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Nelsen named in best World Cup team

12 July 2010
Nelsen named in best World Cup team

Nelsen earned his place by “defending defiantly throughout the tournament and heroically against Italy,” it said. Last month, international football website goal.com named Nelsen its world player of the week for “inspiring his side to two draws (against Slovakia and defending champions Italy) and giving the All Whites a shot at last 16 qualification.” ESPN’s…

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9 July 2010
Young Ferns preparation heads offshore

New Zealand will meet Venezuela, Japan and European champions Spain in Group C and their opening game is in Couva on September 7. To get his squad ready, head coach Dave Edmondson is seeking to leave home comforts behind in the side’s first international matches since winning April’s OFC U-17 Women’s Championships in Auckland. “Getting…

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9 July 2010
Park receives blessing before upgrade

The impressive facility was opened in 2007 but was badly damaged by a natural disaster just two years later when a series of earthquakes and tsunamis devastated parts of American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga in September 2009.The second and third phases of the Goal Project – an initiative by FIFA to help national associations around…

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7 July 2010
New addition to OFC Competitions Department

The 33-year-old will assist Head of Competitions David Firisua with all matters relating to competitions and events as OFC activities continue to increase with various programmes both on and off the field.Corbett has worked previously as an operations coordinator for Vector Arena and a development officer for Squash Auckland.The new OFC role is not his…

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7 July 2010
Youngsters take part in football festival

Mixed teams of boys and girls aged between 15 and 18 are taking part in the Football For Hope festival – a tournament and programme of exchange and intercultural dialogue. Young people from 32 disadvantaged communities around the world have come to South Africa for the festival. They are all members of organisations which use…

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6 July 2010
Derbies dominate cup quarterfinals

After regional-based draws in the early rounds, the Chatham Cup becomes national at the quarterfinal stage. But the draw for the last eight, made live on Radio Sport, has a distinctly regional feel to it with two all-Auckland clashes, a South Island battle and a Wellington derby.In the capital, Wellington United’s player-coach and former Miramar…

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6 July 2010
Junior Ferns start build-up with draw

Renee Leota headed a 65th-minute Anna Green free kick past the Swiss goalkeeper to halve the deficit and a Rosie White header levelled the scores nine minutes later after Green again provided the final pass.The Junior Football Ferns open their World Cup campaign against Sweden in the German city of Bielefeld in just eight days…

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6 July 2010
Futsal course gets underway

The course is the first of its kind to be held in Papua New Guinea and it is hoped it will be a major boost to the development of both futsal and the regular form of football in the Niugini Islands.Scott Gilligan, a FIFA instructor and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) project manager for futsal,…

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6 July 2010
Players told to prove worth

That is the message from Fiji Football Association (Fiji FA) technical director Saiyad Ali, who says each player needs to prove their worth.A 25-member training squad was brought together on Friday to prepare for the tournament, which will be held in Auckland from September 29 to October 8.But Ali says all of the players are…

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5 July 2010
World Cup ball heads to Fiji

President Dr Muhammed Shams-Ud-Dean Sahu Khan, chief executive officer Bob Kumar and senior vice-president Dr Hari Kewal travelled to South Africa to attend the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Extraordinary Congress and the 60th FIFA Congress.While in Johannesburg they managed to get their hands on an Adidas Jabulani football – the official ball being used at…

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