NADI DEFENDER MAKES CAREER COMEBACK

Gifted Nadi defender Inoke Nakacia Bativunilagi is set to make a career comeback at the age of 27 and has his sights set on a national team jumper. Nakacia, a former Lautoka rep has been out of top level football for a while but has made an impressive return amongst the local competition. Last month…

LAUTOKA –  Defending National Club champions General Machinery United qualified to defend its title after topping the Lautoka league yesterday. The side also created history as the first team from the Sugar City competition to win the local league for the fourth year in a row.   The side beat arch-rivals Lautoka General 3-1 in…

PORT MORESBY; A virtuoso performance from ace striker Kema Jack has sparked listless HEKARI United FC into life in the PNGFA Telikom NSL Cup after Jack – the man from Kaparoko village in the Central Province – opened rattled off a career-best four goals to help beat Madang Fox 5-1. Jack, who won the PNGFA…

Team Wellington were the big winners in the first round of the NZFC in 2008 after slamming home eight unanswered goals against a very generous Youngheart Manawatu defence at FMG stadium in Palmerston North on Sunday. After being stung by a humbling 5-1 defeat to Waitakere in their last game, Team Wellington wasted no time…

TAHITI – Defending champions AS Manu Ura continued its fine form in Tahiti’s Division Federale with a comfortable 3-0 win over Central Sports that guaranteed French Polynesia’s club champions retained top spot in Division Federale over the festive period. AS Manu Ura’s dogged defence of the title they won last season meant Central Sport suffered…

AUCKLAND – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Secretariat wishes to advise that the OFC office will be closed from Friday 21st December 2007 and will reopen on Monday 7th January 2008. The OFC President/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii, OFC General Secretary Tai Nicholas and the OFC secretariat would like to take this opportunity to wish you…

Oceania’s Highest profile player Ryan Nelson has had a challenging few weeks playing in the English Premier League but remains upbeat about the future. The Blackburn Rovers central defender was speaking at his club’s Brockhall training facility in Lancashire today and amidst discussion about Rovers latest dip in form he reaffirmed his commitment to playing…

FIJI – Nadroga is confident it will survive in the Super Premier grade following the New World National Football League relegation series with Savusavu next month. The Stallions lost 4-2 to Rewa while Tavua beat Nasinu 4-0 in the last round of the Bottom Four competition on Wednesday night. This will be the second time…

WELLINGTON – Team Wellington have made the best start to this years NZFC campaign and it looks like their squad is only going to get stronger with the recent signing of former Knights defender and New Zealand youth international Cole Tinkler. Tinkler has just finished a season with professional outfit Sengkang-Punggol FC in Singapore and will…

AUCKLAND – The Football Ferns learnt a lesson in the art of finishing last night as they were defeated 4-0 by Olympic hosts China in the final international of their two match series in Guangzhou. New Zealand made an aggressive start to the match, pushing numbers forward early on, but got off to a rough…