NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – GRAND FINAL MOVED FOR TV

AUCKLAND – The New Zealand Football Championship Grand Final will now be played a week earlier than scheduled to facilitate live coverage on Sky TV. Originally scheduled for April 4, the culmination of football’s domestic showpiece has been brought forward a week to March 29. In addition to televising the grand final, Sky will also…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between OFC and the Tuvalu Football Association (TFA). OFC President/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii and the TFA President Tapugao Falefou signed the three year agreement last week. The Memorandum will see OFC supply financial and technical assistance to the TFA…

AUCKLAND – Samoan football is set for a welcome boost with the appointment of experienced coach and administrator Colin Tuaa as CEO of the Samoan Football Soccer Federation (SFSF) Normalisation Committee. The former All White leaves New Zealand today to take up a 12-month contract after being selected by the Normalisation Committee which FIFA set…

TAHITI – The identities of the 2009 Coupe de Polynesie semi-finalists remains open to conjecture after the latest round of fixtures in Tahiti’s knock-out competition took place last week. The showdown between Cup holders Tefana and league champions AS Manu Ura held centre stage as the action got underway prior to the weekend. The Coupe…

BA: Fiji football giants Ba failed to fire against Hekari Souths of Papua New Guinea in its Group B fixture of the O-League losing 1-3 at Govind Park in Ba on Saturday. More than 5000 fans that turned up to witness the encounter went home dejected as the hosts displayed a below par performance with fitness…

AUCKLAND – Auckland City dispatched Port Vila Sharks 8-1 at Kiwitea Street on Saturday to move to the top of Group A in the 2009 OFC Champions League. Winger Chad Coombes lead the way with a hat-trick but strikers Paul Urlovic and Milos Nikolic chimed in with two goals each and Alex Feneridis made up…

AUCKLAND – A dramatic late winner from Fijian striker Roy Krishna crowned Waitakere United as New Zealand Football Championship minor premiers for the third straight time after a 1-0 win over Hawke’s Bay United in Napier on Sunday. After a shock loss to Waikato last weekend, Waitakere’s celebrations looked set to be delayed for at…

Match day four of the 2009 O-League has seen the biggest winning margin in the history of the competition with Auckland City FC beating Port Vila Sharks 8-1 at Kiwitea Street in Auckland. It has also produced the most number of goals (13 in total) with Hekari Souths beating Ba 3-1 in the Group B match at Govind Park in Ba. …

Australia took one step closer to qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ after they earned a hard-fought 0-0 draw with Group 1 rivals Japan. Australia sit atop Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Group A with ten points at the halfway stage with Japan in second spot on eight points. Group 1 rivals Bahrain kept their qualification hopes alive after a…

AUCKLAND: Port Vila Sharks and Hekari Souths United FC have their backs against the wall as they prepare to face Auckland City and Ba respectively in their return leg O-League matches this Saturday. Both teams are without a win in the competition and will need their luck to change if they are to have any…