FIJIAN INTER-DISTRICT CUP KICKS-OFF

SUVA – Suva’s Alvin Prasad scored a classic goal as the hosts beat Nadi 1-0 at the 69th Courts Homecentres Inter District Competition (IDC)at the Post Fiji Stadium last night. Prasad curled in a wicked shot which Nadi and Fiji international goalkeeper Ben Amino failed to judge and it sailed past him into the goal….

TAHITI – The Oceania Football Confoederation (OFC) Television Seminar concluded at the Radisson Hotel with Solomon Islands and Vanuatu member associations and television stations named in a pilot project designed to train and upskill local people to film domestic football in what is a first for OFC. OFC President/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii was joined by…

HONIARA – West Honiara is back to winning ways after recording two wins so far in Our Telekom Cup competition. Their win today over Central Shields put them back in contention for the playoffs following their loss to Guadalcanal Hornet in their opening match on Saturday. The goals were scored in either half of their…

TAHITI – FIFA World Cup winner Christian Karembeu has committed himself to promoting football in Oceania since retiring as a player in 2005. Karembeu was joined by France’98 team-mate Lionel Charbonnier at the Radisson Hotel in Tahiti to talk about the prospect of the 1998 world champions reconvening in Oceania in six months time for…

HONIARA – The SIFF women’s national soccer competition entered its second day yesterday with Malaita and Western winning their matches respectively. Malaita had to dig deep to earn their win against a stubborn Makira outfit. Rising teenage star Layda Samani scored her first goal just before halftime in the 39th minute to give her team…

MAKIRA – Ulawa (Our Kakamora) coach, George Harisimae was disappointed with his side despite winning 1-0 over Frigates in the Telekom Cup yesterday at Lawson Tama. It was one of the poorest performances displayed by the Makira Ulawa in Pool B since their 3-1 victory over Central Honiara last Saturday. “I am not really happy…

TAHITI – Former France international players Lionel Charbonnier and Christian Karembeu will star alongside their 1998 FIFA World Cup winning team-mates at least two more times when the team plays two friendly matches in Tahiti and New Caledonia in May 2008. Charbonnier and Karembeu joined OFC President/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii at a press conference at…

AUCKLAND – The New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) has provided and exciting and entertaining opening four weeks with 92 goals coming from the opening 16 games. Team Wellington have come storming out of the gate winning their first four games, including an early upset over OFC champions Waitakere United.  After only winning seven games last…

AUCKLAND – Waitakere United Chairman Rex Dawkins says that the FIFA Club World Cup – Japan 2007 will be a fillip for football in Auckland’s western suburbs after years in the doldrums. Dawkins – who has been at the vanguard of the Waitakere United revival that saw the NZFC franchise claim its first ever OFC…

HONIARA  – Guadalcanal and Malaita football teams held a reconciliation ceremony prior to their match this week.   The two teams agreed to reconcile – by renouncing violence and agreeing to live in peace and harmony with each other in a moving moment organized by SIFF.   Guadalcanal Football Association president Patrick Miniti and his…