HERBERT HAPPY WITH FIREPOWER FOR WORLD CUP OPENER

NZF/October 1, 2007 AUCKLAND – Injuries have again forced Ricki Herbert’s hand but the Thai Airways All Whites coach is confident he has more than enough firepower to ensure a winning start to New Zealand’s FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign later this month. Herbert today named an 18-man squad for New Zealand’s opening Oceania Nations…

The draw for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Stage 2 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw has been finalized with the New Zealand vs. Fiji match at North Harbour Stadium, Saturday13th October, 2007, opening the four team home and away tournament. OFC General Secretary Tai Nicholas said the delay in formally announcing the draw wasnecessary to ensure…

The Football Federation of American Samoa appealed to players, referees, fans and officials throughout the country to help praise and promote the spirit of fair play on FIFA Fair Play. The idylic setting of the  New National Headquarters at Pago Park on Wednesday 19th September was again resplendent in the warm Samoa sunshineas part of…

AS Exchange sit top of Tahiti’s Division Federale following a 3-1 opening day victory over TAC to help mark FIFA Fairplay Day in French-Polynesia. In other results, last season’s O-League representatives AS Temanava got off to a solid start with a 1-0 win over newly promoted Aorai. Temanava – coached by the colourful figure of…

 After New Caledonia secured the XIII South Pacific Games men’s football gold medal and securing a Stage Two OFC/FIFA World Cup qualifyingberth, the question was how the national association would harness the feel-good factor to drive football forward. Now twodevelopment programmes driven by France Football Federation (FFF) and FIFA have helped spark an interesting synergy at…

The Fiji men’s football  side has taken a major leap up the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking released this morning. Following its recent performance in the Pacific Games this month, the Carlos Buzzetti coached side has moved up 51 places from 170th place and now sit at a comfortable 119th spot ahead of PG goldmedal winners,…

   TIANJIN, CHINA – The Football Ferns’ final FIFA Women’s World Cup group match against China in Tianjin has been postponed for a day due to Typhoon Wipha. The match was due to kick-off at 8pm Wednesday (midnight Thursday NZ time) but will now be played 24 hours later due to a Typhoon sweeping through…

  The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ preliminary competition has also catapulted a number of Oceanian teams up the table with Fiji (119th, up 51), the Solomon Islands (121st, up 40), New Caledonia (124th, up 44), Vanuatu (133rd, up 34) and Samoa (147th, up 44) all claiming more than 100 points and jumping more than 30…

WUHAN, CHINA – Brazil took their goal tally to nine in two games after banging in four against China to all but guarantee a quarterfinal spot on matchday five of the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Two goals each to Marta and Christiane inside 70 minutes ensured an easy win for the Selecao while China…

WUHAN, CHINA – Two set-piece goals were ultimately the difference between New Zealand and Denmark on Saturday night as the Football Ferns lost 2-0 to the world number 6 in their second FIFA Women’s World Cup group match.  Heading into the tunnel at halftime level with the Danes, the Football Ferns were in with a…