Such was the immediate impact of the Socceroos' Nestory Irankunda at the 2026 football World Cup, that FIFA.com quickly got in on the act to interview a regular altar server at the African Mass at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral after he told The Southern Cross of his part in the footballer's rise. Read what Joel Hakizimana had to tell both news outlets.
Christian Brothers College (CBC) has announced an innovative partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, one of the most renowned football clubs in the world.
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It wasn’t just the chilly morning temperatures in Adelaide that had Archbishop Patrick O’Regan and head of Catholic Education SA Neil McGoran reaching for their scarves last month.
Sitting in the Buenos Aires airport about to fly to Moscow in 2018, soccer star Marcos Flores was a broken man. He had just received the call no child wants – his beloved father Hugo had died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 62.
Christian Brothers College’s soccer program has received a major boost with news that former Adelaide United player Marcelo Carrusca has taken over as its technical director.
Attending some of the World Cup women’s soccer games in France provided plenty of inspiration and motivation for 14-year-old Hayley Needs when she represented South Australia at the national youth championships in July.
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