Never before has an Australian sportswoman been embroiled in as high profile a scandal as the one Sam Kerr finds herself in now, writes national sport reporter David Mark.

Kerr was acquitted by a jury at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday, two years after calling a police officer "stupid and white" after a drunken dispute with a cab driver. The episode has left a sour taste for some fans and pundits in Australia.

Matildas captain Sam Kerr says she’s looking forward to putting a challenging period behind her, after she was found not guilty of racially harassing a London policeman. The 31-year old insists she did not intend to insult or harm anyone when she called the officer "stupid and white".

The Football Australia hierarchy is yet to decide whether or not Sam Kerr will keep the Australian captaincy after a UK court found her not guilty of racially harassing and insulting a white police officer.

Kerr, 31, who has captained the Matildas since 2019 but is currently out injured, was charged with causing racially aggravated harassment in January 2023 but was found not guilty this week following a trial.

The fallout from Sam Kerr’s UK court case, for racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, could have far-reaching ramifications.

Sam Kerr, one of the world’s top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday. Kerr, a striker for Australia and for English club Chelsea,