2008/09 PAPUA NEW GUINEA NATIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE – HEKARI STAY TOP

PORT MORESBY – Defending PNGFA National Soccer League (NSL) Telikom Cup champions Hekari Souths United washed away memories of last week’s 2009 O-League defeat against Fiji’s Ba with a 6-2 thrashing of MACL Nabasa United. Nabasa shocked Hekari Souths with two quick goals in the opening minutes of the match. It was a precious lead…

TAHITI – AS Excelsior showed last week’s upset 2-1 triumph over Championnat D1 contenders AS Pirae was no fluke after they secured a precious 2-0 victory over AS Vaiete. The win lifts Excelsior four points clear of bottom placed JT and will have rival clubs looking nervously over their shoulders as coach Forrest Flore’s team…

TAHITI  – Reigning champions AS Manu Ura cruised to an easy 5-0 win over TAC in the latest round of Championnat D1 in Tahiti at the weekend. TAC dominated the opening ten minutes but fell behind to a swift counter attack inspired by Jean-François Kabeu. Célestin Taupua’s header on 12 minutes deflated TAC morale and…

AUCKLAND – Waikato FC top the festive football table after a solid 2-0 New Zealand Football Championship win over Team Wellington in Ngaruawahia on Sunday. After a drama-field pre-season where lack of funds saw the club edge perilously close to extinction, Waikato’s fourth win on the bounce moves them top of the pile with 12…

Ten-man Manchester United have won the FIFA Club World Cup, thanks to Wayne Rooney’s 73rd minute goal over Liga de Quito in Yokohama. However that fails to tell the story of an entertaining final, which saw Nemanja Vidic dismissed four minutes after the interval for an elbow on Claudio Bieler. United were given a wake-up…

A 29th minute goal from Masato Yamaguchi gave Gamba Osaka third place at the FIFA Club World Cup at the expense of CONCACAF champions Pachuca. Rather than the match for third place being a game that both sides wanted to win, the early stages set the tone for a match which neither team wanted to…

New Zealand Football sadly mourns the passing of football stalwart and Team Wellington General Manager David Farrington. Farrington died on Wednesday morning after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 60. He is survived by wife Jann, sons Mathew and Jamie and daughter Katie. New Zealand Football Chairman Frank van Hattum said the game had…

Cristiano’s seventh minute goal against Al Ahly was enough for Adelaide United to seal fifth place at Japan 2008 in a game of few chances at the International Stadium in Yokohama. It was the Australians who were the quickest out of the blocks. As early as the third minute, Al Ahly goalkeeper Amir Abdelhamid had…

Manchester United booked their place in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 after a thrilling 5-3 victory over Gamba Osaka at the International Stadium in Yokohama. Incredibly, six of the goals came in the final 16 minutes as both sides produced a feast of attacking football. Osaka, full of energy and…

AUCKLAND – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) wishes to advise the global football family that the general secretariat will shut for the holiday season on Monday 22 December 2008 – Monday 5 January 2009. OFC wishes everyone around the world a happy and peaceful holiday season and a safe and prosperous 2009.