Discounting a bronze medal at the World Club Champs, the pinnacle of achievement in New Zealand football is to be cited in the highly coveted Herald Annual Awards.

Jose Mourinho's mood may have marginally improved when he left his post-match press conference and learned that Manchester City had drawn at home with Burnley.

Auckland City's success at the Club World Cup was richly deserved and could not have come at a better time for the domestic league...

Auckland City FC's eye-catching run in the Fifa Club World Cup has forced a revote in the Halberg Awards.

Auckland City's heroics at the Fifa Club World Cup in Morocco have provided a huge financial shot in the arm for the sport in this country.

Coach Ramon Tribulietx is the talk of sport because of Auckland City's amazing Fifa Club World Cup run in Morocco...

John Irving always thought he was destined to make an impact in football but certainly didn't imagine it would come from playing for an amateur club in the relative backwaters of Auckland.

The Champions League enters the next phase when the last-16 knockout draw is made today.

The amateurs of Auckland City FC are in the money after a second major upset at the Fifa Club World Cup in Morocco yesterday.

There have been players who have played a 100 games for England all around Wayne Rooney in recent times: David Beckham, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.

The media might have you believing that the rugby and cricket World Cups are the only big offerings in 2015.

The Wellington Phoenix could complete a dream start to their A-League season during the next five days.

May 2, 2009. The Santiago Bernabu stadium, Barcelona against Real Madrid. The scene was set for Pep Guardiola to unleash his secret weapon.

Roy Keane feared that he would not find another job in football if he did not address the "lies" about him, he has revealed in a new autobiography entitled The Second Half.

As unlikely as it seems, Auckland City FC are becoming "world famous" in Morocco.

Leicester City's supporters were chanting "we want six" long before the final whistle of this remarkable afternoon.

Louis van Gaal has admitted publicly that Manchester United are interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo, saying a deal "is possible".

Former Auckland City striker Manel Exposito has had a first-hand view of the imposing scale of Qatar's football ambition.

In keeping with the fabled timetable of London buses, Arsenal fans waited nine years for a trophy and then two come along in quick succession.

West Ham might have finished 13th in last season's English Premier League but manager Sam Allardyce and co-chairman David Gold delivered a volley of top-flight goodwill to assembled media as the club build their brand in New Zealand this week.

Now we know why the rest of the world glories whenever the All Blacks crash out of the Rugby World Cup at the hands of France.

If you think the All Blacks are consistent - take a look at the German football team. Just like their cars and appliances, German sides are uber reliable, in a much more global game.

The party is over. The carnival that has gripped Brazil over the past month has come to a shuddering, embarrassing halt.

Little things have every chance of winning or losing the World Cup final. But first, let's address the big things.