What's wrong with the Phoenix? They have started the season poorly – with a draw, a win and two losses – and look half the side that stormed to the A-League semifinals in March.

Wiremu Patrick debuted for Miramar Rangers as a fresh-faced 14-year-old. Fifteen years on he reckons it's about time he lifted the Chatham Cup.

When Paul Ifill fires, the Wellington Phoenix fire.

Central Coast joined Perth and Adelaide atop the A-League ladder with a hard-fought 1-0 win over a ten-man Melbourne Heart at Bluetongue Stadium.

Phoenix skipper Andrew Durante believes new signing Jade North has the ability to handle being rushed into the lineup for tomorrow night's clash with Sydney FC in Wellington.

Just six months ago Wellington Phoenix and Sydney FC were the form teams in football's A-League as they headed into a preliminary final.

New Wellington Phoenix signing Nick Ward is enjoying an anti-inflammatory and painkiller-free life.

New Zealand's hopes of reaching the second round of the under-17 women's football World Cup are hanging by a thread after a 1-3 loss to European champions Spain in Couva, Trinidad, today.

Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz has been sacked in the wake of his six-month ban for insulting anti-doping agents before this year's World Cup.

It is premature to label Nick Ward the Wellington Phoenix's missing link but the early signs are promising for the talented midfielder.

An Australian Matildas footballer has been forced to remove sexually suggestive photos from her Facebook profile after a 13-year-old fan found them while looking up her sporting hero online.

Former Liverpool and France coach Gerard Houllier is returning to the English Premier League as Aston Villa manager.

More than one in four British professional soccer players, coaches and referees polled in an online survey personally know gay footballers currently in the game.

Juggling the books with the boots hasn't always been easy but come Sunday it will all pay off for Dom Rowe.

All Whites defender Ben Sigmund is urging Wellington Phoenix players and fans to get behind a fundraising effort for earthquake victims in his hometown, Christchurch.

Leo Bertos admits he's off his game but denies he's suffering from a post-World Cup hangover.

All Whites and Wellington Phoenix winger Leo Bertos insists he is not feeling any effects of a World Cup hangover and is determined to prove just that against Sydney FC in their A-League soccer match here on Saturday night.

Scotland needed a goal deep in stoppage time to beat Liechtenstein 2-1 and avoid an embarrassing draw against the part-timers at Hampden Park in their Euro 2012 Group I qualifier.

Wayne Rooney, hit by media claims about his private life, struck his first international goal for almost a year to set England on the way to a 3-1 win away to Switzerland in their Euro 2012 qualifier.

Former Canterbury United and Otago midfielder Stuart Kelly is joining Auckland City in the national league and is also eyeing a later move to Thailand.