Felix Tagawa, coach of the 2019 OFC Champions League winners Hienghene Sport, made a whirlwind visit to Doha, Qatar this week as the side prepares to make their debut at the FIFA Club World Cup in December. The visit,…
Referee Development, Refereeing, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands set to welcome FUTURO III
Oct 11, 2019, 7:55 PM 0
The annual FUTURO III Referee Instructors Course will be held in the Solomon Islands for the first time, with the event to take place from 12-16 October in Honiara. Around 40 participants from all 11 OFC Member Associations are…
Oceania beach soccer champions Tahiti recently returned from Japan where they took part in two friendly matches one against Spain and the second against their hosts. The first match was against Spain on Friday 27 September at Okura Beach…
The Honourable Prime Minister of Samoa Afioga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi issued a strong challenge to Samoa’s football elite ahead of the 2019 National Senior Football League competition when he officially opened the season last month. Hon. Malielegaoi, who is…
The Solomon Islands Kurukuru coach Vinicius Leite has named a strong side mixing experience and youth for the upcoming OFC Futsal Nations Cup and their international friendly matches against Australia’s Futsalroos. The squad are set to take on Australia’s…
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A five-day OFC Senior C-License Futsal Coaching course was held at the Fiji FA Headquarters in Vatuwaqa recently with 17 coaches from across the country taking part. OFC Futsal Development Officer Paul Toohey said the course is the first…
Just Play, OFC Just Play, Solomon Islands
Buala hosts historic ‘Sport 2 Life’ launch
Oct 8, 2019, 10:46 AM 0
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Just Play department launched its new ‘Sport 2 Life programme in Buala, Isabel Province at the Jejevo Community High School. A team of three facilitators who were trained in Fiji held a two-day…
Ba football is experiencing a revival of the best kind with the side taking out the Vodafone Premier League season with their unbeaten record intact. The Ronil Kumar and Shalen Lal-coached side topped the league with 36 points after…
News, OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019
New Zealand U-23 secure Olympic qualification
Oct 5, 2019, 7:39 PM 0
New Zealand have booked their place in next year’s Tokyo Games with a clinical display against the Solomon Islands in the final of the OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifier at Lautoka’s Churchill Park. Meanwhile in the play-off for third place,…