SOLOMON ISLAND BILIKIKI BOYS TO FACE BRAZIL!

  Airton Andrioli and his Bilikiki Boys have been set a dream date with world champions Brazil at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Rio de Janeiro 2007 after the official draw at the Palm Beach Hotel in Marseilles. Russia will face off against Mexico in the official opening match of the third edition of…

Fiji have started their South Pacific Games Women’s Football Tournament with a resounding 4-1 victory over Cook Islands at Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Football Fields in Apia, Samoa. Cook Islands gave a fair account of themselves against a Fiji side peppered with talent and verve and did well to hold Fiji for long periods of the match….

  Match Day 1 at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 got off to a flying start with goals galore the order of the day at J.S.Blatter Playing Field in Apia. New Caledonia was the big winners though despite the slender 1-0 victory over French rivals Tahiti. A 9th minute penalty from Pierre…

  Vanuatu have spoiled the Samoan party atmosphere at the XIII South Pacific Games with a 4-0 drubbing of host nation Samoa. The victory puts Vanuatu in second place behind Solomon Islands – 12-1 victors over American Samoa earlier today. Coach Robert Calvo was delighted with the strong performance against a well-drilled Samoa side but…

  Solomon Islands romped home to victory in their opening match at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 smacking twelve goals past the hapless American Samoa at J.S. Blatter Playing Field in Apia today. Commins Menapi (pictured below) was chief destroyer with 4 goals in what he described as “a good afternoon out”. Benjamin…

  New Caledonia has won through in the battle for French-supremacy in Oceania thanks to a 9th minute penalty from talismanic midfield man Pierre Wajoka. Wajoka’s cool finish under pressure gave New Caledonia the upper-hand in a physical encounter with Tahiti unable to breakdown a strong defensive showing led by Marc Ounemoa. Tahiti’s struggle to…

The XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 kicks off at J.S.Blatter Playing Field in Apia, Samoa today with two women’s fixtures opening the event.   Match One will see red-hot medal favourite Papua New Guinea take on fresh-faced American Samoa – the first time American Samoa has fielded a women’s team on the international stage….

  The XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 will get off to an explosive start when French-speaking rivals New Caledonia and Tahiti collide in a match that could ultimately decide which team qualifies for the semi-finals. New Caledonia will be battle-hardened after a four-match tour of Australia that included a 5-0 defeat against Hyundai A-League…

  “Nothing – no idea. The South Pacific Games will be the first time we have played Papua New Guinea…we don’t really know what to expect” was the pre-match assessment for the tournament opener from the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS) Development Manager and women’s coach Tunoa Lui. The American Samoans have arrived in Apia with a squad…

  The tropical island paradise of Fiji may not seem a conventional starting point for an international referee with a FIFA World Cup Final in their sights – but this is where Finau Vulivuli bases her pursuit of that universal dream. After representing her country in FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments, and the 2003 South…