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Milligan goal sees Qantas Under 23's home

The Qantas Under 23's, as expected, have qualified for the second phase of the 2008 Olympic Men's qualifying tournament, after beating Chinese Taipei 1-0 in Taipei tonight. Captain Mark Milligan scored the only goal in the second half.

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Women's Olympic squad named

Qantas Matildas coach Tom Sermanni has announced a 20-strong squad to travel to Chinese Taipei this week for the first stage of qualifying for the 2008 Olympics. The team will again be led by long-serving captain Cheryl Salisbury, who along with Dianne Alagich and Heather Garrioc

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Postecoglou contract not renewed

National Youth Coach Ange Postecoglou completed his contract with Football Federation Australia on Monday February 5, after seven years in charge of the national youth teams – Under 17 and Under 20s.

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Qantas Under 23 breeze past Chinese Taipei

The Qantas Under 23’s can look forward to extending its run in the 2008 Olympic qualifiers after breezing past Chinese Taipei 11-0 in the first leg of their qualifying play-off tie at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide.

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Live Match Update - Q U23's v Chinese Taipei

FINAL SCORE: Australia 11 - Chinese Taipei 0Australia travels to Chinese Taipei for the second leg next Wednesday with a massive 11 goal advantage, Australia obviously holding the upper hand in the two-legged fixture, whose winner progresses to the next (group) stage of the 2008

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Arnold mixed feelings on Danish Result

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold lamented a disjointed first half, but was overall pleased with the way the team played against the classy Danish side.

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No Danish delight for Socceroos

The Socceroos unbeaten run in London has come to end, after going down to a very classy Denmark side 3-1 this morn. The Danes scored three first half goals, with Australia’s captain for the game Brett Emerton, scoring a late consolation goal.

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Emerton captain

Late News: In line with his captaincy rotation policy, coach Graham Arnold has named Brett Emerton as skipper of the Socceroos for the clash against Denmark that kicks off in just 45 minutes time. Emerton has captained Australia at every level.

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Live Match Update - Australia v Denmark

All the action from the Socceroos clash against Denmark.

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Milligan named captain of Qantas Under 23's

Sydney FC’s Mark Milligan has been announced as captain of the Qantas Under 23s as the team completes final preparations for the opening match of the Olympic qualifying campaign against Chinese Taipei tomorrow at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide.

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Burgess earns narrow win for Qantas Matildas

The Qantas Matildas secured a 1-0 win over a battling New Zealand this evening in their second and final training match in Canberra. Joanne Burgess scored the winner 11 minutes from full time.

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Grella favourite for captaincy in Viduka absence

Midfielder Vince Grella is favourite to lead the Socceroos out against Denmark on Wednesday morning (AEDT), after the Parma captain said that Mark Viduka was ruled out of the match.

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Qantas Matildas put six past New Zealand

The Qantas Matildas defeated New Zealand 6-0 last night in the first of two training matches in Canberra. In extremely warm conditions the Qantas Matildas scored three goals in each half to record a comprehensive victory.

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Seven changes made for Danish match

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has been forced to make at least seven changes to his initial squad for the Denmark clash on Wednesday morning (AEDT), to be played at Loftus Road in London.