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Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1612232441,1612237120 Western Sydney Wanderers FC have tonight confirmed the loan signing of striker Mitchell Duke for the remainder of the A-League 2020/21 season. The Duke of Western Sydney returns to his hometown club on loan from Saudi Professional League side Al-Taawoun where he featured in 12 matches. Duke joined the Wanderers back in January 2019 and made an immediate impact on his arrival, scoring on debut and going on to represent the club in an inspirational manner. The striker had one of his career-best seasons with the Red & Black, captainin...

1612299563,1612301263 The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) have announced the appointment of two new executives, Ant Hearne and Michael Tange. Ant Hearne joins the team to set up and lead all commercial activities for APL, including user experience, marketing, content, sponsorships, rights negotiations and other revenue opportunities. Ant joins from Foxtel’s streaming division, Streamotion, where he was the CCO of Kayo, BINGE, WatchAFL and WatchNRL overseeing significant growth in recent years. His career in Australia, Asia and the US incorporates senior marketing and commercial ...

Tom Smithies 1612301204,1612303193 The reason that Rome wasn’t built in a day was because the Romans spent time literally making sure the foundations were right. It’s also why some of those buildings are still standing, thousands of years later. Little more than a month since the Leagues gained their independence, the announcements that emerged today are the first public sign of the intensive, below-ground work that has been going on in the background for months in preparation for the club-run Australian Professional Leagues. The first members of a new executive team are in pl...

Sydney FC’s Milos Ninkovic and Wellington Phoenix's Alex Rufer compete for a header. The A-League and W-League will enter the new year as part of a bold new structure, with their historic "unbundling" from Football Australia finally confirmed and the "shackles" on domestic football's potential released at long last. More than three years after Fifa peacekeepers were sent to intervene in an ugly war between club owners and Steven Lowy's administration over the A-League's independence, Football Australia's board met on Thursday to ratify the split, which the clubs believe gives them control ...

Share on Twitter The deal, which was agreed in principle earlier this year, was ratified at a board meeting on Thursday. It means the clubs are now responsible for the marketing and commercialisation of the A-League. A-League club owners have spent years fighting for independence from Football Australia, with the spats turning ugly at times. The owners feel independence will give them more power to grow their respective clubs and help strengthen the ailing competition. Read More Attracting foreign investors is now expected to be easier. The Professional Leagues will operate under ...