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Matildas semi-final fever scores another TV viewing record
The clash with England drew a record average audience of 7.13 million, the highest recorded since ratings agency OzTam was launched in 2001.
- by Thomas Mitchell and Karl Quinn
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Women’s World Cup LIVE: Matildas heartbreak as England advance to historic final
Australia will face Sweden in Brisbane on Saturday in the third-place play-off at their home World Cup following a 3-1 loss to a clinical England side.
- by Dan Walsh, Roy Ward and James Polson
Anatomy of a wonder goal: How Sam Kerr produced her own Cathy Freeman moment
Having battled injury and not started a game in the World Cup until the semi-final, Australia’s captain produced a memory for the ages. So, how did she do it?
- by Adam Pengilly
Two men to face court after railway equipment vandalised, causing Matildas train chaos
Police arrested two men after a railway signal box was vandalised on Wednesday night, causing tens of thousands of Matildas fans to be delayed for hours.
- by Olivia Ireland and Latika Bourke
Opinion
Sam Kerr
England embraced the dark arts to crush the Matildas in their own backyard
The Lionesses inflicted pain and hurt on the Matildas long before they beat them. This is what all the best villains do; they pull it off with flair and panache.
- by Luke Edwards
Gustavsson gears Matildas up for World Cup ‘bronze medal game’ against Sweden
Australia are bound once again for Brisbane to contest a consolation play-off against Sweden that, if won, will mean finishing third at an expanded 32-team tournament.
- by Emma Kemp
‘It sucks’: Matildas veterans facing the end after World Cup heartbreak
For players like Katrina Gorry - the ones who are much closer to the end of their careers than the start - the Matildas’ abrupt exit from their home tournament cuts deep.
- by Vince Rugari
The Sam Kerr plan that got England to their first World Cup final
When Sam Kerr got the ball, she was great, but England coach Sarina Weigman and her Lionesses did a good job of dismantling the Matildas Kerr-factor.
- by Billie Eder
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‘We get it, like we never did before’: Matildas spirit not dented by defeat
Australia were bowed, but definitely not broken, on a night when the world game stunned Australia once again.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Soccer surge: How the Matildas are inspiring WA girls to take up the beautiful game
Little girls are flocking to soccer clubs with dreams of being the next Sam Kerr.
- by Mark Naglazas
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Commuter chaos
‘Due to vandalism’: Train chaos as Matildas fans hit by delays getting home
Sydney Trains has blamed vandalism as the cause of delays on its network as tens of thousands of Matildas fans try to make their way back home.
- by Sarah Keoghan