos published a short video of the players arriving at their training base in Doha on their Twitter account.

It's been a long time for Guus Hiddink's influence on Australian football, that Graham Arnold referred to him as 'boss,' even though he stepped down. Arnold, one of the Dutchman's assistants during Australia's historic 2006 World Cup run, is now in charge of the Socceroos himself and will lead them into Qatar later this month. Hiddink was part of the coaching staff for two friendlies against New Zealand in September, but wanted to emphasize that it is still Arnold who is calling the shots these days.

The Socceroos face Cristian Volpato (pictured left) in a thrilling confrontation, with European champions Italy looming. The adolescent has been active with Roma in Serie A this season, with calls for Graham Arnold (pictured right) to give the attacking midfielder a senior cap before the Azzurri pounced.

John Aloisi will forever be remembered by his epoch against Uruguay in Sydney. In 2005, the date was November 16 in 2005, and the scene at what was then called Stadium Australia was electric. 32 years of heartbreak came to an end, and it was party time as strangers hugged one another in the stands, barely able to believe that Australia were going to a World Cup for the first time since 1974.

The Socceroos hosted their first match in 1922, and there have been many kit variations in the 100 years since, from the bizarre to the spectacular. Australia has experimented a lot with colour and style, from the sky blue rugby-style jersey to the iconic 'Spew jerseys' from the early 1990s to the coveted gold numbers of recent times. So which ones got it right, and which ones got it way wrong?