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Brothers Ramy and Tony Segar with family members who were at Sydney Airport to welcome back head coach Graham Arnold after the Iraqi National Football qualification for the World Cup.

‘He’ll always be a hero for us’: Iraqi Australians greet Arnold on return to Sydney

The Iraqi community was out in force at Sydney airport to welcome Graham Arnold back home after the coach guided Iraq back to the World Cup for the first time in 40 years.

  • Jonathan Drennan

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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke with the five Iranian soccer players who were granted visas.

‘Helping Iranian sporting women escape the very country you’re helping to bomb is a good look’

Craig Foster says the Australian government did the right thing by the Iranian footballers, but in human rights, he says, there is no such thing as a victory lap.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Craig Foster, humans rights campaigner, sports broadcaster and ex-Socceroo.

‘I thought I was friends with Nova’: Craig Foster on the spat that rocked the republican movement

The ex-Socceroo goes “all in” on the things he cares about, but it comes at a cost.

  • Ben Cubby
Lunch With Craig Foster - human rights activist and former Socceroo. Marrickville, August 15, 2024. Photo: Rhett Wyman / SMH

Craig Foster un-cancelled by Sydney Grammar parents

After the $40,000-a-year school controversially axed a lecture from the Socceroo-turned human rights campaigner, a group of parents stepped in.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Foster is a former Socceroo captain turned human rights activist.

Sydney Grammar cancels Craig Foster talk

An upcoming speech from the former Socceroo turned human rights activist was abruptly pulled by the headmaster of the $45,000-a-year school this week.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Jillian Segal chairs the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in NSW and says Israel will be innovative and resilient.

Albanese government set to announce new antisemitism envoy

Prominent businesswoman Jillian Segal is set to be given the high-profile gig following months of political pressure during the war in Gaza.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Craig Foster, co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement.

First Peris, now Foster: Republic movement leaderless after exits

The Australian Republic Movement has revealed co-chair Craig Foster will follow Nova Peris out the door. The pair have different views on Israel.

  • Chip Le Grand
Craig Foster appears in the SBS documentary Came from Nowhere, about the rise of the Western Sydney Wanderers football club.

The dark side of Australian football’s ‘great sporting fairytale’

Featuring Craig Foster and superfan Ian “Dicko” Dickson, Came from Nowhere tracks the rise of divisive A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.

  • Bridget McManus
Nova Peris says it is untenable for her to serve the ARM alongside Craig Foster.

Nova Peris quits republican movement over Gaza split with co-chair Craig Foster

The Olympic champion and former Labor senator says it is untenable to continue to work with Foster after what she described as his “inaccurate and divisive” comments against Israel.

  • Chip Le Grand
Australian football star Sam Kerr is fighting to have a charge of racially harassing the police officer thrown out of court.

‘I apologise to Sam’: Craig Foster’s 180-degree turn on Kerr saga

Craig Foster had urged Football Australia to strip Sam Kerr of the Matildas’ captaincy if the charges were proven, to make a strong stand against racism. But he has had a change of heart.

  • Andrew Wu