Australian coach Alen Stajcic says the Matildas have copped a timely pre-Olympics reality check after being held to a 1-1 draw by New Zealand in the women's soccer international at Etihad Stadium.

The Matildas' hopes of starting their brave new world with a morale-boosting triumph have fallen flat in Zurich as they were left grateful to escape with a fairly undistinguished 1-1 draw against ...

It must be a hoary truism that great, even beloved actors absolutely adore playing the most reprehensible characters imaginable. “Matilda,” the children’s novel by Roald Dahl, has served more than ...