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AUCKLAND – Four All Whites have been named but New Zealand has been robbed of promising Sunderland FC defender Jack Pelter in a blow to their bid for a place at the Beijing Olympic Games. Injury has cruelly ruled Pelter and his Junior All Whites (U-20) team-mate Nick Roydhouse out of the March 1-9 Oceania…

PARIS – OFC President/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii and FIFA World Cup winner Christian Karembeu  were received by the Secretary of State  to the French Overseas Territories Mr. Christian Estrosi in Paris on Wednesday. Temarii and Karembeu were in Paris to meet with French Government officials to discuss the  importance of football in developing education and…

NOUMEA – AS Magenta’s aspirations of claiming a rare Super Ligue Nestle and Coupe de Nouvelle Caledonie double were never in danger after Pierre Wajoka’s men cruised into the quarter finals of the cup after a 9-0 drubbing of JS Mare last night.    After finishing its Super Ligue Nestle season with a shock 1-0…

TAHITI – Former Division Federale and OFC O-League representatives AS Temanava have been expelled from the 2007/08 Coupe de Polynesie following a decision executed by Federation Tahitienne de Football (FTF) this week. AS Temanava defeated fellow Division Federale rivals Central Sport in the semi-final of this season’s cup competition but fielded an ineligible player Steevy…

TAHITI – A virtuoso performance and thrilling hat-trick from Tahiti beach soccer international Teva Zaveroni was enough to give his club TAC a much needed 4-2 Division Federale victory over AS Aorai at Stade Pater at the weekend. Zaveroni helped himself to three sublime goals and laid on his team’s fourth scored by Garry Rochette….

Waitakere United Coach Chris Milicich said his side will change nothing in the approach to their O-League clash with AS Manu Ura in Tahiti on Friday (Sat – NZT), after beating the Division Federale champions 2-1 in their last O-League match at Fred Taylor Park last year.   When the two sides met on October…

AUCKLAND – Local organisers of the inaugural FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup have been told to keep the ball rolling after a successful inspection tour by FIFA representatives this week. The Zurich-based delegation from football’s international governing body praised the preparations at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium, Waikato Stadium, Wellington’s Westpac Stadium, and Christchurch’s QEII Stadium…

Honiara – The Bilikiki Boy’s most famous son – James Naka, lit up the DJ Graphics-sponsored Beach soccer competition this weekend at DC park. Naka won the golden boot at the tournament, scoring nine goals to steal the limelight from two provincial recruits who made impressive debuts. Hickley Rence from the Western Province Turtles and…

Honiara – The Solomon Island Olympic side lost 3-2 to a Honiara Select side in its third warm up match on Saturday at the SIFF Academy field. The Solomon U’23’s had previously lost and drawn with O’league outfit Kossa FC and Saturday’s match provided a chance for players to impress the national coaches. The Olympic…

The OFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea has been changed from a home and away play-off to a single fixture to be played on Saturday, 8 March 2008 in Papua New Guinea. The change was requested and agreed by mutual consent between the two associations and approved by FIFA…