Grassroots football programme gives Fiji’s Kumar hope to achieve her dreams

The Fiji Football Association’s (FFA) Grassroots Development Programme held in Vatuwaqa continues to help kids realise the benefits football. The programme which runs every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, targets kids between 6-12 years old and takes them through a range of football activities. FFA Football Development Officers Waifune Tupua, Ronald Ram and Meli Yasawa, alongside…

The OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 has been confirmed to take place in Fiji between July 13-30, with nine Member Associations taking part in a bid to earn qualification to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™.   Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu…

Tonga’s women’s national team have headed to Australia for a high-performance training camp, ahead of the fast-approaching OFC Women’s Nations Cup, and have received a royal seal of approval for the trip. With help via a grant from the Australian High Commission, the Tonga squad flew out to Australia on Thursday, April 21, arriving at…

Women’s football development continues in Tahiti with Animatrice Fédérale workshops returning to local clubs in March this year. Delivered by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football (FTF), Animatrice Fédérale aims to teach girls, women and men how to best support women’s football in Tahiti. The workshop focuses on key areas such as development, while learning the…

The domestic cup is underway in New Zealand, there was late excitement in Fiji and goals galore at the top of the table in Tahiti amid this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. New Zealand’s Chatham Cup and Kate Shephard Cup both got underway over the weekend, with the preliminary rounds taking place. Uni-Mount Bohemian AFC will…

Annabel Rao has enjoyed a successful career so far as head coach of the Nasinu FC Senior Women’s side, as well being an as assistant for the Fiji National Women’s Team. The 40-year-old has been at the heart of the Nasinu team’s increased fortunes since she began her tenure, no doubt a result of continuing…

Twenty Women’s Development Officers (WDOs) became qualified OFC Women’s Football Educators after completing the organisation’s Train the Trainer Programme earlier this year. The WDOs came from seven Member Associations, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and New Zealand. New Zealanders Annalie Longo, Alana Gunn and Papua New Guinea’s Margaret Aka,…

Women’s National Conference football in Papua New Guinea has come to the Highlands, after the first games of the Highlands Conference of  the Women’s National Conference Soccer League 2022 took place over the Easter weekend. Whilst the three other conferences that make up PNG’s Women’s National Conference League – the Southern Conference, Northern Conference and…

New Zealand will face Peru in a men’s international friendly in preparation for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Intercontinental Play-Off.  The All Whites will face La Blanquirroja in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 5.30pm (Monday, June 6, 2022 at 3.30am NZT). The game will be played at RCDE Stadium, home of…

Whilst much of the region enjoyed an Easter weekend away from the action there were still fixtures played in both Tahiti and New Caledonia’s premier competitions over the weekend. In New Caledonia’s Super League, two round one games that had to be postponed from the opening weekend due to the impact of Cyclone Fili finally…