LAUTOKA RETAINS LEAD AFTER SINKING NAVUA

Lautoka has retained its lead in the New World National Football League in Fiji after they defeated Navua 2-1 on Saturday at Thompson Park. It was Navua’s first loss of the season and now drops them two points off the pace of first place Lautoka. Fiji Olympian Malakai Waqa opened the scoring for Lautoka and…

New Zealand’s media, sponsors, local government and football community came together with FIFA last week in an attempt to maximise the legacy left by the forthcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. All four host cities – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Hamilton – staged their own FIFA Com-Unity course as seminars were presented by the likes…

Fiji Under-23 Striker Roy Krishna’s absence will leave a big gap in the Vodafone Labasa strike force when they take on Ba in the Champion versus Champion match at Subrial Park on Saturday. Krishna – who had a relatively quiet Olympic play-off series last week – fly’s to New Zealand today to join up with…

The Super Nestle League Play-offs are very evenly poised after a first day which saw AS Magenta overcome Baco 4-0 and Mont Dore defeat Kirikitr 3-2. The rest of the matches have been deferred to Saturday March 22 due to heavy rain which made the remainder of the playoffs unplayable. Pictures below are from Hienghene…

HONIARA: Makuru are leading the DJ League Premier Division table and are the favorites to win the minor premiership title but will have to overcome a highly motivated Kossa side when the two teams meet on Thursday. Makura, coached by Silas Milikada, has been a regular performer in the DJ League and is eyeing the…

HAMILTON – Organisers of the FIFA U’17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand later this year are determined that the event will leave "a legacy" of increased playing numbers and profile for the code. These objectives were spelled out at a seminar hosted by the Local Organising Committee at Waikato Stadium yesterday. Fifa development officer…

AUCKLAND – Bryan Little returned from a six match injury layoff to send 10-man Auckland City to the head of the New Zealand Football Championship on Sunday, 24 hours after losing the lead to rivals Waitakere United. Playing his first game since the end of January, Little converted a 65th minute penalty, while Jakub Sinkora…

  LAUTOKA – New Zealand assured itself of top spot at the OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament with a comfortable 8-0 win over Cook Islands and ensured a double Olympic swoop after the Football Ferns defeated Papua New Guinea in the OFC Women’s Olympic Football Play-Off in Port Moresby yesterday.   The Oly-Whites cruised to…

LAUTOKA – Lautoka saved the best for last at the OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament as Solomon Islands and Fiji served up a five goal thriller. With New Zealand’s Olympic berth yet to be ratified by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) there was added pressure on both Fiji and Solomon Islands to finish as…

LAUTOKA – Entertainment, skill, excitement and energy have been Papua New Guinea’s buzz words at this tournament and Match Day 5 was to be no exception after George Cowie’s team handed Vanuatu a 7-2 defeat at Churchill Park today.   A hat-trick by Tau Winnie was the cornerstone of a performance that provided a master…