Australian government official visits Tahiti

The All Whites were back in the township of Daveyton on Thursday to train as a full squad for the first time since securing an historic and dramatic draw against Slovakia in Rustenburg. After the session, All Whites coach Ricki Herbert spoke to New Zealand and international media, including several Italian journalists, about New Zealand’s…

Now the Plymouth Argyle striker is front and centre for his nation as they look to make their mark at South Africa 2010.All Whites coach Ricki Herbert described the 1-1 draw against Slovakia in their opening Group F encounter as his country’s best ever result. And the 191cm targetman Fallon played a key role in…

The world’s most expensive goalkeeper was substituted at half-time in Italy’s FIFA World Cup opener against Paraguay due to the problem, with Federico Marchetti taking his place.Marchetti now looks set to feature against the All Whites in Nelspruit on Monday morning (NZT).“The hernia is small but even a small hernia can cause great pain,” says…

Wood was aged just 18 years 187 days when he took the field against Slovakia as a second-half substitute. Rufer was nearly a year older at 19 years 168 days when he crossed the white line against Scotland in Spain in 1982.West Bromwich Albion rookie Wood is proud to have added yet another impressive milestone…

The All Whites defied the odds to claim their first FIFA World Cup point thanks to Winston Reid’s stoppage time equaliser against the highly-rated Slovakians on Tuesday.Nelsen says New Zealand had done more than enough to earn a point in their first World Cup appearance since suffering defeats by Scotland, Brazil and the Soviet Union…

Young defender Winston Reid scored a dramatic last-minute equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw against Slovakia and fans reacted as if their team had won.Most watched the game – which started at 11.30pm on Tuesday local time – at home, although some diehards gathered in bars around the country as football fever for once eclipsed…

The Denmark-based defender found the net from a perfectly-flighted Shane Smeltz cross in the 93rd minute to give the Kiwis an improbable 1-1 draw against a dominant Slovakia side in their Group F opener in Rustenburg.Robert Vittek had put the Europeans in front, also with his head, in the 50th minute but the All Whites…

But at 1.25pm in Rustenburg, as the New Zealand national anthem reverberated around the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Ryan Nelsen was fighting – and fighting hard – to hold back tears. For, following 11 years as an international footballer, he was finally set to appear on a stage few could have ever envisaged a Kiwi team…