OFC – BILIKIKI FACE CAMEROON, PORTUGAL & URUGUAY

The Solomon Islands Bilikiki will kick off their 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Finals campaign against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Rio de Janeiro on November 2nd. The Bilikiki will then face South American giants, Uruguay, on November 4th before they conclude the group stage against Portugal on November 6th. It will be…

Australia Schoolboys will undertake a tour of New Zealand and Samoa between the 9th to the 25th January, 2007. The caliber of the side is expected to be high with three players drafted into the Australian Institute of Sport in preparation for the World Youth Olympics. The remainder of the squad is of similar standard…

Solomon Islands U20 coach, Patrick Miniti, will brief his squad at the SIFF academy this Friday in preparation for for the OFC U20 Championship in New Zealand in January. The squad’s last action was in a friendly international against Papua New Guinea U20 and Miniti says further matches will be needed to bring his side…

The Junior Futsal Tournament in Lae ended successfully on Friday with a good turnout attending the final day. A PNGFA spokesperson said technical staff had found and identified excellent young talent full of creative skills in the game despite futsal being new to the country. St. Paul’s Primary school were too strong for Chevasing in…

The Solomon Bilikiki Beach Soccer team will not leave tomorrow as initially planned for matches in the Reunion. The office of the Solomon Islands Football Federation confirmed the changes this afternoon following advice from the Oceania Football Confederation office in Auckland, New Zealand this morning. SIFF General Secretary Eddie Ngava said the news was a…

Just over 31 years ago both Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands made an application to become members of the Oceania Football Confederation at an Extra-Ordinary Congress in Auckland, New Zealand, September 14th, 1975. Their application was joined by one from Chinese-Taipei who wished to leave the Asian Football Confederation to become full members…

SIFF President Martin Alufurai has urged provincial football delegates to make use of the two-day pre-congress workshop to discuss issues they feel is necessary to stimulate growth of football in their respective provinces. He told participants that their positive contribution in discussion will assist SIFF to assess and redefine its future direction. “Pre-congress provides you…

The Solomon Islands preparation for the OFC U20 qualifying tournament in New Zealand will start shortly to ensure the team is ready come January. National coach Patrick Miniti says training will have to be stepped up in the coming weeks to ensure a better prepared side represents the country in the competition. Solomon Islands reached…

Wynton Rufer, the Oceania Player of the Century, and FIFA Ambassador in the Oceania Football Confederation was in Papua New Guinea to officiate the opening of the 2006 Besta Junior National Futsal Tournament in Lae today. Rufer said the OFC’s main concern should be to put more resources into junior development programs because that is…

The Papua New Guinea National Junior Futsal Tournament has been organised and hosted by the Papua New Guinea Sports Commission in collaboration with Papua New Guinea Football Association. PNGFA president Mr. David Chung welcomed participating teams and said as Futsal is very new to Papua New Guinea it was logical to start at youth level….