NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COACHES EXCITED ABOUT DRAW

AUCKLAND– The coaches of the Thai Airways Oly-Whites and the Football Ferns are both describing their groups as “mouth-watering” following the football draw for the XXVIII Olympiad in Beijing on Monday morning (NZT). The Thai Airways Oly-Whites begin their campaign on August 7 against their Chinese hosts in front of 60,000 fans in Shengyang before…

Striker Maciu Dunadamu was in devastating form as he nailed four goals for Vodafone Labasa in their 7-1 thrashing of Nasinu in the New World National Football League over the weekend. The win moved the Babasiga Lions top equal with Nadi on the table and sets up an exciting run in for the championship. The…

New Zealand’s U-17 women gave the Australian U-20 team a scare before losing 2-4 in the third and final match of their Australian tour in Canberra on Sunday. After claiming a historic 2-0 U-17 series win with successive 4-0 victories over their trans-Tasman counterparts, the Young Football Ferns briefly looked like adding an U-20 scalp…

HONIARA – Kossa FC’s OFC O’league campaign has been boosted with an injection of $268,000 dollars by the Taiwanese government this afternoon. Honiara-based Taiwan ambassador His Excellency George Chan handed over SBD$268,000 ($47,857 NZD) to Kossa FC President Dr. Transform Anqorau in a brief ceremony at the SIFF Academy. Also in attendance was SIFF President…

AUCKLAND – Waitakere United and Team Wellington are both ready to assume the vacant New Zealand Football Championship throne but face a final battle to earn their coronation. The King is dead. Three-time winners Auckland City will not lift the trophy a fourth time, and Waitakere United and Team Wellington – who have conspired to…

Oceania Football Confederation is launching an E-Newsletter to keep you up to date with all the latest news from around the region. 2008 is a very exciting year for OFC and to stay in tune with all the latest happenings in YOUR region you need to enter your email adress in the sign up box…

OFC’s favourite football son Christian Karembeu will be honoured for his contribution to football in the Oceania region with a jubilee match against his 1998 FIFA World Cup™ winning team at Stade Numa Daly, Noumea, New Caledonia on Saturday 31st May, 2008. Karembeu has served OFC with distinction both on and off the football pitch…

New Zealand’s U-17 women footballers broke new ground in Canberra on Thursday, clinching a series win over Australia with a second 4-0 demolition in three days. Backing up Tuesday’s victory by the same scoreline – the biggest win by New Zealand over Australia at any level – the Young Football Ferns became the first kiwi…

At last month’s OFC Women’s Olympic Football Qualifier between PNG and New Zealand, both countries joined together to promote a host of social responsibility messages aimed at the PNG communities. The match fell on International Women’s Day and the 3000 strong crowd were thoroughly engaged and entertained by an exciting match played out by two…

Two early second half goals by Jean Nako bumped Tafea FC up to first place in the Vanuatu Super 5 Series with a 3-0 win over Westtan Verts at the Port-Vila Municipal Stadium on Saturday Soaring hot conditions forced a slow tempo to the start of the match until Westtan Verts FC nearly opened the…