COUPE DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE DRAW MADE

NOUMEA – The draw for the Coupe de Nouvelle Caledonie quarter finals has been made with the favourites avoiding each other.   Last season’s beaten finalists AS Mont Dore will face bottom-placed Super Ligue Nestle club FC Gaitcha at Stade Numa Daly in what at first glance looks a formality for ‘les rouge’.   FC…

SUVA – THE Vodafone Ba soccer side faces an uphill battle in its bid to qualify for the final of the OFC O-League when it plays Kossa FC in the Solomon Islands today. Following its 2-1 loss against Tafea Football Club of Vanuatu on Wednesday last week, Ba will have to win the match and…

HONIARA – Ba coach Yogendra Dutt says he expects an exciting technical battle of wits in tomorrow’s Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League clash against Solomon Islands champions Kossa FC at Lawson Tama Stadium. Dutt – whose team lost 2-1 to Tafea FC last week – says Ba passed up several gilt-edged opportunities to have won…

HONIARA – Kossa FC coach Jacob Moli says anything less than three points against Ba will be unacceptable in tommorrow’s Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League crunch game at Lawson Tama Stadium. Moli, speaking at Kossa’s final training run at the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) training academy said The Kossa FC coaching trio of Moli,…

HONIARA – Rangers FC ended its DJ Graphics League winless streak after a resounding 4-2 win over Walas at Lawson Tama Stadium at the weekend. Goals from Solomon Islands internationals Godwin Bebeu and David Taro propelled Rangers FC into 9th place on the table after months of languishing in bottom-place. Victory came as a welcome…

HONIARA – Jovita Qilamasala will create history as the first Solomon Islands Woman referee to officiate in a FIFA sanctioned competition.   The FIFA Refereeing Department nominated OFC women match officials in December 2007 and Oilamasala’s name was forwarded along with Fiji’s Finau Vulivuli (pictured below, second from right) and New Zealand’s Jacqueline Stephenson. Qilamasala and…

HONIARA – Enthusiasm and a passion to coach children are the qualities that distinguish Patrick and Caroline Miniti. The husband and wife team arrive at Penatina Sports Ground at 6:45am to set up miniature playing pitches for local children in Honiara.   It’s a good thing they like starting early because a crowd of almost…

The O-League pendulum today swung in favour of Waitakere United and Tafea FC, after both sides scored crucial victories in their title campaigns. Striker Allan Pearce scored the only goal of the match for Waitakere  in a fiercely contested 1-0 win at the Croatian Cultural Society in Henderson while Samson Obed provided the late dramatics…

PORT VILA – Tafea FC recorded its first OFC O-League victory of the season at Port Vila Stadium yesterday defeating Fiji champions Ba 2-1 in front of a 3,500 strong crowd in the Vanuatu capital. OFC presents images of the match courtesy of Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) Media Officer Harry Atisson.  The match officials emerge…

AUCKLAND -Waitakere United have taken the initiative in OFC O-League Group A after an Allan Pearce header sealed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Auckland City at McLeod Road, Henderson this afternoon. In a physical match it was Waitakere’s experienced hard-nosed approach that delivered maximum points in a result that leaves Auckland City needing nothing less…