AFC VICE PRESIDENT VISITS OCEANIA HEADQUARTERS

The Vice President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) visited OFC headquarters in Auckland today, between bi-lateral meetings with the FIFA development office. Vernon Manilal Fernando is the VP of AFC, President of Sri Lankan Football, and a FIFA development officer in Sri Lanka, and took time to sit with New Zealand development officers Glenn…

AUCKLAND – Waitakere United will face its biggest test yet when it meets Iranian champions Sepahan in the FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final qualifier in the National Stadium in Tokyo. However United’s road to Japan began in late 2006 with a last minute inclusion in the 2007 OFC O-League competition following the withdrawal of Vanuatu’s…

AUCKLAND – Live coverage of Waitakere United’s FIFA Club World Cup – Japan 2007 qualification match with Sepahan is to be screened live from Tokyo National Stadium in New Zealand by Sky Television’s Sky Sports 1 on Friday 7th December 2007. Waitakere United – winners of the 2007 OFC O-League – will face the Iranian…

  TOKYO – For Commins Menapi, the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup not only provides the chance to boost his and Waitakere United’s profile, it also offers an opportunity to atone for a hugely disappointing recent failure in the international arena. It is only two months, after all, since the striker was part of a…

2007 Solomon Cup Women’s open update. Western and Malaita look the favourites to take out the Women’s Solomon Cup this year after both remaining unbeaten throughout pool play. Malaita are the only team in group B to score a goal and their two wins from two games set them apart from Makira and Temotu who…

Former All White and Waikato FC Skipper Che Bunce believes that Fiji are a sleeping giant of Oceania football. Bunce and former Waikato FC captain Matt Williams have just returned from Fiji where they spent a week as guest players for Navua in the Inter District Cup Competition. Although his side didn’t win the Cup…

HONIARA – Guadalcanal Hornet’s hopes of qualifying for the semifinals of the Our Telekom Cup were dashed today following East Honiara’s loss to cross town rivals West Honiara. Guadalcanal Hornets are on nine points following their 6-1 win over Avaiki Chiefs, but West Honiara’s win meant they join Central Shields, Malaita Eagles and Avaiki Chiefs…

TOKYO – You can still see the disappointment etched into the faces of the Sepahan players. Two-and-a-half weeks ago, the Iranians suffered a narrow defeat to Japanese side Urawa Reds in the AFC Champions League final, missing out on what would have been the greatest triumph in the club’s history. Despite that defeat, Sepahan still…

  PORT VILA – After causing a surprise just two weeks prior in the preliminary tournament of Port Vila and South Efate by eliminating Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) U-12 and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-12 Festival of Football champions St Joseph School, Abuanga has won the National Together Kids Final at Port Vila Municipal Stadium…

TOKYO – Waitakere United has settled into Tokyo ahead of Friday’s FIFC Club World Cup match against Sepahan (Iran) but Head Coach Chris Milicich has some unresolved issues – all of them good. Milicich says his squad understands and is capable of playing a number of different formations depending on the situation, now he and…