AUCKLAND - Olyroos captain Mark Milligan scored a heart-breaking 81st minute winner against the Thai Airways Oly-Whites as Australia clinched a five goal thriller with three set-piece goals in Sydney on Saturday. Milligan scrambled the ball home after New Zealand failed to clear a free kick,...

AUCKLAND – A 1-0 defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Australia in Sydney on Saturday has left Football Ferns head coach John Herdman demanding a ruthless streak from his players heading into the Beijing Olympics. Leena Khamis scored the only goal of the game after 25 minutes, drifting...

AUCKLAND - New Zealand Football named former music industry executive Michael Glading as its new Chief Executive on Monday. Glading (54) will assume the role on July 16, replacing Paula Kearns who has been acting in the role since Graham Seatter’s departure from the Albany-based national...

Oceania Football Patriarch Charlie Dempsey was farewelled yesterday at St Columba Church in Auckland in a moving tribute from a large turnout of more than 600 friends and family. The former OFC Presidents life was celebrated from his childhood days in Scotland through to yesterday’s...

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) advises that the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa TM, OFC Preliminary Competition – Stage 2 match between New Zealand and Fiji has been rescheduled to take place in Fiji on November 19, 2008. The fixture was originally scheduled to be...

Although New Zealand will be competing in their first ever Men's Olympic Football tournament in Beijing next month, 'Oly-Whites' captain Steven Old will certainly not be over-awed by the occasion. The confident, classy 22-year-old defender has not only garnered plenty of professional...

WELLINGTON – The Thai Airways Oly-Whites are steadying themselves for Wednesday’s first clash against a Chilean U-23 side in hot form and with a taste for ‘the physical stuff’. Chile touched down in Wellington on Tuesday fresh from a 4-3 win and a 1-1 draw against the...

AUCKLAND – The final leg of the Football Ferns’ and Thai Airways Oly-Whites’ Road to Beijing will wind its way through Australia and South-East Asia with month-long tours in July. Building on a double-header against their Australian counterparts in Sydney on July 12, each side...

New Zealand and Oceania soccer patriarch Charlie Dempsey died suddenly in Auckland on Tuesday night after devoting a lifetime to the game he loved. He passed away just four days after his last round of golf - his other sporting passion. Scottish-born Dempsey, 87, took association football in his...

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the football world is in mourning today after it was announced that Charles J. Dempsey CBE passed away late last night after battling a short illness at the age of 87. Dempsey, the patriarch of Oceania football, served the confederation for 36...