The goalkeeper repelled wave after wave of attack from the Japanese champions’ ruthless strikers, batting away crosses and shots from point-blank range, amid a wide array of attacking play from…
The long range strike by Aoyama past Tamati Williams extinguished the flames of an Auckland upset that began to flicker after an inspired performance by goalkeeper Williams, who pulled off…
“We have done our job in the background and have been watching Hiroshima for a long time,” he says.“I expected them to win the league because they have been the…
The 16-year-old is currently in Japan with OFC Champions League winners Auckland City who are preparing to make their fourth appearance at the premier FIFA club tournament.To take to the…
A sublicense agreement between OFC and SKY Sport has been finalised and the terms of the deal include live broadcasting of each match involving Auckland City, as well as the…
Browne, who is the youngest player at this year’s tournament, has travelled to Japan with OFC Champions League winners Auckland City who are marking their own record with their fourth…
Also nestling into a spot in the history books is Croatian-born midfielder Daniel Koprivcic who will become the only player to appear in five separate Club World Cups if he…
The Toa Aito, whose victory over New Caledonia at the OFC Nations Cup in June saw them crowned regional champions for the first time, will also be joined in Group…
The 30-year-old, who has four senior New Zealand caps to his name, believes FIFA’s pioneering of goal-line technology is the way forward.“If the technology is there, I think it should…
Matsumoto Yamaga – who finished 14th in J.League 2 this season – dominated the early exchanges of a match played in 2 degrees Celsius and overcast conditions at Nagaoka but…