DAY BELONGS TO FIJI AS MEN AND WOMEN KEEP 100% RECORDS

Fiji ruled the roost at the XIII South Pacific Games as both the men’s and women’s teams took top spot in their respective sections at J.S.Blatter Football Field in Apia, Samoa today. The men’s team put Tahiti to the sword 4-0 in clinical fashion to set up a final day showdown for group supremacy against…

  Osea Vakatalesau’s rich vein of form continued at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 with a brace that sent Fiji into semi-final ecstasy and condemned Tahiti to elimination. Fiji were always in the driving seat of this match as Tahiti struggled to contain the fluid and imaginative passing movement of a team…

  Papua New Guinea’s title of women’s gold medal favourites received an unexpected setback when Fiji scored an upset 1-0 win at Toleafoa J.S.Blatter Football Field in Apia today. Fiji withstood an almost total 90 minutes of sustained Papua New Guinea pressure only managing to get the ball forward on one or two occasions as…

  Solomon Islands sealed their semi-final berth thanks to an extravangant 60th minute backheel by youngster Godwin Bebeu that left Vanuatu in stunned silence in a pulsating encounter at Toleafoa J.S.Blatter Football Field in Apia this afternoon. The sheer audacity of Bebeu’s goal could not contrast more powerfully with the fact that Bebeu spent most the 2006-07 New Zealand Football…

  Cook Islands won their first match of the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 after accounting for fellow minnows Tuvalu 4-1 at Toleafoa J.S.Blatter Football Fields in Apia today. Cook Islands coach Tim Jerks – himself a former coach of Tuvalu – had predicted an open and even match and that is exactly what transpired as both teams…

  Tonga did the bare minimum required to win this match yet it will be American Samoa who will feel happier after signing off their and FIFA World Cup qualifying capaign by achieving their least worst defeat of the XIII South Pacific Games. This must’ve been the most enjoyable match of the tournament for American Samoa’s beleaguered young goalkeeper Jordan…

  Solomon Islands kept it’s XIII South Pacific Games semi-final hopes alive with a handy 3-0 win over bottom-placed American Samoa at Toleafoa J.S.Blatter Football Field in Apia, Samoa, this morning. Solomon Islands opened the scoring in the 13th minute when goalkeeper Betty Sade sent a punt upfield which bounced over the American Samoa defence allowing…

Tahiti and Tonga fought out an ill-tempered 0-0 draw at the XIII South Pacific Games Women’s Football Tournament this morning with referee Nelson Sogo handing out no less than six yellow cards – three to each team – in a dour fixture at Toleafoa J.S.Blatter Football Fields in Apia. Tonga went the closest to scoring…

The footballing side of the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 takes a much needed rest today, before screaming back into action on Saturday 1 September in a day where the fate of all 19 teams entered in the tournament could well be decided.   OFC NATIONS CUP QUALIFIERS The Men’s draw – which…

Tonga and Tahiti were the winners on Women’s Match Day 3 at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 in a day that saw one upset result and a contender for goal of the tournament. In Group A, Fiji accounted for a spirited American Samoa 3-0 thanks to two second half goals from Unaisi…