SIFF – SOLOMONS DISAPPOINTED AT WITHDRAWAL

The Solomon Bilikiki Beach Soccer team will not leave tomorrow as initially planned for matches in the Reunion. The office of the Solomon Islands Football Federation confirmed the changes this afternoon following advice from the Oceania Football Confederation office in Auckland, New Zealand this morning. SIFF General Secretary Eddie Ngava said the news was a…

Just over 31 years ago both Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands made an application to become members of the Oceania Football Confederation at an Extra-Ordinary Congress in Auckland, New Zealand, September 14th, 1975. Their application was joined by one from Chinese-Taipei who wished to leave the Asian Football Confederation to become full members…

SIFF President Martin Alufurai has urged provincial football delegates to make use of the two-day pre-congress workshop to discuss issues they feel is necessary to stimulate growth of football in their respective provinces. He told participants that their positive contribution in discussion will assist SIFF to assess and redefine its future direction. “Pre-congress provides you…

The Solomon Islands preparation for the OFC U20 qualifying tournament in New Zealand will start shortly to ensure the team is ready come January. National coach Patrick Miniti says training will have to be stepped up in the coming weeks to ensure a better prepared side represents the country in the competition. Solomon Islands reached…

Wynton Rufer, the Oceania Player of the Century, and FIFA Ambassador in the Oceania Football Confederation was in Papua New Guinea to officiate the opening of the 2006 Besta Junior National Futsal Tournament in Lae today. Rufer said the OFC’s main concern should be to put more resources into junior development programs because that is…

The Papua New Guinea National Junior Futsal Tournament has been organised and hosted by the Papua New Guinea Sports Commission in collaboration with Papua New Guinea Football Association. PNGFA president Mr. David Chung welcomed participating teams and said as Futsal is very new to Papua New Guinea it was logical to start at youth level….

The American Samoa Football Association `Normalisation Committee’ is very pleased to announce the appointment of Pou Supapo as the new chairperson of the committee. She was appointed as the new chairperson by the ASFA Normalisation Committee after previous consultations with OFC and FIFA offcials. This internal change within the `Normalisation Committee’ received full support from…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) will be holding their annual OFC Referee Development Officers Seminar in Auckland, New Zealand from 19-20 October 2006 at the OFC Headquarters. Referee Development Officers from each Member Association of OFC will attend the seminar to discuss the development plan for refereeing in Oceania for the next 5 years. Each…

The American Samoa Football Association appealed to players, referees, fans and officials throughout the country to help praise and promote the spirit of fair play on FIFA Fair Play Day which was held at Kanana Fou as part of the International Day of Peace. Special guests at the event included the Director of Education Malaetele…

Football legend Eusebio returned to Africa today to launch FIFPro’s an anti-racism campaign in advance of World Cup 2010 in South Africa. FIFPro (Fédération Internationale des Footballeurs Professionels) the World professional footballers’ football union, organised the conference to announce its plan to tackle racism by utilising the impact of its high profile members that include…