TAHITI – AS TEMANAVA FACE MUST WIN CLASHES

Struggling Tahitian champions AS Temanava face a critical must-win clash in the Championnat De La Division Federale against fellow cellar-dwellers AS Tac on Sunday. The round 17 fixture has been brought forward because of AS Temanava’s O-League commitments. AS Temanava surged to the Championnat De La Division Federale title last season but have struggled to…

Undisputed Fiji football champions Ba, go into the second and deciding leg of the champion versus champion series this weekend with an unchanged side that played Suva last weekend. Stalwart coach Yogen Dutt has stuck to his guns and retained the same combination that was held to a 1-1 draw Suva adding that this week’s…

Primary and Secondary School students will pay $5 entry fee to watch the O-League match between Solomon Islands champions Marist FC and Fiji’s Ba FC on Monday February 19th. The LOC has decided to charge this minimal fee because of the difficulty in identifying who is a primary school student and who is not. Initially,…

The VFF has just appointed a new coach within its technical department. He is Job Alwin 44 years from Atchin Island in Malampa Province. His appointment has been decided during a VFF Executive Meeting last week in Port Vila. Mr. Alwin is the first Ni Vanuatu to take up this position which has occupied until…

New Zealand A and Tahiti fought out a scoreless draw in the first of two friendly internationals played at Bill McKinlay Park in Mt Wellington in Auckland. Tahiti can count themselves unlucky not to have recorded their first win over New Zealand with goalkeeper Mark Paston pulling off a superb point blank save in the…

Former Solomon Islands international Stanley Waita says he wants to put on the national colours for his country once more in the Pacific Games in Samoa. He revealed his intentions on the eve of his departure saying that he would like to represent his country once more with the aim to assist Solomon Islands qualify…

Australian international footballer Tim Cahill continued his comeback from injury helping Everton hold arch-rivals Liverpool to a 0-0 draw in the FA Premiership at the weekend. Cahill was missing for 8 weeks with a serious ankle injury but completed the entire 90 minutes as Everton put Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League charge on the skids. Frustrated…

If New Zealand women’s football coach Allan Jones had any romantic illusions about his side’s World Cup chances before Sunday’s friendly against Australia, he certainly doesn’t now. Australia scored three unanswered goals in each half to leave Jones contemplating a sobering 6-0 loss on debut at the helm of the national team at the Australian…

Vanuatu international striker Joseph Namariau will strengthen Suva’s strike force in the return leg of the champion versus champion series in Fiji. Suva Football Association secretary Rajnesh Singh said Namariau would join training on Tuesday. “We’ve booked his airline ticket and he will be in Fiji on Tuesday,” Singh said. Namariau was to feature for…

HORST WEIN has worked with Barcelona, Inter Milan and Arsenal to develop their youth programmes, and is currently Head Coach Educator for the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The main theme of his “Soccer Development Model” is developing game intelligence in young soccer players by moving away from the traditional instruction-based coaching. The new philosophy introduced…