OFC – WOMEN GEAR UP FOR MEDAL CHASE

This year’s South Pacific Games will feature a women’s football tournament for just the second occasion in the history of the games featuring nine teams instead of the seven that comprised Fiji2003. Papua New Guinea will be heavily favoured to win gold for the second consecutive tournament and progress to the Olympic Games playoff against…

OCEANIA Football Confederation (OFC) technical director Jim Selby has introduced the new “Just Play” program to the Education Department. On Monday, Selby met officers from the Education Department with a proposal to install the new concept as part of the syllabus within the Papua New Guinea school system. The OFC has already started the new…

The tsunami that hit areas around Gizo in the Solomon Islands on the morning of 2 April 2007 literally sent shockwaves around the region. The disaster left more than 50 dead and thousands homeless.Disaster relief and rehabilitation continues to the present time in the area. To raise funds for disaster relief and rehabilitation in the…

Former Glasgow Celtic and Scotland goalkeeper Jonathan Gould has named a youthful New Zealand combination for the Football for Life matches in Fiji. With 13 of the 17 players named in the squad today under 23-years-old, many of Gould’s side will provide the backbone for the New Zealand U-23 side that begins its qualifying campaign…

Solomon Islands preparation for the XIII South Pacific Games football tournament may have continued in a winning vein but concerns are being raised with the less than convincing quality ofperformances. Solomon Islands defeated their U-23 counterparts – Solympic team – 3-0 but turned in an inspid display in front of fans at Lawson Tama Stadium….

Auckland City and AS Manu Ura will kick-off the 2007/2008 Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League at Kiwitea Street October 27, 2007, at Kiwitea Street. The match signals the start of O-League action around the South Pacific with defending champions Waitakere United hosting AS Manu Ura at Trusts Stadium just four days later. In Melanesia, the…

Austria will face Czech Republic in a do-or-die semi-final few would have predicted prior to the FIFA U-20 World Cup – Canada 2007. Spain, Brazil, USA and Congo have fallen by the wayside as the tournament surprise packets Austria and Czech Republic have surged toward today´s clash at Edmonton. For up-to-date news on all the…

Tuvalu will begin it´s preparations for the XIII South Pacific Games (SPG)in Samoa with a three match tour of Fiji after more than four years without competition. The tiny island nation of Tuvalu – an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) – will meet Rewa at Ratu Cakobau Park in Nausori in their…

It has been a season that has yielded unparallelled domestic successes as well as an uninterrupted run to this year´s O-League Final. Ba´s domination of Fiji´s club football scene has been almost absolute with the ´Men in Black´ on the verge of sealing the Fiji National League title and the mouthwatering prospect of O-Leaguefootball. Ba…

The semi-finalists at the FIFA U-20 World Cup – Canada 2007 have been found with surprise packets Austria, Czech Republic joining Chile and tournament heavyweights and five-times champions Argentinain the last four. Austria will face Czech Republic in Edmonton on Wednesday 18 July with over 23,000 tickets already sold. Toronto´s National Soccer Stadium is expected…