NEW ZEALAND – NZF POSTS SURPLUS, AIMS TO BUILD MOMENTUM

AUCKLAND – New Zealand Football is set to cap a successful 2008 by announcing its first surplus in five years and aims to build on its momentum by seeking new ways to become the country’s number one participation sport for all ages. NZF chairman Frank van Hattum said an unaudited surplus of $360,000 for 2008…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has changed the venue of the OFC U-17 Championship 2009 following extensive flood damage in Fiji recently. The cities of Ba, Nadi and Lautoka suffered major damage to infrastructure and forced the Fiji Football Association to reluctantly confirm its inability to host the tournament last week.   The tournament has…

HONIARA, 29 Jan 2009: The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) U-16 trial matches scheduled to start this week at the SIFF Academy has been cancelled because of heavy rain. SIFF Development Officer Noel Wagapu who co-ordinates the trials says the two matches will be re-scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. “It was disappointing for those who had…

NUKU’ ALOFA – TONGAN international goalkeeper, Mele Likiliki of Fasi mo e Afi, is a nominee for the Oceania Football Confederation’s Women’s Player of the Year 2008 Award. She is among 15 top women football players from Oceania who have been short-listed for the OFC’s top award to be announced in April. Mele (25) is…

Fiji Football Association (FFA) president Doctor Muhammad Shamsud din Sahu Khan is ready to get his hands dirty this season by taking an active role in the ground work of Fiji soccer. First on the list is assistance to soccer districts affected in the recent flash flooding as the Ba-based lawyer, after the Fiji FA Board…

TAHITI –AS Tefana’s apparent invincibility continues to show no signs of weakness after its thirteenth straight Championnat D1 victory over its latest victims JT. A double from Rino Moretta and a late strike from Tinorua Temarii was enough to hand Tefana a 3-0 win over the league’s cellar dwellers and maintain their eight point lead…

PORT MORESBY – Their 2009 O-League hopes may be dangling precariously but Papua New Guinea’s National Soccer League (NSL) champions Hekari Souths continued their domestic domination with a 3-0 win over University. Solomon Island striker Joachim Waroi helped himself to a brace and Papua New Guinea U-23 sensation Kema Jack chimed in with another as…

NOUMEA – Federation Caledonienne de Football (FCF) will stage an over 35 seven-a-side football tournament at Stade Pentecost to help raise funds for cancer research. The tournament is scheduled for Sunday 25 January, 2009, and kicks-off at 09h00 local time. New Caledonia national team coach Dider Chambaron is facilitating the tournament after a hugely successful…

TAHITI – After qualification for the FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup and a thrilling Coupe de Polynesie victory over AS Dragon, Tahiti U-20 confirmed their intentions for 2009 with another stirring win, this time over AS Pirae. Lionel Charbonnier’s charges were too quick for “Les Oranges” whose mid-season slump continues. Tahiti U-20 took the lead…

The Thai Airways All Whites meet Spain, South Africa and Iraq at the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa this June. The application process for Team Specific Tickets (tickets that follow New Zealand) closes this Thursday 22 January so get in quick to apply. Other tickets will continue to be sold on a first-come-first-served basis…