KAREMBEU JUBILEE: RE-LIVE NOUMEA 2008!

NOUMEA – The memories of Christian Karembeu Jubilee Match, FIFA Goal Project Inauguration, OFC Extraordinary Congress and FIFA President visit are fading fast but www.oceaniafootball.com brings you a photo gallery of images that will provide a permanent momento of Federation Caledonienne de Football (FCF) and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) gala event. All Photos by Marc…

The Telikom National Club Championships are heating up in Honiara with and Makuru both scoring good wins obver the weekend.  Marist 2, Uncles 1 Two second half goals from National Under 23 players Gibson Hosea and Joachim Waroi ended Uncles two-match winning streak and threw wide open pool A. Marist needing a win going into this match…

The professional debut of Solomon Islander Benjamin Totori was the foremost feat achieved by islanders abroad in May, with the 22-year-old striker making a pair of appearances off the bench for his new club the Portland Timbers. The Timbers play in the United States’ second-tier football competition, the USL First Division, which also features representations…

A LAST minute $10,000 sign-on fee was among the records broken as Navua beat Labasa 1-0 to win its second FACT title over the weekend. Former Nadroga striker Epeli Saukuru, 19, was the hero as he nailed the winner for Southern Forest Navua in the 28th minute. Saukuru, hailed as the next super star of…

The evening of Sunday 1 June 2008 sees the largest women’s football event New Zealand has ever hosted make it’s much-anticipated arrival, with the lavish draw ceremony being held at Te Papa – New Zealand’s national museum. Once greeted by a traditional Maori ‘powhiri’ (welcome ceremony), dignitaries from all FIFA confederations congregated in the majestic Soundings Theatre…

NOUMEA – Football arouses such strong passions in fans all over the world and it is easy to forget that it is despite it all, only a game. For Auckland City striker Keryn Jordan there is no danger of any such confusion. The 34-year-old former South African international arrived in New Zealand less than 4…

NOUMEA – "I have only dreamed of a moment like this – it will live with me forever". Those were the words of Vanuatu international Moise Poida after playing the Karembeu Jubilee match at Stade Numa Daly last night playing against an array of superstars from the "Les Bleus" heroes of the FIFA World Cup…

"A memory that will last a lifetime, just an amazing experience." That is how Wellington Phoenix and All White striker Vaughn Coveny described his experiences in the Christian Karembeu Jubilee match last night at Stade Numa Daly in New Caledonia. Coveny was one of five players selected from Oceania to partake in the celebratory match against the World…

Flying Arrows Ba will represent Oceania at the Danon Nations Cup in France after defeating Auckland FC 2-0 in the final of the OFC Youth Festival at Stade Pentecost today. Original plans to play the top four matches as curtain raisers to the Christian Karembeu Jubilee match were scrapped after concerns were raised over the…

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter touched down in Noumea today for a whirlwind two day visit which will mark his first trip to New Caledonia. Blatters arrival coincided with the launch of the FIFA Goal Project in Paeta, the final of the OFC Youth Festival and the Christian Karembeu Jubilee match against the World Cup Winning France ’98 side….