POM survives tense final to retain women’s crown

MADANG: Port Moresby pulled off a miracle golden goal in extra-time to retain the Papua New Guinea national women’s soccer crown in Madang. Locked at 1-all after regulation time, the reigning champion had to fend off a strong challenge from arch rivals Lae in extra time to retain the PNGFA national title at Madang’s Laiwaden…

OFC, Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation has confirmed six entries for the 2004 OFC Futsal World Qualifying Tournament in Canberra, Australia next month. The hosts will be joined by trans-tasman rival New Zealand and island nations Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to find the sole OFC representative to the FIFA Futsal World Championship in…

MADANG: Ten teams are contesting the 2004 Papua New Guinea Football Association women’s national championship which kicked off in the coastal township of Madang over the weekend. Over K5000 in prizemoney is on offer for the winning team. Reigning champions Port Moresby were up against rival associations Lahi, Lae, Boana, Kimbe, New Britain, Goroka, Wabag,…

ASA: Australian Soccer Association (ASA) Chief Executive John O’Neill has revealed that 20 submissions have been received for entry into the new national competition set to start in 2005. O’Neill also announced the appointment of former Acting Australian Rugby Union (ARU) CEO Matt Carroll as the ASA Head of Operations, with the new national competition…

NADI: The Fiji FACT tournament has reached the semi-final stage today with four teams left standing and no doubt with weary legs after a hectic weekend of football action at Prince Charles Park. In perhaps the tougher of the two semis, national league champs Ba play the star-studded Nadi team in one semi, while surprise…

ASA: The Qantas Young Matildas (the Australian U19 Women’s Team) are looking forward to the challenge at this year’s FIFA U19 Women’s World Championship, after being drawn in Group A alongside Thailand, Europe’s second-ranked nation, and Canada at today’s Draw Ceremony in Thailand, host of the twelve-nation Championship in November. Women’s National Coach Adrian Santrac,…

FIFA.com: This month’s FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking is dominated by a raft of FIFA World CupTM qualifying matches on various continents and the countless games played in the build-up to EURO 2004 in Portugal. At the top, Brazil continues to hold a healthy lead over France and Spain thanks to their crucial victory over Argentina. Mexico…

SIFF RELEASE: Thousands of Solomon Islanders turned up to welcome their soccer heroes in Honiara, who returned from a successful campaign in Adelaide, Australia on Tuesday, 8 June. It was a fitting gesture for the Alan Gillett coached side as they did their country proud by qualifying for the third stage playoff alongside Australia. The…

SUVA: With the World Cup qualifiers now out of the way, the domestic competition in Fiji is now back to normal. But before the resumption of the national league, the annual Fiji FACT district championship will take place in Nadi. To be held at Prince Charles Park, games will kick off tomorrow and run throughout…

FIFA.com – The 16 teams that will take part in the 2004 Olympic Football Tournament have all come through an arduous qualification process en route for Athens. This morning’s draw split the teams into four groups of four, with the top two countries from each group progressing to the quarter-finals. None of the groups offer…