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National team training for cup challenge

3 August 2010
National team training for cup challenge

Coach Eddy Etaeta has put together a squad made up of experienced and young players, with the new generation including a number of up-and-coming stars who competed at the last FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009. The tournament was held in Egypt and the Tahiti players gained valuable experience of top-class international football by facing…

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2 August 2010
Hosts Germany reign supreme

Champions at Thailand 2004, the Germans have not put a foot wrong on home soil, winning all six of their games, scoring 20 goals and conceding only five, with half of their strikes coming from the prolific Alexandra Popp.Fittingly, it was the Duisburg goal machine who put Maren Meinert’s team on the road to victory…

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2 August 2010
FIFA visit to Australia wraps up

The six-man team touched down in Australia, who has put its hand up to host the 2022 tournament, as part of a whirlwind two-month tour to check out the facilities of the countries bidding for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.The team is led by Chilean Football Federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls and also includes…

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2 August 2010
In the spotlight: Marvin Eakins

Eakins, who plays his club football in Auckland for Manurewa, is a veteran of the Futsalwhites’ last Oceania campaign in 2008 and has some lofty goals in mind for his charges this time. He sat down with oceaniafootball.com for a chat during the South Pacific Tournament at ASB Stadium in Auckland last weekend.How have the…

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2 August 2010
Blatter: Women’s football is on the rise

On the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2010 in generalThe FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup has two aims: the development of women’s football and the establishment of the tournament in the international playing calendar. The fact that the last four teams in the tournament come from four different confederations proves that women’s football is developing on…

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30 July 2010
Youth league gets underway

A total of 31 teams will be competing in five different divisions over the next two weeks during the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS) Summer Youth League.“This is one competition we do not intend on missing every year and we are thankful to the Kananfou leaders for allowing us to use their field while…

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30 July 2010
Futsal coverage to include online streaming

The round-robin competition, featuring Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, will be held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji, from August 8 to 14. As in 2009, all matches will be broadcast free-to-air within Fiji while a one-hour highlights show will be sent out to OFC broadcast partners around…

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29 July 2010
All White Mulligan signs for Auckland City

The club has also announced the appointment of Ramon Tribulietx and Aaron McFarland as co-coaches.They take over from Paul Posa, who has been head coach of the side for the past two seasons. Posa, a dentist who runs his own practice, was unavailable for re-appointment due to work commitments. He will, however, remain closely involved…

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27 July 2010
Clubs sent south for semis

East Coast Bays, champions in 2008, will face three-time winners Miramar Rangers in Wellington while Bay Olympic will trek to Dunedin to take on Caversham on the weekend of August 14 and 15.The draw, made live on Radio Sport on Tuesday, also opened up the possibility of a Chatham Cup final hosted in Wellington or…

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27 July 2010
Sides gear up for futsal champs

The competition will be held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji, from August 8 to 14 and includes national sides from Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.This year’s event is the seventh edition of the exciting, five-a-side indoor tournament and is the second to be held since it became…

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