SEMI FINALISTS FOUND IN MARSEILLE

Italy-Spain; Portugal-Brazil. These were the Marseille 2008 semi-finals that were set today when the aforementioned quartet eliminated France, Argentina, Uruguay and Russia respectively. Oceaniafootball.com reflects on quarter-final day on Prado beach. The big match Brazil 6-4 Russia Goals – Buru, Bruno, Daniel (3), Benjamin for Brazil; Egor Shaykov (2), Dmitry Shishin, Ilya Leonov for Russia It was…

Exciting strikes by some of the region’s most prolific goal scorers kept the 11,000 strong crowd warm on a chilly Laucala evening at the Battle of the Giants tournament in Fiji yesterday.. First it was Solomon Islands ace Commins Menapi, who struck twice for Navua to break the hearts of Rewa fans with a 3-0 drubbing….

AUCKLAND – A late first half goal from Jeremy Brockie spearheaded a New Zealand fightback but it wasn’t enough for the Thai Airways Oly-Whites who went down 1-2 to the Indonesian national team in Jakarta on Thursday night. New Zealand’s U-23 side fell behind to their senior opposition after just 12 minutes when Firman Utina…

Pundits have tipped the Vodafone Ba soccer side to reign supreme at the Battle of the Giants, which starts at the National Stadium today. This is despite the defending champions having already lost the Champion versus Champion and the Fiji FACT titles earlier this year. Based on form the Men in Black are still favoured…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns have struck goal scoring form in their penultimate pre-Olympic hit-out, winning 14-0 against Singapore in the city-state on Wednesday night. Strikers Amber Hearn, Emma Kete and Renee Leota all scored their first international hat tricks with Hearn and Kete finding the back of the net four times. Midfielders Kirsty Yallop…

FIJI- After the completion of the first round of games at the FMF/Blue Gas Battle of the Giants tournament, Vodafone Labasa, Shop and Save Lautoka and Southern Forest Navua have set the pace. Labasa beat Nasinu 3-0, with a brace from Samuela Kautoga and one strike from Waitakere United striker, Roy Krishna. Veteran marksman, Salesh…

Solomon Islands bowed out of Marseille 2008 in style by beating El Salvador 6-3 in the battle for third place in Group B. James Naka headlined the victory, scoring four goals to take his tournament tally to eight. Naka opened the scoring in the early stages, and he doubled his side’s lead 13 seconds after…

It takes a lot to wipe the smile from the face of Solomon Islands goal-getter James Naka, and even in the wake of the Bilikiki Boys’ 13-4 defeat by Portugal on Matchday 3 of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2008, the striker was accentuating the positive. The Kossa FC player underlined his international scoring credentials by notching…

AUCKLAND – For the second time in five days, the Football Ferns have lost a match they dominated against Olympic hosts China, going down 0-1 in Qinhuangdao in the early hours of Monday morning (NZ time). In a frenetic first five minutes, China repelled two early efforts from a New Zealand attacking corner before Han…

The Bilikiki Boys were overwhelmed 13-4 by Portugal in their second match of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille yesterday. James Naka scored a second half hatrick for the Solomon Island team but it was not enough to come back from a five goal deificit against a classy Portugal side. The loss effectively…