DUNADAMAU MAGIC EARNS BA BATTLE OF GIANTS TITLE

FIJI-An own goal and a wonder strike from Fijian striker Maciu Dunadamau was enough for Vodafone Ba to beat Labasa 2-1 and win the FMF/Blue Gas Battle of the Giants in Suva on Sunday. Ba went into the break leading 1-0 when Labasa defender Samuela Kautoga scored an own goal while attempting to stop a Pita Bolaitoga…

HONIARA: The Solomon Island Bilikiki Beach Soccer team arrived home on Saturday to a warm reception from the local faithful at the Honiara International Airport. Bilikiki beach soccer captain Gideon Omokirio summed up their recent participation in the FIFA beach soccer World Cup in one sentence upon arrival at Honiara International Airport on Saturday. “We…

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers announced today that defender Tim Karalexis and forward Benjamin Totori will miss the remainder of the 2008 season due to season-ending knee injures suffered last week. Karalexis tore his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) against Atlanta on July 18, while Totori ruptured his right medial collateral ligament (MCL) during…

HONIARA – Honiara residents and football fans are bracing for yet another international festival this weekend when champion Papua New Guinea club – Hekari Souths United FC play two friendly matches against the Solomon Island Olympic side and Marist at Lawson Tama. The club management requested two friendly matches  be played in Honiara to thank club members…

Brazil beat Italy 5-3 in the Marseille 2008 final to claim their third successive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup crown. Bruno and Sidney scored doubles apiece, and Andre was also on target for the Seleção as they provided an enthralling climax to a memorable tournament on Prado beach. Brazil kicked off the game as the…

AUCKLAND – Emma Kete’s first half goal earned the Football Ferns a promising 1-1 draw against world number nine Canada in the side’s final pre-Olympics warm-up match in Singapore overnight. Thirteen months since losing a two-match series 0-8 on aggregate to the Canadians in Auckland, Kete cancelled out Christine Sinclair’s 28th minute opener with a…

Italy-Spain; Portugal-Brazil. These were the Marseille 2008 semi-finals that were set today when the aforementioned quartet eliminated France, Argentina, Uruguay and Russia respectively. Oceaniafootball.com reflects on quarter-final day on Prado beach. The big match Brazil 6-4 Russia Goals – Buru, Bruno, Daniel (3), Benjamin for Brazil; Egor Shaykov (2), Dmitry Shishin, Ilya Leonov for Russia It was…

Exciting strikes by some of the region’s most prolific goal scorers kept the 11,000 strong crowd warm on a chilly Laucala evening at the Battle of the Giants tournament in Fiji yesterday.. First it was Solomon Islands ace Commins Menapi, who struck twice for Navua to break the hearts of Rewa fans with a 3-0 drubbing….

AUCKLAND – A late first half goal from Jeremy Brockie spearheaded a New Zealand fightback but it wasn’t enough for the Thai Airways Oly-Whites who went down 1-2 to the Indonesian national team in Jakarta on Thursday night. New Zealand’s U-23 side fell behind to their senior opposition after just 12 minutes when Firman Utina…

Pundits have tipped the Vodafone Ba soccer side to reign supreme at the Battle of the Giants, which starts at the National Stadium today. This is despite the defending champions having already lost the Champion versus Champion and the Fiji FACT titles earlier this year. Based on form the Men in Black are still favoured…