FIJI – BA GRAB NSL LEAD WITH RECORD WIN

Ba are top of the table in the Fiji National Soccer League after a massive win against Nadi at the weekend. The defending champions thumped Nadi 10-1 to record their biggest winning margin against the Jetsetters. Lautoka led the field on points last weekend but have slipped to second spot after being held by minnows Tavua to a 1-1 draw at Garvey Park. Both Ba…

AUCKLAND –YoungHeart Manawatu will take a two-goal cushion to Auckland next Sunday after a thrilling 3-1 win over Auckland City in the first leg of their New Zealand Football Championship semi-final in Palmerston North on Sunday. They’ll be without influential midfielder Raf de Gregorio and striker Gustavo Saralegui for the return leg however; as both…

AUCKLAND – The expanded top-four New Zealand Football Championship playoffs roar into action this weekend with red-hot Team Wellington tackling the Champions in a re-match of last year’s Grand Final while YoungHeart Manawatu and Auckland City re-ignite a dormant playoff rivalry. The ties will be played on a home-and-away basis for the first time, and…

The Solomon Islands Football Federation has named a squad of 21 players who will train for a place in the national futsal side to compete in OFC Futsal Championship in June. Small-sided Games Development officer, Victor Wai’ia, says the squad will undergo intensive preparation before a final team of 12 players are selected. A wider squad was called together in…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns upset the Netherlands 2-0 in Paralimni, Cyprus on Wednesday morning to claim their biggest scalp in twenty years and ensure a top-four finish at the Cyprus Women’s Cup. The win over the world number 17 lifted New Zealand to second place in Group B behind Canada and booked a playoff…

After a disappointing loss on Match Day Five of the 2009 O-League, Koloale have three weeks to prepare for their crucial Group B decider against Fiji’s Ba at Lawson Tama on Saturday 28 March. The 1-0 defeat at the weekend to Hekari Souths FC means they must win their final group match to progress to the home and away final of competition. Koloale head…

Lautoka have taken the lead in the Fiji National Soccer League points table after their big win over Rewa in the weekend. The Sugar City boys who lost their Champion Vs Champion decider to Ba on Friday evening looked a completely different outfit against the Delta Tigers as they thumped the hosts 6-1 at Vodafone Ratu Cakobau…

AUCKLAND – A disappointing 2-4 loss to Russia on Sunday morning in Nicosia has ended the Football Ferns’ hopes of making the final of the Cyprus Women’s Cup. Midfielder Ria Percival scored after just 90 seconds but a series of defensive lapses turned the flying start into a 1-3 halftime deficit, while wasteful finishing in…

A penalty goal from Hekari Souths number 17 Kema Jack was enough to secure the Papua New Guinean champions a 1-0 victory over Koloale FC in Port Moresby on Saturday and keep their O-League chances alive. The goal came in the 35th minute and Hekari held onto the lead despite finishing the game with only…

Waitakere United has dug out a 3-2 win over the Port Vila Sharks in Vanuatu this afternoon to go top equal with Auckland City in Group A of the 2009 O-League. It took a 75th minute winner from captain Danny Hay to secure the three points but the one goal margin was not enough to catch Auckland City on…