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Queensland Police have been handed a covert recording in which it is alleged a representative of a Chinese investment group asks a player at an NPL club to engage in match-fixing – and even provides instructions on how he could manipulate a game without being caught. The audio file has been submitted to Football Australia, Football Queensland and the police as investigations continue into a suspected failed betting scheme at Gold Coast United , the former A-League club previously owned by billionaire Clive Palmer which now participates in the Queensland NPL, the state’s top men’s division. This masthead revealed last week that a match between third-placed Gold Coast United and second-placed rivals Moreton City Excelsior had been called off just hours before it was to begin, as football authorities learned of a suspected plot to lure players into a match-fixing operation. Multiple sources with knowledge of what took place, who spoke to this masthead on ...

There was plenty of intrigue across Inter Miami ’s Club World Cup campaign this summer, though admittedly most of it centred around the performances of Lionel Messi . The 38-year-old, considered by many to be the best player ever to play the game, was featuring on the world stage again after a couple of years of playing for Miami in the MLS, far away from the spotlight that had enveloped him for much of his career. And with this tournament taking place around a year before the 2026 World Cup , perhaps the biggest question was whether Messi still has the ability to affect games as he did for Argentina in 2022, and by extension whether it looks likely that he would be playing in the World Cup next year. And despite a disappointing exit to former club PSG over the weekend, Messi still showed that he has plenty to offer, not least with a superb free-kick to lead his side to a 2-1 win over Porto in the group stages. Watch every Fifa Club World Cup game free o...

Lionesses star Lucy Bronze could take on Spain's Ona Batlle at Euro 2025 Rumours have recently circulated that the pair are in a relationship together LISTEN to Whistleblowers: Are Arsenal fans right to feel they've been aggrieved by the fixtures? Lionesses star Lucy Bronze has fuelled romance rumours with Spain's Ona Batlle. Bronze, 33, who plies her trade for Chelsea , is currently preparing for this summer's European Championships where she may come up against Batlle. The pair were team-mates in the 2023-24 season when they were at Barcelona having previously been rivals after Spain beat England in the World Cup final in 2023. Between 2020 and 2022 Bronze and Batlle also played in Manchester for City and United respectively. Over recent times, there has been increasing speculation they are a couple, with fans publicly acknowledging and celebrating any potential relationship. However, neither Batlle nor ...

Lionesses star Lucy Bronze could take on Spain's Ona Batlle at Euro 2025 Rumours have recently circulated that the pair are in a relationship together LISTEN to Whistleblowers: Are Arsenal fans right to feel they've been aggrieved by the fixtures? Lionesses star Lucy Bronze has fuelled romance rumours with Spain's Ona Batlle. Bronze, 33, who plies her trade for Chelsea , is currently preparing for this summer's European Championships where she may come up against Batlle. The pair were team-mates in the 2023-24 season when they were at Barcelona having previously been rivals after Spain beat England in the World Cup final in 2023. Between 2020 and 2022 Bronze and Batlle also played in Manchester for City and United respectively. Over recent times, there has been increasing speculation they are a couple, with fans publicly acknowledging and celebrating any potential relationship. However, neither Batlle nor ...