AUCKLAND CITY SIGN FORMER BARCELONA ACE

AUCKLAND – Auckland City Football Club has signed former FC Barcelona defender, Xavi Roca, for the upcoming New Zealand Football Championship.  Roca, 34, a former Spanish age-group international, has played professional football in his homeland for the past 14 years. He joined Barcelona as a twelve year old and spent eleven years with the Spanish…

HONIARA – Solomon Islands Katukatu and Koloale celebrated a unique Junior Cup success as visiting Port Moresby U-14 formed a warm bond with Solomon Islands football fans at the weekend. Port Moresby U-14 – in Honiara to compete in the Zome Cup and Junior Wantok Cup – turned in some heartening displays during the weekend…

SUVA – DEFENDING champion Labasa will still need a win over Ba in the Super Six decider this Saturday to retain the New World National Football League title despite beating Lautoka 2-0 at Churchill Park yesterday. Goals in each half to Fiji U-20 starlet Amani Makoi and utility Kushal Naicker secured the much needed match…

AUCKLAND – New Zealand finished their Four Nations U-20 World Cup warm-up tournament on a high with a 3-0 win over Mexico in Melipilla, Chile on Sunday (NZT). A goal from the golden-boot of fifteen-year-old Rosie White two minutes before halftime set the Junior Football Ferns on their way, while Grace Vincent and captain-on-the-day Ria…

AUCKLAND – A 79th minute goal from fifteen-year-old wunderkind Rosie White earned the Junior Football Ferns a 1-1 draw with North American champions Canada in the 4-Nations U-20 women’s football tournament in Melipilla, Chile on Friday (NZ time). At the end of a flowing move that swept down the length of New Zealand’s right hand…

NOUMEA – AS Lossi handed AS Mouli Sport a 7-2 thrashing to confirm its favourites tag for this season’s edition of the Super Ligue Challenge Cup. With AS Magenta winning a close match against arch rivals AS Mont Dore, 2-1, it sets up a South Pool showdown between Lossi and Magenta for a final spot…

TAHITI – Tahiti U-20’s second victory in succession was convincingly secured against a hapless JT side carved open in a blistering opening 25 minute period of play that will have rivals sitting up and taking notice. Resurgent AS Pirae was brought back to earth after squandering a 2-0 lead over title-contenders AS Dragon to draw…

PORT MORESBY – Kila Kila and Jubilee Secondary schools, Badiagwa and Gordon head will chase secondary school football glory when the four teams contest the Grand Final of the Boys’ and Girls’ National Capital District Secondary School Soccer League (NCDSSSL) competition in Port Moresby this week. Kila Kila and Jubilee will contest the NCDSSSL Boy’s…

HONIARA – The race for the DJ Premier League title heated up during the latest round of midweek matches with Koloale and Rangers the big movers. Table-toppers, Uncles FC, spurned a chance to break clear from the chasing pack after Judd Molea saw his penalty saved by Leon Lekezoto during their clubs 0-0 draw at…

AUCKLAND –Team Wellington will get an early chance to avenge last season’s 0-2 Grand Final loss to Waitakere United when they kick off the fifth New Zealand Football Championship against the reigning champions at Newtown Park on November 9. The rematch caps a mouth-watering opening weekend and mirrors last season’s opener which Wellington won 2-1…