HONIARA – Kossa clinched a 4-1 victory against Naha FC in their final game of the Honiara DJ League on Tuesday at Lawson Tama. The victory kept them in contention for a place in the proposed ‘Super 8 Challenge’ set to kick off after the DJ league ends. Kossa started well with Captain Gideon Omokirio…
AUCKLAND – Benjamin Totori enjoyed a double celebration after his club Waitakere United went top of the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) following its third consecutive derby win over bitter rivals Auckland City FC at Trusts Stadium on the weekend. Not only did the Solomon Islands and Waitakere United goal-getter see his club side assume…
OFC Head of Women’s Football Connie Selby has been on a mission. Over the past three weeks she has been deployed by OFC and FIFA in Papua New Guinea and Tonga with the aim of promoting Women’s Football and developing an understanding of how the game works among the coaches in the local areas. Selby…
It is a very busy time of year for the top male footballers in Oceania. The region’s top U23 players have been involved with the recent OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament in Fiji, the O-League is in full swing with OFC’s top six teams battling it out throughout five different countries and the domestic leagues…
AUCKLAND – Auckland City’s grip on the New Zealand Football Championship trophy loosened on Sunday as Waitakere United confirmed the shift in domestic football power up the north-western motorway. A 19th minute Allan Pearce goal proved the difference on Waitakere’s return to their impressively remodeled Trusts Stadium home in Henderson. The 1-0 win was Waitakere’s…
HONIARA – Makuru maintained its stanglehold on the DJ soccer league following its 3-1 win over Kossa in the top of the table clash at Lawson Tama on Thursday last week. Two goals from former international Batram Suri and one from George Aba gave them all three points and put them in the favorites seat to…
Fiji striker Pita Bolaitoga’s lone goal handed Labasa a 1-0 win over champions Ba in the first leg of the Champion versus Champion series at Subrial Park on Saturday. Labasa took advantage of a red card to Ba defender Malakai Kainihewe and made the most of their one man advantage when Bolaitoga hit the back…
HONIARA – Solomon Islands beach soccer bosses have opted for experience after naming seventeen players in its train-on squad for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Marseille 2008. Samson Takayama, Gideon Omokirio, Fred Hale, Eddie Ngaitin, Joe Luwi, Gibson Hosea, John Morgan, Junior Eke, George Kwanai and James Naka form a solid core of…
PAGO PAGO – The Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) Futsal Kids programme kicked off on Saturday morning with over 100 youngsters attending two venues at Kanana Fou and Pago Park. Over 100 boys and girls from age 6 to 13 were part of the FFAS Development Programme Futsal Kids and enjoyed the opportunity to learn…
Lautoka has retained its lead in the New World National Football League in Fiji after they defeated Navua 2-1 on Saturday at Thompson Park. It was Navua’s first loss of the season and now drops them two points off the pace of first place Lautoka. Fiji Olympian Malakai Waqa opened the scoring for Lautoka and…