FIFA – WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS

AUSSIE HEAD WOMEN’S FOOTBALL IN OFC Like their male counterparts, the Australian women’s national team head the Oceania nations in the FIFA World Rankings, followed by New Zealand. Australia lie in 16th, with the kiwis five places back (21). Tonga heads the Pacific Island nations ranked 55, ahead of Papua New Guinea (60), Fiji (73),…

Check out the latest round of results from the Australian A-League below, reports courtesy of www.a-league.com.au Sydney FC vs. Central Coast Mariners Perth Glory vs. Adelaide United Queensland Roar vs. Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets vs. NZ Knights

The Australian Under 17 team has lost its opening game of the FIFA Under 17 World Championship 0-1 to a very good Turkey side at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru. FFA Media, Joeys go down to late Turkey goal FIFA Media, Debut delight as young Turks come good For the full results and up…

Australia move up seven places into 50= after their FIFA World Cup Qualifying victories over the Solomons and still lead OFC teams, with New Zealand dropping back two places to 111. Tahiti remain the leading Pacfic Island nation occupying 137, closely followed by Solomon Islands 138 and Fiji 139, all three nations dropped two places…

Ba whips Lautoka with 11-4 scoreline Ba rewrote Fiji’s soccer history after whipping a hapless Lautoka side 11-4 hiding at Govind Park in their Super 6 clash over the weekend. While it was raining cats and dogs at Ratu Cakobau Park in the game between Navua and Rewa, forcing referee Boby Dave to call off…

The 55th Ordinary FIFA Congress announced the admission of Comoros and East Timor on Monday 12 September 2005. One year after New Caledonia, who joined at the Paris Congress in 2004, two new islands Comoros and East Timor now enter into the family of world football. And in terms of geography, economics, politics and the…

Competition in the Australian A-League is heating up with several interesting results from the latest round of action. Click the links below for the match reports courtesy of the FFA. Adelaide United vs. Melbourne Victory Perth Glory vs. Queensland Roar Central Coast Mariners vs. NZ Knights Newcastle Jets vs. Sydney FC And for all news…

Opening of first ever FIFA Congress in Africa The 55th Ordinary FIFA Congress was opened in the Palais des Congrès, Marrakesh, today – Sunday, 11 September 2005 – with a truly spectacular ceremony. It is the first Congress to be held on the African continent in the 101-year history of FIFA. In his opening address…

Intercontinental play-off schedule confirmed The draw to determine the schedule for the playoff matches for the remaining places at the 2006 FIFA World Cup GermanyTM was made on Saturday at the 55th FIFA Congress in Marrakesh. The first of the intercontinental play-offs pairs the fifth-placed nation from Asia with the team finishing fourth in the…

AUSTRALIA FAREWELLS OCEANIA AND SETS UP SOUTH AMERICAN DATE Australia has won its last ever competitive match in the Oceania Football Confederation with a 2-1 win over the Solomon Islands to set up a date with an as-yet unknown opponent from South America for a place in the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006. After their…