LAUTOKA – New Zealand brushed aside Cook Islands by 8-0 and will now turn its attention to the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) to confirm its place at the XXIX Olympiad Men’s Football Tournament in Beijing. Cook Islands got eleven players behind the ball in an effort to finish this tournament as respectably as possible….
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LAUTOKA – Its the final match of the OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament and host nation Fiji prepare to face Solomon Islands in the battle for second place. New Zealand’s qualification for Beijing is dependent upon approval by New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) next week adding extra importance to this match in terms of final…
LAUTOKA – Welcome to the final round of matches on Oceania’s ‘Road to Beijing’. Match Day 5 will see minnows Cook Islands play New Zealand on a sweltering hot day in Lautoka. It is 35 degrees celsius and mostly clear skies with no hint of rain. Stu Jacobs team need just a point to confirm…
PORT MORESBY- New Zealand qualified for the Beijing Olympics today after seeing off a determined Papua New Guinea side 2-0 in front of a vivacious crowd at Port Moresby Rugby League Stadium. The result was inevitable according to New Zealand Coach John Herdman but the game told a different story as New Zealand struggled to…
PORT MORESBY – Welcome to the OFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Play-Off coming to you from Port Moresby Rugby League Stadium on this International Women’s Day (IWD). Its a hot day in Port Moresby where the temperature is expected to reach beyond a predicted high of 30 degrees celsius with clear blue sky. The humidity…
AUCKLAND – After breaking a long drought with three goals in their last two matches against Australia, the Football Ferns are expecting more to flow in Saturday’s one-off Olympic qualifier against Papua New Guinea. Thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast for Port Moresby along with temperatures up to 35 degrees Celsius but New Zealand coach…
PORT MORESBY – Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA), New Zealand Football (NZF) and EMTV will mark today’s OFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Playoff by celebrating International Women’s Day. EMTV has partnered with OFC to broadcast live coverage of the match between Papua New Guinea and New Zealand throughout Papua New…
PORT MORESBY – “We know we are going in as underdogs but our girls have the hearts to play and exceed expectations. Everyone is very excited.” Those were the words of Papua New Guinea coach Frank Yallop on the eve of the OFC Women’s Olympic Qualifier at Telikom Park, Port Moresby. The one-off match will…
LAUTOKA – Without a player like Osea Vakatalesau and Avinesh Suwamy – or even a coach – a team could hardly be expected to turn out a convincing performance. Yet that’s what Fiji managed after it defeated VanuatuChurchill Park this evening. 2-0 at It was the best show yet from the host nation and it…