Tahitian women launch Raiatea league

10 May 2021

Tahiti’s U-19 national women’s team came together for six days last month to officially launch a senior women’s league on Raiatea Island. Known as Hine Taure’a, the youth team travelled to Raiatea and played two promotional football games against the island’s best locals. They also conducted the ‘Hine Festival’, a one-day workshop to help prepare…

7 May 2021

New role brings Tufui full circle

So much has happened in Meleseini Tufui’s short football career, she struggles to remember where it all began. The 21-year-old has been a regular fixture on the regional scene since making her debut for Tonga at the 2014 OFC U-20 Women’s Championship, in the starting line-up of a 3-1 loss to New Zealand. The experience…

futsal

6 May 2021

OFC cancels upcoming Beach Soccer Nations Cup

The OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2021 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. OFC’s Executive Committee made the decision this week to cancel the tournament and nominate Tahiti to attend the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2021 in Russia in August as Oceania’s representative. OFC’s beach soccer showpiece serves as the qualifying event…

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

5 May 2021

Hienghène and Kunie on top in New Cal

Hienghène Sport and AS Kunie are the leading teams after three rounds of the Super Ligue in New Caledonia. Hienghène, traditionally one of the strongest clubs in the country, defeated AS Wetr 4-2 during the weekend, while Kunie edged AS Magenta 1-0. Both Hienghène and Kunie are on 12 competition points with the former ahead…

Cook Islands

5 May 2021

Tanemeulip picks up new skills on Grassroots course

Two Grassroots Coaching Course were held in Vanuatu’s northern and southern regions earlier this month, giving coaches a greater understanding of the player pathway, while equipping them with a variety of new skills. The four-day long courses were facilitated by Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) Technical Director, Peter Takaro, with the aim of assisting coaches, teachers…

Grassroots

4 May 2021

New round of Developing Mentors emerge

The second edition of the English FA/OFC Developing Mentors Webinar has seen a new set of participants from five Oceania nations upgrade their skills and knowledge as leaders in their field. The group, representing Vanuatu, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and Cook Islands, met every Thursday morning for six weeks with English Football Association…

Capacity Building

4 May 2021

Cook Islands festivals a hit including first-ever women’s event ‘She Shines’

Boys and girls of all ages and abilities combined for the inaugural ‘She Shines’ festival at the Cook Islands Football Association Complex in Matavera. Initiated by the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA), the event brought women from all walks of life together last Wednesday. Various information booths such as the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association,…

Cook Islands Women's Football Development Officer

29 April 2021

Member Associations enjoying national academies

National academies are filling up around the region with Member Associations such as Vanuatu and New Caledonia making the most of OFC’s national academy programme. The programme is designed to create football career pathways for individuals, while preparing them with tools to use around social responsibility. Vanuatu’s men’s national academy started in 2009 and was…

FIFA

29 April 2021

Departmental collaboration has female empowerment at its heart

The Tonga Football Association Social Responsibility and Women’s Football departments have collaborated for the first time to deliver a Women’s Capacity Building Workshop on Vava’u. Palu Uhatahi-Tu’amoheloa, TFA Head of Social Responsibility, who co-facilitated the three-day workshop alongside women’s football development manager Adelaide Tu’ivailala and development officers Sepi Vea and Lupe Likiliki, said the opportunity…

Adelaide Tuivailala

28 April 2021

Wood’s treble marks EPL milestone

New Zealand became the 46th nation to have a player score a hat-trick in the English Premier League when Chris Wood netted a treble for Burnley. The striker, who made his international debut in 2009, grabbed all of his goals during the opening spell of the Clarets’ 4-0 win over Wolverhampton during the weekend. Wood…

Chris Wood

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