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| Football Federation Australia says Indonesian company Bakrie Group has assumed full ownership of reigning A-League champion Brisbane Roar. Bakrie bought a 70-percent stake in Brisbane Roar last September, becoming the first majority foreign owner of a team in the Australian competition. The FFA announced Monday that Bakrie "has now acquired 100 percent ownership" and is in the process of... |
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| Brisbane beat first-placed Central Coast 2-0 to end the Mariners' 15-match unbeaten streak in Australian football's A-League on Saturday. Erik Paartalu and Besart Berisha scored first-half goals. Second-placed Wellington rallied from a goal down on Friday to beat Adelaide 2-1 for a club record fourth straight win to close the gap on the Mariners to seven points with Brisbane a further point... |
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| Newcastle earned its first away win in more than a year in Australian football's A-League with a 1-0 win over Brisbane on Saturday. Newcastle's last win away from home was over the now defunct North Queensland Fury, 3-1, on Jan. 8 last year, and the Jets have since had 10 losses and three draws on the road. |
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| Central Coast overcame a testing schedule to beat Adelaide 3-2, extending its unbeaten run to 15 matches and opening an 11-point lead over second-placed Brisbane in Australian football's A-League. Facing a third league match in seven days, Central Coast rallied from 2-1 down with two goals in four minutes to post its 12th win from 18 matches this season. |
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| Brisbane scored twice in less than a minute in stoppage time to beat Sydney FC 2-1 and to keep up its pursuit of leader Central Coast in the A-League on Saturday. Trailing 1-0 from the 39th minute, Brisbane first equalized through a Mohamed Adnan free kick then grabbed the lead when Besart Berisha headed home a Shane Stefanutto cross with seconds remaining. |
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| Central Coast beat Brisbane for the first time in two years to stretch the Roar's losing streak to a club record four matches and end its season-long reign atop Australian football's A-League. The Mariners' 2-1 win on Saturday was their first at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium since October 2009, extending their unbeaten run to five games and sending them three points clear of Brisbane... |
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| Brisbane suffered it's second straight loss since the end of its record 36-match unbeaten streak, going down 2-1 to the Melbourne Heart but staying atop Australian football's A-League on goal difference from fast-rising Central Coast. After assembling the longest unbeaten streak in the history of Australian club sports, Brisbane seemed to have lost the winning habit and was outplayed by... |
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| Brisbane Roar's record run of 36
matches unbeaten came to an end at the weekend when the A-League
champions lost 2-0 to Sydney FC in foul weather in front of
11,500 fans at a suburban rugby league stadium.
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| Sydney FC ended Brisbane Roar's record 36-match, 15-month unbeaten streak in Australia's A-League with a 2-0 victory on Sunday. Dimitri Petratos scored after just 36 seconds and former Blackburn star Brett Emerton added a second Sydney goal in the 20th minute. Last week, Brisbane beat the Perth Glory 4-0 to surpass the Australian record, 35-match unbeaten run of the Eastern Suburbs club in... |
