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index.feed.received.today — 8 avril 2025

Matildas in ‘limbo’ as Football Australia’s coach search drags on

8 avril 2025 à 01:23
  • Steph Catley admits ‘it’s hard’ to play amid uncertainty over coach
  • Lyon coach Joe Montemurro is front runner for permanent role

Matildas star Steph Catley says she hopes Football Australia finds a permanent coach “sooner rather than later”, admitting players are “in limbo”. The Matildas have been without a full-time coach for eight months since Tony Gustavsson’s official departure on August 1 after the Paris Olympics.

In their 11th game under caretaker Tom Sermanni, Australia defeated South Korea 2-0 at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium to claim their first back-to-back wins of the year.

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© Photograph: Noe Llamas/SPP/REX/Shutterstock

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Tim Tszyu gets career off the canvas with stunning fourth round TKO of Joey Spencer

6 avril 2025 à 07:13
  • Tszyu wins IBO superwelterweight title following two shock losses
  • Sydney fighter calls out American Keith Thurman for next bout

Tim Tszyu has restored his reputation and reignited his international career with a brutal beatdown of American Joey Spencer in Newcastle.

The referee stopped the fight two minutes and 18 seconds into the fourth round after Australia’s former WBO world champion battered Spencer with a stunning blitz to the head and body.

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© Photograph: Mark Evans/EPA

© Photograph: Mark Evans/EPA

‘Stressful’ debut as Daria Kasatkina appears as Australian player for first time

3 avril 2025 à 01:08
  • World No 12 switched allegiance from Russia last week
  • She overcomes nerves to beat Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-1 in Charleston

“And please welcome from Australia, Daria Kasatkina!” With those words from the MC introducing her on court at the Charleston Open on Wednesday, Australia’s latest tennis import admitted she was left feeling a bag of nerves about the advent of her new adventure.

She need not have worried. For just over an hour later, following her consummate first triumph as an Australian player, Kasatkina was soaking up the cheers of the US crowd amid the strains of “I come from a land Down Under”, while beaming a smile of relief mixed with joy.

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© Photograph: Robert Prange/Getty Images

© Photograph: Robert Prange/Getty Images

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