YOUNG FERNS TO FACE GERMANY

AUCKLAND –  Paul Temple’s Young Football Ferns will face Germany in their first match of the ‘Future Stars’ tournament at North Harbour Stadium on January 29. New Zealand have then drawn USA on January 31 before finishing the round-robin tournament against trans-Tasman rivals Australia on February 2. The tournament continues the Young Ferns build-up to…

Fijian soccer fans will be given a voice in this year’s ‘Popular Footballer of the Year’ award to be presented at the Fiji FA/Air pacific Annual Awards night on January 26. Fiji FA Executive Officer Bob Kumar said he is expecting the public to be vocal about their nominees like last year. The ‘Popular Footballer…

  TAHITI – Federation Tahitienne de Football (FTF) will kick-off 2008 with a youthful flavour with two grassroots development programmes kicking into life this Saturday in seperate parts of French-Polynesia. In Mahina over twenty seven football clubs will be represented by their junior members as coaches run a series of fun-orientated technical training sessions and…

NOUMEA – The championship credentials of AS Mont Dore and JS Baco will be firmly in the spotlight at Stade Pomemie as the pursuit of runaway Super Ligue leaders AS Magenta continues this Saturday in Noumea. So far the Nouvelles Caledoniennes Super Ligue has been a one horse race with AS Magenta accelerating away from…

Oceania Football Confederation has released the draw for the OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament 2008 and it pits OFC heavyweights New Zealand against hosts Fiji in the opening round. The tournament will run from March 1- 9 and the winner of the six team competition will earn a spot at the Olympic Football Tournament in…

SUVA – With the rain teeming down and squad preparation adversely affected the Fiji Football Association (FFA) has reluctantly postponed the Women’s Inter District Cup (IDC) tournament that was set to kick-off at Govind Park, Ba, on Friday. FFA CEO Bob Kumar confirmed the decision yesterday in a statement to local media and said the…

Gifted Nadi defender Inoke Nakacia Bativunilagi is set to make a career comeback at the age of 27 and has his sights set on a national team jumper. Nakacia, a former Lautoka rep has been out of top level football for a while but has made an impressive return amongst the local competition. Last month…

LAUTOKA –  Defending National Club champions General Machinery United qualified to defend its title after topping the Lautoka league yesterday. The side also created history as the first team from the Sugar City competition to win the local league for the fourth year in a row.   The side beat arch-rivals Lautoka General 3-1 in…

PORT MORESBY; A virtuoso performance from ace striker Kema Jack has sparked listless HEKARI United FC into life in the PNGFA Telikom NSL Cup after Jack – the man from Kaparoko village in the Central Province – opened rattled off a career-best four goals to help beat Madang Fox 5-1. Jack, who won the PNGFA…

Team Wellington were the big winners in the first round of the NZFC in 2008 after slamming home eight unanswered goals against a very generous Youngheart Manawatu defence at FMG stadium in Palmerston North on Sunday. After being stung by a humbling 5-1 defeat to Waitakere in their last game, Team Wellington wasted no time…