MAKURU STUN KOSSA TO MAINTAIN THEIR GRIP ON DJ LEAGUE

HONIARA – Makuru maintained its stanglehold on the DJ soccer league following its 3-1 win over Kossa in the top of the table clash at Lawson Tama on Thursday last week. Two goals from former international Batram Suri and one from George Aba gave them all three points and put them in the favorites seat to…

Fiji striker Pita Bolaitoga’s lone goal handed Labasa a 1-0 win over champions Ba in the first leg of the Champion versus Champion series at Subrial Park on Saturday. Labasa took advantage of a red card to Ba defender Malakai Kainihewe and made the most of their one man advantage when Bolaitoga hit the back…

HONIARA – Solomon Islands beach soccer bosses have opted for experience after naming seventeen players in its train-on squad for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Marseille 2008. Samson Takayama, Gideon Omokirio, Fred Hale, Eddie Ngaitin, Joe Luwi, Gibson Hosea, John Morgan, Junior Eke, George Kwanai and James Naka form a solid core of…

PAGO PAGO – The Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) Futsal Kids programme kicked off on Saturday morning with over 100 youngsters attending two venues at Kanana Fou and Pago Park. Over 100 boys and girls from age 6 to 13 were part of the FFAS Development Programme Futsal Kids and enjoyed the opportunity to learn…

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…