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New futsal court set to open

13 October 2010
New futsal court set to open

The new facility will be dedicated solely to futsal and will focus on youth development. It is hoped this will result in a more professional approach to the development of futsal skills in Vanuatu and lead to an improvement in the standard of future national teams.“It is great that we will now have a futsal…

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13 October 2010
TFA ready for meeting

The meeting will take place on Friday at the Dateline Hotel’s conference room and will be attended by FIFA Vice President and OFC President Reynald Temarii and OFC General Secretary Tai Nicholas, as well as the other committee members.The executives will deliberate on a range of OFC issues and strategies, including the organisation’s current financial…

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12 October 2010
Elliott sings Paraguay’s praises

New Zealand drew 1-1 with fellow FIFA World Cup finalists Honduras in the first part of their World Cup homecoming on Saturday, although they created enough chances in an entertaining and attacking performance to win the match.Ranked 17th in the world, Paraguay are among the highest-ranked teams to visit New Zealand since FIFA began publishing…

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12 October 2010
Koloale strengthen defence

George Suri and Samson Takayama will be expected to firm up the back line – an area coach Peter Eke had identified as needing strengthening during the club’s recruitment drive. At the other end of the pitch, the pacy Benjamin Totori returns to his homeland after spending five years in New Zealand and will go…

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11 October 2010
Fallon keen to play

Fallon is in a race against time to be fit enough to take the field but his rapid recovery from a hernia operation has given him an outside chance of coming off the bench at Westpac Stadium. Getting a run out in the capital would be extra special for Fallon, who booked himself a place…

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11 October 2010
Referees put through paces

A total of 27 referees were involved in the four-day course, which was facilitated by OFC’s FIFA referee development officer Massimo Raveino, along with instructors Neil Poloso and Kader Touati.The participants hailed from a range of OFC member associations, namely Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and…

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11 October 2010
Vicelich and Riley honoured

Chris Wood’s first senior international strike was the highlight of the All Whites’ 1-1 friendly draw with Honduras but another significant moment took place earlier when Ivan Vicelich and Ali Riley were presented with their OFC Player of the Year trophies.The Kiwi pair were named as winners prior to the OFC Congress in Johannesburg, South…

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10 October 2010
‘Woodzee’ nets as All Whites thrill

New Zealand enjoyed the lion’s share of opportunities at North Harbour Stadium but were ultimately left to rue a 90th-minute penalty miss from the normally clinical Shane Smeltz, who blasted his spotkick onto the underside of the crossbar and put his follow up over the top. Wood repaid the faith of coach Ricki Herbert, who…

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9 October 2010
No such thing as friendly

Nelsen’s side take on Honduras tonight at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium before meeting Paraguay in Wellington on Tuesday night.The Blackburn Rovers defender says the Kiwis are approaching today’s clash in anything but a friendly frame of mind.“It’s an extremely important game. They use the word friendly because FIFA decide to use it, it’s as simple…

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8 October 2010
Solomon Islands 0 – 2 Cook Islands

See below for all the play-by-play action.The starting line-ups:Solomon Islands: 1. Betty SADE (GK), 2. Rose GWALI (c), 4. Brenda MASAE, 5. Audrey GALO, 7. Raymalyn ZOZE, 9. Betty MAENU’U, 11. Veronica TOLIVAKA, 13. Alice OLOMANE, 14. Mesalyn SAEPIO, 16. Ileem PEGI, 17. Prudence FULACook Islands: 1. Marjorie TORU, 3. Aketuke UNUKA, 4. Tekura TUTAI,…

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