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What was the best goal of the year?

22 November 2010
What was the best goal of the year?

Fans from across the world will decide which of the ten goals selected by FIFA’s football experts will be the winner of this award. Videos of the ten goals, as well as the list of scorers and the voting tool, can be found here: www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html The FIFA Puskás Award, created in honour and in memory…

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19 November 2010
OFC Statement on FIFA Ethics Committee findings

David Chung will subsequently continue as Acting OFC President until further notice. Speaking in Zurich, the Acting President Mr. Chung said: “OFC is satisfied with the process carried out by the FIFA Ethics Committee and will co-operate fully with the findings. Following a thorough review of the facts, the committee has cleared Mr. Temarii of…

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19 November 2010
Futsal league set to kick off

The pilot league features five New Zealand clubs and one Australian team in a 15-round competition plus finals, played over three series during the 2010/11 summer. Futsal is the FIFA and NZ Football-approved version of five-a-side football. It is played on a court with a smaller, low-bounce ball. The game combines creativity, speed, technique, teamwork…

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19 November 2010
Beach course held in Tahiti

The course was led by FIFA instructors Angelo Schirinzi, player-coach of the Swiss national beach soccer team, and Patrick Jacquemet, OFC technical director, while FIFA’s Oceania referee development officer Massimo Raveino took control of the refereeing matters.The gathering was attended by 12 coaches and 10 referees from five OFC member associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon…

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18 November 2010
Top Fiji keeper joins Hekari

Simione Tamanisau has signed for the Papua New Guinea side and made his debut last weekend in the second round of the 2011 O-League, keeping a clean sheet as Hekari handed Koloale a 4-0 defeat.The 28-year-old police officer is the first choice goalkeeper for the Fiji national side and plays his club football for Rewa….

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18 November 2010
New CEO on board at VFF

Hoeppe hails from France and has plenty of experience in sports administration, especially within the basketball code.He worked for five years for the French Basketball Professional League, firstly as a financial auditor and later as a director of competition. He then headed to Australia, where he was involved with various sporting events, such as the…

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17 November 2010
Gear handed out in Solomons

A series of workshops for Just Play – an OFC initiative designed to promote healty living for children aged between six and 12 years – were held in Honiara last month and were greeted with much enthusiasm.The aim of the workshops were to introduce local teachers to Just Play and give them guidelines on how…

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16 November 2010
Seongnam win AFC Champions League

The win also has significance for OFC representatives Hekari United. The Papua New Guinea side are on the same side of the draw as the Asian qualifiers and will meet Seongnam in the quarter finals if they can get past hosts Al Wahda in their opening match on December 8. Seongnam’s opener came after a…

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16 November 2010
Amicale keen to look ahead

The Vanuatu team are new to the competition but got off to the perfect start with a shock 1-0 away win against defending champions Hekari United in the opening round. They could not repeat that trick against Lautoka, who have opened their campaign with two wins on the trot, but Chapod felt his side had…

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16 November 2010
Waikato dispatch Phoenix ‘A’

The home side found themselves trailing to a clinically taken Mirjan Pavlovic goal in the 68th minute after a defensive error afforded the striker the opportunity to squeeze the ball past John Fletcher from an acute angle.But Hicks found space in the 84th minute and blasted an equaliser past Reece Crowther much to the delight…

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