2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA™ – VANUATU MAKE THREE CHANGES FOR NOUMEA

  PORT VILA – Only three changes will be made to the Vanuatu national team for Saturday’s crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifier/OFC Nations Cup 2008 return match against New Caledonia in Noumea. Fredy Vava, Chikau Mansale and Jacques Yaput all return for Robert Calvo’s team as Vanuatu goes in search of its…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns are aiming to shake the hangover of Monday’s history-making Peace Queen Cup win over Argentina by claiming the scalp of world number nine Canada in Suwon on Wednesday. A confidence boosting but energy sapping 1-0 win over the South American champions – their first outside Oceania since 1993 – kept…

SUVA – Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) FUTSAL golden boot winner Kamal Hassan has been signed by Suva Soccer team to feature for the Whites in the new window which came into effect today. The former Rewa striker had taken the FUTSAL Championships which ended in the weekend by storm and scored 14 goals for Fiji…

AUCKLAND – The New Zealand Football Ferns gave their Olympic preparation a timely boost, and kept their hopes of making the Peace Queen Cup final alive with an historic 1-0 win over South American champions Argentina in Suwon, Korea on Monday night. Former Arsenal striker Amber Hearn got the only goal of the game –…

NOUMEA – Federation Caledonienne de Football (FCF) officials have congratulated the sixteen young referees that officiated at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Youth Festival (of Football) at Stade Pentecost in May/June. The tournament brought together together twenty teams in the under 12 age bracket, six from New Caledonia and fourteen from amongst New Zealand, Tahiti,…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns head into a Peace Queen Cup showdown in Suwon against Argentina on Monday night (NZT) ready to weather a South American storm and keep their hopes of a finals place alive. New Zealand lost 2-1 to Korea in the opening game of the tournament while Argentina sit bottom of the…

AUCKLAND – A two-minute burst of quicksilver Korean counter-attacking snatched a 2-1 win from under the noses of the Football Ferns in their Peace Queen Cup opener in Suwon on Saturday night (NZT). New Zealand led 1-0 at halftime thanks to Kirsty Yallop’s 13th minute goal but Kwon Hah-Nul and Park Hee-Young put the finishing…

PORT VILA – Vanuatu and New Caledonia fought out a 1-1 stalemate in Port Vila at the weekend as both nations sought to bolster their respective 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™/OFC Nations Cup 2008 campaigns. The draw preserved New Caledonia’s unbeaten record but heaps pressure on coach Didier Chambaron and his team with two…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ resumed today with a 1-1 draw between South Pacific Games champions New Caledonia and hosts Vanuatu in Port Vila. After a goalless first half, the Caledonians opened the scoring in the 75th minute through their striker Ramon Djamali, but the home…

The Solomon Islands will represent the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil in September after winning the OFC/Vodafone Futsal Championship in Suva tonight. The Solomon’s only needed three points from their final game against Tuvalu after Tahiti defeated Vanuatu 2-1 in the opening game of the day. They finished…