FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT – BRAVE NEW ZEALAND LOSE SEVEN GOAL THRILLER

AUCKLAND – A late flurry of goals – including a brace from 17-year-old substitute Hannah Wall – was not enough to prevent the Football Ferns losing a 4-3 thriller to Korea Republic in the Four Nations tournament in Guangzhou, China on Monday night. Korea scored directly from a corner in the fifth minute then took…

SUVA – Fiji soccer giants Ba is on the verge of disassociating itself from its major sponsors Vodafone Fiji Ltd. The Men In Black who struck a three –year deal in 2007 with the telecommunication company are hunting for new sponsors this season, hoping to put more sponsorship to its value as the best premier…

TAHITI – AS Venus caused the shock of the Coupe de Polynesie after dumping D1 club AS Excelsior in the Round of 16. A first-half injury-time goal to Joseph Taune helped guide the D2 club into the last eight as Excelsior’s season of struggle continued. AS Pirae’s Coupe de Polynesie curse continued with another exit…

AUCKLAND – Reigning champions Waitakere United stormed to the top of the New Zealand Football Championship after a 2-0 victory over Team Wellington on a rainy day in Auckland. With Hawke’s Bay toppling previous leaders Waikato, and Auckland City and YoungHeart Manawatu both notching wins on the weekend just one point separate the top five…

AUCKLAND – Departing New Zealand U-17 coach Colin Tuaa thinks the Thai Airways Young All Whites are in good shape for their World Cup qualifiers despite a second loss to the visiting Chilean U-18s in Henderson on Sunday. The older South Americans won 3-0 with goals to Yashin Pinto in the 23rd minute and second…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns know plenty of hard work lays ahead of them before the 2011 World Cup, after an eye-opening 0-6 defeat at the hands of China in their Four Nations Tournament opener in Guangzhou. A superb free-kick from Yan Bi inside two minutes set the scene for China, who went two goals…

AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s U-17 football side have been buoyed by a strong performance in a 0-1 loss to Chile’s U-18s at Devonport’s Allen Hill Stadium on Friday night. The opening game of a two match series was decided by a side-footed strike from Jose Luis Silva midway through the first half, after a Jollans…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns begin a two-and-a-half year journey to the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup with their Four Nations opener against China in Guangzhou on Sunday. After increasingly confident and competitive performances against major nations in 2008, head coach John Herdman said 2009 would begin the search for the right the tactics and…

AUCKLAND – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has announced the nominees for OFC Player of the Year Award (Women) with fifteen soccer players from around the South Pacific in line for the title. The list is dominated by New Zealand players following their exploits at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women’s World…

SUVA – Fiji Women’s football representatives Asena Ratu and Adiela Kurikaba have been nominated for the first ever Oceania Women Footballer of the Year award which will be given by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in April. The duo who were key players of the Fiji Women’s side that won bronze at the Pacific Games…