NEW ZEALAND GET OLYMPIC GREEN LIGHT

AUCKLAND – With their places in Beijing ratified by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), the Oly-Whites and Football Ferns now face a more exciting wait to find out who they will be playing. The official draw takes place in Beijing on April 20 for both the 16 team men’s 12-team women’s football tournaments. Having…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League match between As Manu Ura and Auckland City in Tahiti on Saturday night will have an effect on all three teams in Group A. Auckland will be desperate for a win to stay in contention with group leaders Waitakere United who leads the table by four points. They will…

AUCKLAND – The Young Football Ferns’ preparation for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup moves offshore with a three-match tour to Australia in April. World Cup hosts New Zealand continue their build-up for the October 28 – November 16 tournament with two games against their Australian U-17 equivalents and a daunting final assignment against…

AUCKLAND – Wellington has been selected to host the Official Draw for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on June 1 at New Zealand’s renowned national museum Te Papa. The glittering event is expected to attract high profile attendees from some of FIFA’s 208 Member Associations who will have attended the 58th FIFA Congress…

A place in the O-League final is still up for grabs in group B after Tafea FC and Kossa FC battled their way to a 1-1 draw at Port Vila Municipal Stadium in Vanuatu. The result means Tafea cannot progress through to the final but gives a lifeline to Fijian champions Ba who will play…

PORT VILA – Live radio coverage of Tafea FC vs Kossa FC is available at www.fm107vanuatu.com via the internet. For further details of how you can listen to the commentary in bislama language visit the FM 107 Radio Vanuatu website. For a simple method just select FM107 in the ‘Listen To FM107 Now’ box at…

PORT VILA – Tafea FC and Kossa FC face a do-or-die OFC O-League clash at Port Vila Municipal Stadium this afternoon as the host club seeks to win a place in it’s second ever OFC Club final. Victory for the Robert Calvo-coached Tafea FC will all but guarantee a finals berth with one match left…

PORT VILA – Tafea FC and Kossa FC face an OFC O-League Group B crunch match in little under half-an-hour with defeat for either side almost certainly spelling elimination from this season’s competition. The first match between these two clubs ended 1-1 at Lawson Tama Stadium but since then both clubs have gone on to…

FIFA referee instructor Massimo Raveino is determined to create a more organised, professional approach to refereeing in OFC. Raveino has recently returned from a busy workload at the OFC Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Fiji where he was in charge of the team of eight referees and 10 Assistant referees who officiated the Olympic qualifiers but noted…

PORT MORESBY – Glamour Papua New Guinea club Hekari United FC has made it two-titles-in-a-row and thrown itself an OFC O-League chance after it defeated Gelle Hills 3-2 in the PNGFA NSL Telikom Cup Final at the weekend. Hekari’s victory meant a 54,000 kina payday for the club and a possible shot at the 2008/09…