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The Wellington Phoenix men have drawn 1-1 with Western Sydney, while the Phoenix women suffered their fourth straight loss.

The wife of sportswriter Grant Wahl is "in complete shock" after he died while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarter-final.

Analysis - As the FIFA World Cup reaches the quarterfinals stage, eight nations across three continents are left dreaming of a fairy tale run to the final, writes Coen Lammers. Video

Iran's national soccer team sang during the playing of their national anthem at their second World Cup match against Wales, in apparent support for protesters back home. Iran's national soccer...

For some time netball was the only female team sport in New Zealand that would pay its elite players.

The footballers from Saudi Arabia - and to a lesser extent Tunisia and Morocco - have given the Fifa World Cup and the Arab world a much needed jolt of genuine football fever.

Local side wins Vanuatu football tournament; new football league for the region; and Samoan boxer to make pro debut

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar was already controversial before this weekend’s kick-off. Organisers have told the media to ‘focus on the football’ but human rights, workers’ suffering and and allegations…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino accused critics of World Cup host Qatar's treatment of migrant workers of hypocrisy, saying engagement was the only way to improve human rights.

The moment of truth for Qatar's ability to organise the World Cup after years of failed overtures and criticism over labour rights and strict laws has come.

The United States and the Netherlands will be among teams making protests about the human rights record of host Qatar at the FIFA men's World Cup.

A Qatar World Cup ambassador says homosexuality is "damage in the mind", two weeks out from his country hosting football's most prestigious event.

Auckland's major events calendar looks alarmingly empty from 2024 and the city's culture and economic agency says it urgently needs to find $20 million a year to start filling it.

The Northern Marianas has officially opened its second world-class football pitch, which is being hailed as testament that the sport is growing in the US territory.

The Football Ferns will play the USA in New Zealand for the first time in January.

Some matches for the 2023 Women's Football World Cup are nearly sold out despite individual tickets going on sale earlier today.

Some matches for the 2023 Women's Football World Cup are nearly sold out despite individual tickets going on sale earlier today.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is calling on transport agencies and the government to move to an "emergency footing" to maintain public transport services.

The Football Ferns homecoming squad for two matches in Christchurch is headlined by five Cantabrians.

The sport is reaping the benefits of more sponsorship and fans worldwide, a new report says.

Comment - Control the narrative is the lesson after news of two games being on TV at the same time and schools not wanting to be on TV at all, Jamie Wall writes.

RWC: Fijiana out; Tonga beat Wales during Rugby League World Cup match; former Tahitian FIFA member might get lighter sentence, and more

The daughter of All Blacks coach Ian Foster is among four players to sign scholarship contracts with the Wellington Phoenix.