MANU URA COACH SAYS TEAM MUST ADAPT –

AS Manu Ura coach Pita Teivitau will look to experienced campaigners Auguste Washetine and Billy Mataitai to help kick-start his club’s 2008 O-League campaign. The Tahitian club’s debut in OFC’s flagship club competition ended in a morale-busting 6-0 defeat to Colin Tuaa’s Auckland City FC. With Chris Milicich and his highly experienced Waitakere United awaiting…

BA – FIJI’S football champs Ba are all set to unleash its young talent when the side takes on Tafea FC from Vanuatu in the 2008 O League Group B clash at Govind Park on Wednesday night. The Men in Black will be without many of its key players and will depend on up-and-coming youngsters…

AS Manu Ura coach Pita Teivitau will not change his team’s approach to Wednesday’s 2008 O-League clash with Waitakere United despite the Tahitian’s 6-0 defeat to Auckland City FC in Saturday’s competition opener in Henderson. Manu Ura were a distant second to the Group A pace-setters after captain and first choice goalkeeper Daniel Tapeta was…

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has hailed an historic cooperation agreement sealed on Sunday by U-20 and U-17 Women’s World Cup hosts Chile andNew Zealand. For the first time in FIFA’s history – and in line with the new legacy approach for youth competitions – the two Local Organising Committees (LOC) of New Zealand and Chile sealed…

Solomon Islands champions Kossa FC drew 10,000 fans to their match with Vanuatu champions Tafea FC but had to settle for a 1-1 draw.  Former Auckland City FC striker Reginald Davani now starring for Kossa FC set up the opening goal for his new club after 61 minutes when he beat two defenders before setting…

Over 11,000 fans poured through the gates across the Oceania region to witness eight goals on Match Day 1 of the 2008 O-League competition in Auckland and Honiara.  Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) flagship club event proved a popular event last season but New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) title-holders Auckland City were the big winners romping…

2008 O-LEAGUE PREVIEW The second edition of the O-League gets underway this weekend with matches kicking off in two countries involving a team each from Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. OFC Media takes a closer look at the clubs and their squads that will contest the 2008 O-League competition as the race to…

The dream of a place at the FIFA Club World Cup – Japan 2008 will be foremost in the minds of fans as 2008 O-League kicks-off this weekend in New Zealand and the Solomon Islands. 2006/07 NZFC champions Auckland City play host to Tahiti’s Division Federale title holders, AS Manu Ura, at McLeod Road, Henderson,…

Tafea FC’s preparations for Saturday’s 2008 O-League opener against Kossa FC came unstuck after a 0-1 loss to Makuru  at Lawson Tama Stadium yesterday. Makuru midfielder, Alick Maemae, was on target with a first half strike that left the star-studded Tafea FC line-up stunned ahead of Saturday’s 2008 O-League match with Solomon Islands champion club….

  The Papua New Guinea National Soccer League (PNGNSL) and Telikom PNG has announced a sponsorship deal worth K80,000 for the forthcoming 2007 season which kicks-off on 3rd November. Telikom PNG is the largest telecomunication company in Papua New Guinea has secured naming rights to the second edition of the semi-professional competition following a major launch at the…