A night of upsets

OFC: The 2004 OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament reached its halfway point with an intriguing night of football at both match venues in round three action on Sunday. Over in Sydney, Group A produced the first upset of the tournament when Samoa stunned the highly rated Solomon Islands 1-0 at Marconi Stadium, while in Auckland,…

OFC: The 2004 OFC Men’s Olympic Men’s Qualifying Tournament kicked off with four exciting matches being played in Sydney and Auckland in first round fixture last Wednesday. Ground and weather conditions at North Harbour Stadium were near perfect as Group B opened with Tonga making hard work of its 3-0 win over American Samoa while…

OFC Auckland: Just who will qualify to represent the Oceania region in football (soccer) at the Athens Olympic Games in August will be decided at the 2004 OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which kicks off with first round fixtures tonight. Group A kicks off at Marconi Stadium in Sydney, Australia with a Melanesian derby between…

OFC AUCKLAND: The Oceania Football Confederation today confirmed the match officials to officiate at the 2004 OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Australia and New Zealand from 14-22 January 2004. The tournament will see ten teams from the Oceania region placed in two groups playing a round robin format on a league system. The winner…

FIFA: The 52nd and Final match of the FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 was billed as the most prolific attack, Brazil, versus the meanest defence, Spain. But in the end, the highlight of the 23rd day’s play turned out to be a far more complicated affair: the 4th-minute sending off of Spanish centre-half Melli…

ASA: OFC match officials, Australian referee Matthew Breeze, as well as assistant referees Matthew Cream and Nathan Gibson, have been rewarded by FIFA for their excellent performances by being appointed to this weekends’ 3rd / 4th play-off final at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. The play-off for the 3rd / 4th place will be…

COURTESY FIFA: The 13th FIFA World Player Gala, broadcast in over 160 countries and taking place in Basel (Switzerland) for the very first time so as to focus additional attention on the event itself as well as the “Match Against Poverty” shortly afterwards at the St Jakob Park, has ended the suspense and revealed the…

COURTESY FIFA.com: Two from Dudu, including a golden goal in minute 95, saw Brazil claw their way back from a one-goal deficit to sink brave Slovakia in Dubai. And just as it looked like the hosts were headed to extra time themselves, superstar Matar came up with the goods to send Australia packing in minute…

ASA: Australia will play host nation United Arab Emirates in Sharjah on Tuesday in their second round match at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. After defeating Brazil 3-2 in their final Group C match on Thursday, the Young Socceroos had to wait until the completion of the 1st round group stage on Friday (local…

PHOTO CAPTION:Participants for the first OFC Senior License Coaching Course in the OFC “Indigenous” Local Talented Coaches Scheme held at the OFC Academy in Auckland from 2-12 December 2003, pose for a group photo with (L-R seated middle: Mr Glenn Turner (FIFA Development Officer), Ms Tamara Martin (FIFA Goal/FAP Manager for South America/Oceania), Mr Charles…