NEW ZEALAND – WELLINGTON OFFERED A-LEAGUE BACKING

New Zealand Soccer has provisionally backed Wellington as the new home of a New Zealand-based Hyundai A-League franchise. But the Wellington consortia must secure further capital base funding before NZ Soccer will commit to a licence agreement with A-League administrators Football Federation Australia. NZ Soccer chief executive Graham Seatter said the national body would “partner”…

PNGFA Finance Committee Member and the Bursar of Divine Word University, Mr. Paias Bokorum with OFC Treasurer Frederic Guillemont and OFC FIFA Development Officer Glen Turner represented the Oceania in an Administration and Management Seminar at the FIFA Head Quarters, in Zurich Switzerland early February this year. Paias Bokorum after returning from Zurich said he…

“HAPPY to be back” was his opening statement when approached to comment briefly on his return. `King Allan Gillett’ as he is known in 2004, when he guided Solomon Islands to its first World Cup play off with Australia returned this time not to coach the national team but to pass on his knowledge to…

Fiji FA postpones CVC finale The Fiji Football Association has postponed Saturday’s return leg of the Champion versus Champion series between title holders Ba and challengers Suva. The decision was made after officials of Ba Football Association requested the parent body for deferment because most of its key players were injured in the recent Oceania-League…

The ANZ – ASNOC “Sports for All Day” was a major success on Saturday with American Samoa Football Association (ASFA) playing a major role in promoting healthy sport. Hundreds of school children and adults spent time at the ASFA tent both watching the latest 2006 FIFA World Cup Film, “THE GRAND FINALE” and participating in…

New Zealand Prime Minister Clark declares full support for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2008 New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Helen Clark, today (Tuesday, 20 February) welcomed a five-member FIFA delegation to Parliament House in Wellington where she expressed her full support for her country’s hosting of the FIFA-U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2008. “This event…

The Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) Emergency Committee today confirmed the top-five clubs in this season’s O-League will gain automatic entry into the 2007/08 edition of the continental championship. They will be joined by the winner of an O-League qualifying competition involving this season’s sixth-placed club and one club each from the Cook Islands, Vanuatu and…

Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) will assist Bouganville and parts of Vanuatu develop their football. SIFF president Martin Alufurai made this revelation in his opening address on Friday saying that an understanding was reached with the OFC and the two football associations of PNG and Vanuatu of SIFF’s intention to extend its football development programme…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Disciplinary Committee has cleared Fijian national team coach Juan Carlos Buzzetti over alleged incidents that occured during the OFC U20 Men’s Youth Championship in Auckland, New Zealand at the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere in January. The OFC Disciplinary Committee found that due to insufficient detail in the official match report…

AS Temanava can breathe a sigh of relief after a late penalty earned the Tahitian champions a share of the spoils with Fijian giants Ba in their Group B O-League fixture at the Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti, this evening. Ba – who defeated Marist FC 2-0 in front of 17,000 fans in Honiara earlier this…