COOK ISLANDS – PAIR WIN FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPS

Development of soccer with the country’s elite players is continuing in the Cook Islands with the attendance of two youngsters on partially paid CIFA scholarships at New Zealand schools. Nikao Sokattak player Nathan Tisam and Tupapa-Maraerenga player Grover Harmon will be in New Zealand for this school year – Tisam attending Mount Albert Grammar and…

Suva football coach Zulfikar Khan is playing his cards close to his chest and has tipped his team as the underdog when it faces Ba in their Champions versus Champions fixture on Saturday. Khan says that time hasn’t been on their side in as far as preparations to the meet was concerned but added that…

The FIFA Goal Project at Pago Park, American Samoa, is beginning to show the first signs of life this month with the foundations and slab completed over the Xmas period by a local work crew, now block work is now well under way on the new House of Football. Field work is set to resume…

Struggling AS Temanava have drawn 2-2 with Tahiti Championnat leaders AS Dragon in the latest round of matches in the national competition. AS Temanava – drawn in O-League Group B with Marist FC of the Solomon Islands and Fijian club Ba – sit in 6th place in the nine club table some ten points behind…

New Zealand international defender Che Bunce has signed for English Championship side Coventry City. Bunce – who played in the Hyundai A-League for struggling Kiwi club New Zealand Knights – opted for Coventry City after spending a week on trial with Scottish Premier League side Dundee United. For the full story at Bunce ‘Over the…

New Caledonia champions AS Mont Dore have recorded a morale boosting 2-0 victory over arch-rivals AS Magenta following the sacking of embattled coach Francois Tartas. Tartas has been replaced – after three defeats against USC, Lossi, and Auckland City – by Christophe Oiremoin who helped found the AS Mont Dore club in 1999. Oiremoin is…

The Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) have decided to increase the number of girls in the training squad in preparation for the women’s World Cup qualifiers in April. After reviewing and assessing the players who are currently in the squad with the assistance of OFC women’s development officer Connie Selby, PNGFA through their technical…

More time is needed to prepare a winning team says Solomon Mamula assistant coach Jacob Moli upon their arrival on Tuesday at Honiara International airport. “Our campaign has been hampered by the limited preparation we had before the tournament. Had the team prepare say for six months and players get more international matches we should…

A technical adviser to reinforce VFF service The service of Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) comes to be improved by the arrival of a technical adviser. He is Yvon Avry, a French born citizen, who was assigned by the OFC to provide technical assistance to VFF on a 4 year mission. Mr. Avry’s presence in Vanuatu…

New Zealand has secured its place at the FIFA World Youth Cup – Canada 2007 with victory at the OFC Youth (U-20) Championships on home soil today. A Chris James goal at the death was enough to seperate the kiwis and New Caledonia, sending the local fans into delight at the final whistle. New Zealand’s…