Browsing Tag Asian Cup
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Football
A Socceroos Fairy Tale: The fan who skipped the ball to watch the Asian Cup Final
Nevena Kesic is a football fan. She went to the ball on the night of the Asian Cup Final. Here she recounts how her night turned into a ...
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Football
A is for Ange: What it really means to be champions of ASIA
A is for Ange Postecoglou and his uncompromising idealism “Australia’s first ever Asian Cup triumph,” is the type of recent phrase routinely not attributed to the Matildas’ 2010 ...
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Football 1
How Israel became the lost tribe of Asian football
There’s some scratchy black and white archival footage on YouTube of Israel playing Iran in the 1968 Asian Cup Final. The match was played in Tehran and Iran beat defending ...
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Football 2
How Melbourne’s newspapers ignored the Asian Cup and let down the Muslim community
A few days ago, on Australia Day, I read this letter in Melbourne’s The Age newspaper. I, too, was lucky enough to have experienced “all the fun and ...
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Football
EXCLUSIVE: Tony Abbott’s Asian Cup Welcome
On the eve of hosting the biggest football tournament in Australia’s history, Shoot Farken has exclusively obtained Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s welcome to the 2015 Asian Cup. ...
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Football
Socceroos Haiku: Ange Postecoglou Lost in Translation
In a plush hotel room in Osaka, in a steam filled bathroom, a hand reached out and turned off the super jet powered shower. For 30 minutes Ange ...
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Football
Ange Postecoglou and the Magic Lamp: How the Socceroos won the Asian Cup
On his final night in Doha, Ange Postecoglou suddenly remembered he had some shopping to do. His mind was still consumed by negative thoughts stemming from two uninspiring ...
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