NEW CALEDONIA NO MATCH FOR MARINERS

The Central Coast Mariners have scored a morale boosting 5-0 win over Oceanic challengers New Caledonia at Budgewoi’s Frank Millington Oval today, one week out from their opening match of the new Hyundai A-League season.   First half goals from Nik Mrdja and Adam Kwasnik were added to by Sasho Petrovski, Damien Brown, and Mrdja…

Solomon Islands recorded its second win in Australia after they downed Gold Coast champions Burleigh Heads 4-2 last night. Assistant team coach Jacob Moli was delighted with the performance after Solomon Islands raced into a 4-0 lead but expressed concern over two defensive blunders that cost goals. “We conceded two goals in the dying minutes…

Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation (SFSF) will be the centre of the football world’s attention as the OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup qualifying programme comes to the XIII South Pacific Games comes to J.S.Blatter Playing Field in Samoa in just 9 days time. But SFSF General Secretary Tilomai Solia says Samoa will be relishing the challenge…

Mariners to host New Caledonia in final pre-season hit out The Central Coast Mariners will host New Caledonia at Budgewoi’s Frank Millington Oval at 10am tomorrow, Friday, 17 August, in their final competitive hit out ahead of their third Hyundai A-League campaign.   New Caledonia, who are in Australia preparing for this months Oceania 2010…

Naea Bennett is the shock omission after Tahiti coaching duo Gerard Kutai and Claude Ynam named their squad for the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007. Bennett – son of Tahiti football legend Erol Bennett – has been a mainstay of the national team and AS Pirae having lead his nation to two creditable…

Solomon Islands got their XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 preparations back on track with a resounding 8-3 victory over Queensland State League side Palm Beach Sharks last night. A hat-trick from former Youngheart Manawatu star striker Benjamin Totori was enough to give coach Airton Andrioli’s team something to smile about after recent patchy…

NEW training methods have taken its toll on the Fiji women’s side preparing for the South Pacific Games. The Fijian women who have been in camp in Ba for the last few months have been going through tough training sessions under the guidance of coach Farouk Janeman. The tough sessions coupled with the hot weather,…

FORMER Fiji skipper Esala Masi’s last minute attempt to be included in the side for the South Pacific Games didn’t eventuate as coach Juan Carlos Buzzetti named a relative predictable 24-mensquad. Masi along with injured defender Apisalome Turuva were the two big names to miss out. Masi who due to an injured pulled out of…

AUCKLAND – Colin Tuaa is treating New Zealand’s 4-0 loss to South Korea on Monday night as a timely `wake-up call’ less than a week out from his side’s FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup opener. New Zealand were left to rue four early misses as the U-17 World Cup hosts built on a late first-half…

A goal in first half injury time by Fiji wonder kid Roy Krishna was enough to seal a rare 1-0 win over New Zealand XI and square the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) `Football for Life’ series inLautoka today. The surface at Churchill Park meant both teams were able to get the ball down and play…