FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP – URAWA REDS DRAW 1-1 WITH SEPAHAN

Identification of Waitakere United’s opponents at the FIFA Club World Cup – Japan 2007 moved one step closer after Urawa Reds of Japan held Iranian side Sepahan to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Final played at Foolad Shahr Stadium on Wednesday evening. Waitakere United will face Sepahan…

HONIARA – Kidston Billy’s four-goal romp helped Uncles FC into second spot in the DJ Premier League table, displacing in-form Makuru FC in the process. Billy helped himself to two first half goals and another two in the second half to see his club cut Marist FC’s lead at the top of the table to just a single…

RIO DE JANEIRO – The day began with Mexico extending their surprise run in Rio with a 5-4 win over Spain. The Iberians had their noses in front for most of the game, but El Tri kept their composure and turned the match on its head in the final 12 minutes, indebted in the main…

  RIO DE JANEIRO – Suffering was the name of the game as Uruguay eked out a precious 3-2 victory against Japan to earn a place in quarter-finals of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2007. Waiting for them there are Nigeria. Seven seconds were all it took for the South Americans…

AUCKLAND – New Zealanders Peter O’Leary and Brent Best have been selected to officiate at December’s FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. Hamilton referee O’Leary, 35, and Dunedin assistant referee Best, 39, will join fellow A-League officials Mark Shield, Nathan Gibson and Ben Wilson in Japan where O-League champions Waitakere United face a December 7…

Auckland – The OFC Nations Cup 2008/2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Qualifier match between Vanuatu and New Zealand on November 17, 2007, at Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Vanuatu, will go ahead as planned following an inspection of the facility. OFC Head of Competitions Seamus Marten – on behalf of FIFA Security’s global security concept…

HONIARA – Marist FC has reclaimed pole position in the DJ League following a 2-0 win over KOSSA. The loss is a DJ League blow to KOSSA who are looking for a win to boost their flagging championship hopes with a core of players away with the Solomon Islands Beach Soccer team at the FIFA…

RIO DE JANEIRO – A super hat-trick from James Naka wasn’t enough after the Bilikiki Boys lost their final match at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by 6-3 to Mexico. Naka opened the scoring after just four minutes for the Solomon Islands but a storming comeback by Mexico saw Gustavo Rosales draw the ‘Aztecas’…

TAHITI – AS Aorai caused the upset of the day in Tahiti’s latest round of Division Federale matches after a 5-2 thumping of AS Pirae. AS Pirae made an awful start to the match and quickly found themselves trailing AS Aorai 2-0 at the break with very little going right for “les oranges”. Talismanic midfielder…

TAHITI – The draw for the last sixteen of the 2008 Coupe de Polynesie-Francaise has thrown down a raft of intriguing clashes with a host of Tahiti Division Federale clubs locked together for kick-off in early November. Most notable of all will be the clash between O-League representatives AS Manu Ura and Division Federale rivals…