Excitement abounds in Papua New Guinea as the nation’s youth prepares for the Papua New Guinea Football Association U-17 Youth Festival to get underway this week. The revived competition will see the country’s top youth players, both boys and…
Toti City FC have claimed a third-straight National Soccer League title after beating U-23 PNG Academy side Besta PNG United 3-0 in the final at Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae on Saturday. Toti coach Peter Gunemba was pleased…
2019 OFC Champions League, Papua New Guinea, Women's Football
Toti secure minor premiership
May 18, 2018, 6:17 PM 0
Being unbeaten in 12 matches has allowed Toti City FC to secure their third National Soccer League minor premiership and with it a place in the 2019 OFC Champions League. The team set the benchmark for football in Papua…
2019 OFC Champions League, Papua New Guinea
Strikers humble reigning champs
Apr 16, 2018, 12:10 PM 0
OFC Champions League quarter finalists Lae City Dwellers hit a bump in the road to the National Soccer League title at the weekend after being held to a 1-1 draw by Southern Strikers. After being battered by Team Wellington…
2018 OFC Champions League, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
Team Wellington in ruthless form
Apr 7, 2018, 5:44 PM 0
Team Wellington sounded a warning to their remaining OFC Champions League rivals with a comprehensive 11-0 dismantling of Papua New Guinea champions Lae City Dwellers in their quarterfinal at David Farrington Park on Saturday. The hosts dominated from start…
Striker Raymond Gunemba says the same self-belief that now emanates from the Papua New Guinea national team can be found permeating club level as Lae City Dwellers look to write another chapter in the story of football in Oceania’s…
2018 OFC Champions League, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
Quarterfinals kick off in Wellington
Apr 6, 2018, 12:38 PM 0
OFC Champions League football returns to Wellington as the quarterfinals roar into action with Team Wellington hosting Lae City Dwellers at David Farrington Park on Saturday afternoon. The match is first of four showdowns between the top eight taking…
Papua New Guinea, Referee Development
Simbu provides foundations for match officials
Apr 3, 2018, 4:27 PM 0
There’s a future in refereeing for anyone who wants it according to Papua New Guinea Football Associations referee facilitator Jimmy Warai. The OFC Referee Assessor recently led a basic refereeing course for the Simbu Soccer Association and said there…
Papua New Guinea’s National Soccer League eighth round ended on a high note for three of the Lae-based sides of Lae City Dwellers, Morobe Wawens and Besta PNG United as each recorded victories at the weekend. In the double-header…
Almost 500 students at the St Michael’s Primary School in Hanuabada Village in Port Moresby’s National Capital District welcomed football basics into the community last week. PNG Football Association launched the 2018 season of the OFC Just Play programme…