Oceania competitions wrap – Record holders out of Chatham Cup

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…

The Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) has signed an agreement with National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) to build an K10-million PNGFA Education Centre in Tambul, Western Highlands. PNGFA President John Kapi Natto said they are very grateful with the partnership with NARI, as this is part of PNGFA’s vision to build infrastructure throughout the…

Tahiti’s Coupe de Polynésie got back underway over the past week with some thrilling ties, upsets and early front-runners emerging. The competition, which dates back to the 1930s, affords the winners an opportunity to enter France’s elite knockout competition the Coupe de France at the seventh-round stage next season. AS Venus are the reigning champions…

When Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano erupted on 15 January, it caused a devastating tsunami and covered the kingdom of Tonga in a blanket of volcanic ash. On the outer island of ‘Eua, the tsunami caused extensive damage, destroying homes and displacing numerous families. Among those most affected is Falakiko Longani, a volunteer for the…