TAHITI ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL WITH FOUR GOAL HAUL

TAHITI 4 (HAUATA 31′, own goal 34′, BONNEFIN 47, Maima MARMOUYET 88′) SAMOA 0 Tahiti caused the biggest shock of the tournament when they dismantled host nation Samoa 4-0 in an exciting match before another big evening crowd. Tahiti were too slick for the host nation in a minor upset at J.S. Blatter Playing Fields in…

COOK ISLANDS 1 (HEWETT 42′) SOLOMON ISLANDS 1 (SAMANI 50′) Solomon Island goalkeeper Betty Sade could be forgiven for looking as if she had just had a brush with the supernatural after Cook Islands striker Teremoana Hewett scored a contender for goal of the tournament tonight in Apia. Both teams knew that anything less than a…

AMERICAN SAMOA 0 FIJI 3 (KURIKABA 45+3, MOCE 53, 72) Fiji continued their winning ways at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 today with a comfortable 3-0 win over a stout American Samoa at the J.S. Blatter Playing Fields in Apia, Samoa. Fiji – widely tipped to finish amongst the medallists in the…

TONGA 2 (LOTOAINU 47′, FEKE 87′) NEW CALEDONIA 0  Penateti Feke showed her class, pace and importance to Tongan women’s football this afternoon as she scored the decisive goal that sent Tonga into pole position in XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 Group B. Feke – who had a good tournament at the OFC Women’s…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) would firstly like to thank our worldwide audience for their passionate interest and patience in receiving ‘live updates’ broadcast directly from the Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Playing Fields in Apia, Samoa. OFC will again attempt to bring you action from today’s games in the women’s tournament as it happens, and thanks you in…

It was a day of goals, shock and drama at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 with surprise packets Tuvalu scoring a dramatic last gasp 1-1 draw with Tahiti. In Group B Samoa and Tonga served up a pulsating and passionate encounter as the near-neighbours fought an exciting battle that host-nation Samoa won…

SAMOA 2 (Faaiuaso 45’+1, Taylor 83′) TONGA 1 (Feao 53′)  Polynesian cousins Samoa and Tonga put on a show for the bumper crowd estimated at 2,500 at Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Playing Fields in Apia, Samoa in what has been widely described as the match of the tournament so far. Such was the intensity from the kick-off…

NEW CALEDONIA 3 (Iamel KABEU 36′, pen. 50′, 85′) COOK ISLANDS 0 New Caledonia sealed their place in the semi-finals today after a polished 3-0 win over Cook Islands at JS Blatter Playing Field in Apia this afternoon. Iamel Kabeu (pictured below) was in irrepressible form for the New Caledonians who turned in their most convincing…

AMERICAN SAMOA 0 VANUATU 15 (7. Moise POIDA 19’; 11. Etienne MERMER 24’; 45’, 45+1’, 68’; 13. Francois SAKAMA 43’, 79’, 91+’; 5. Andrew Chichirua 56′; 10. Suele SOROMON 62’, 81’, 84’, 86’,92+’;  8.Tom Phillip TOMAKE 72’)     Vanuatu was simply too fit, too fast and too strong for American Samoa as they cruised to a 15-0 victory in…

  TAHITI                  1 (Axel WILLIAMS 46′) TUVALU                1 (Viliamu SEKIFU 88′)   Tuvalu caused the upset of the day after they drew 1-1 with Tahiti at JS Blatter Playing Field in Apia, Samoa today. Tuvalu’s day got off on the wrong foot when skipper Petio Semaia missed an 8th minute penalty kick when he smashed…