O-LEAGUE PREVIEW – WIN OR BUST FOR KOSSA FC

HONIARA – Kossa FC coach Jacob Moli says anything less than three points against Ba will be unacceptable in tommorrow’s Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League crunch game at Lawson Tama Stadium. Moli, speaking at Kossa’s final training run at the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) training academy said The Kossa FC coaching trio of Moli,…

HONIARA – Rangers FC ended its DJ Graphics League winless streak after a resounding 4-2 win over Walas at Lawson Tama Stadium at the weekend. Goals from Solomon Islands internationals Godwin Bebeu and David Taro propelled Rangers FC into 9th place on the table after months of languishing in bottom-place. Victory came as a welcome…

HONIARA – Jovita Qilamasala will create history as the first Solomon Islands Woman referee to officiate in a FIFA sanctioned competition.   The FIFA Refereeing Department nominated OFC women match officials in December 2007 and Oilamasala’s name was forwarded along with Fiji’s Finau Vulivuli (pictured below, second from right) and New Zealand’s Jacqueline Stephenson. Qilamasala and…

HONIARA – Enthusiasm and a passion to coach children are the qualities that distinguish Patrick and Caroline Miniti. The husband and wife team arrive at Penatina Sports Ground at 6:45am to set up miniature playing pitches for local children in Honiara.   It’s a good thing they like starting early because a crowd of almost…

The O-League pendulum today swung in favour of Waitakere United and Tafea FC, after both sides scored crucial victories in their title campaigns. Striker Allan Pearce scored the only goal of the match for Waitakere  in a fiercely contested 1-0 win at the Croatian Cultural Society in Henderson while Samson Obed provided the late dramatics…

PORT VILA – Tafea FC recorded its first OFC O-League victory of the season at Port Vila Stadium yesterday defeating Fiji champions Ba 2-1 in front of a 3,500 strong crowd in the Vanuatu capital. OFC presents images of the match courtesy of Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) Media Officer Harry Atisson.  The match officials emerge…

AUCKLAND -Waitakere United have taken the initiative in OFC O-League Group A after an Allan Pearce header sealed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Auckland City at McLeod Road, Henderson this afternoon. In a physical match it was Waitakere’s experienced hard-nosed approach that delivered maximum points in a result that leaves Auckland City needing nothing less…

PORT VILA -Tafea FC’s 2-1 win over Fiji champions Ba has blown OFC O-League Group B wide open after goals to Vanuatu internationals Jean Nako Naprapol and Samson Obed cancelled out a sensational strike from Avinesh Swamy. Ba’s heartache was compounded in the 52nd minute when Malakai Tiwa saw his penalty saved by veteran Tafea…

  HONIARA – As the saying goes – “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going” This was witnessed at DC Park on the third and final leg of the Bilikiki Road to France Cup League last Saturday as the Bilikiki Boys prepare for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Marseille 2008. The fans…

SUVA – FIJI U-23 coach Juan Carlos Buzzetti has put to rest speculation that New Zealand-based striker Osea Vakatalesau broke a training camp curfew before leaving the country to join up with his New Zealand club. Vakatalesau is the top contender to be named as the skipper of the Fiji Olympic Games football team which…