NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC SIDE READY FOR FIJI CHALLENGE

AUCKLAND – New Zealand coach Stu Jacobs is comfortable his side have done all they can to be ready for their opening Beijing Olympic Games men’s football qualifier on Saturday. Jacobs’ U-23 ‘Oly-Whites’ face a difficult assignment against Oceania qualifying tournament hosts Fiji at Lautoka’s Churchill Park at 2pm local time (3pm NZT). Scheduled for…

Kossa FC went to the top of Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League Group B after it defeated Ba 2-0 in front of a crowd of 12,000 at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara today. An own goal by Malakai Kainihewe after 7 minutes and a second from Solomon Islands international and FIFA Beach Soccer hero James…

HONIARA – Kossa lead Ba by two goals to nil in front of a crowd of 11,000 with just a few minutes remaining at Lawson Tama Stadium. At least three or four thousand fans are watching the match from outside the stadium from surrounding trees and hillside desperate to hear news of the match. James…

PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s preparations for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Men’s Olympic Football Tournament concluded with a 7-0 thrashing of Yatel FC.   The morale-boosting victory was just the lift Philemon John’s team was searching for ahead of the tournament’s first match against Cook Islands at Churchill Park, Lautoka, on March 1st.   Yatel…

Lautoka has taken the early lead in the New World National Football League with a resounding 8-1 victory over Nadroga in the opening round over the weekend. The Blues could have had more goals, but their marksmen were not sharp enough in front of goal. Nadroga – who played in the Promotion/Relegation last season –…

The Papua New Guinea Men’s Olympic side is all in high spirits and excited for next week’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Fiji. The side leaves for Lautoka on Sunday 24th  February and national team coach George Cowie said that his side is ready to meet the competition and that they are well prepared. “I do…

PORT VILA – The Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) and Air Vanuatu Limited have signed a partnership agreement last week during a Vanuatu Football Federation executive meeting at the Chantillys on the Bay Hotel in Port Vila. This partnership agreement is for Air Vanuatu to give special airfares to all staff of the Vanuatu Football Federation…

NOUMEA – The draw for the Coupe de Nouvelle Caledonie quarter finals has been made with the favourites avoiding each other.   Last season’s beaten finalists AS Mont Dore will face bottom-placed Super Ligue Nestle club FC Gaitcha at Stade Numa Daly in what at first glance looks a formality for ‘les rouge’.   FC…

SUVA – THE Vodafone Ba soccer side faces an uphill battle in its bid to qualify for the final of the OFC O-League when it plays Kossa FC in the Solomon Islands today. Following its 2-1 loss against Tafea Football Club of Vanuatu on Wednesday last week, Ba will have to win the match and…

HONIARA – Ba coach Yogendra Dutt says he expects an exciting technical battle of wits in tomorrow’s Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League clash against Solomon Islands champions Kossa FC at Lawson Tama Stadium. Dutt – whose team lost 2-1 to Tafea FC last week – says Ba passed up several gilt-edged opportunities to have won…