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Lutu appointed Tonga flag bearer

19 October 2018
Lutu appointed Tonga flag bearer

Tonga sensation Seini Lutu burst onto the international scene as a quiet but hugely talented 13-year-old in the Tonga team participating in the OFC U-20 Women’s Championship back in 2014. Four years later Lutu has completed her debut at a FIFA tournament cementing herself as a key player for Tonga in their performances at the…

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Buenos Aires
17 October 2018
Birnie names world cup squad

New Zealand U-17 coach Leon Birnie has named a balanced squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Uruguay next month. The 21-women squad includes Football Ferns goalkeeper Anna Leat and three other players in Gabrielle Rennie, Aneka Mittendorf and Maggie Jenkins who represented New Zealand at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in August. Birnie…

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FIFA U-17 World Cup
16 October 2018
Magenta lift the Cup

Magenta secured their 11th Coupe de Caledonie title after narrowly beating northern-based rivals Hienghene Sport 1-0 in the final at Stade Numa Daly on Saturday. The match got underway as expected, with the two sides unable to get the better of their opponent despite having a sprinkling of chances. With things looking pretty even it…

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Alain Moizan
14 October 2018
Junior Kurukuru bid farewell to Youth Olympics

Solomon Islands have clocked out of the Youth Olympic Games with a 9-1 loss to Brazil in their final match at CeNARD Futsal Hall in Buenos Aires. The Oceania side conceded their first goal in the 23rd second of the match in what proved to be a match where an inability to convert their chances…

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Brazil
14 October 2018
Tonga sign off from Buenos Aires

Tonga have signed off from their first experience on the world stage with a 9-1 loss to Thailand. The first half was by far the strongest period from Tonga with their defensive efforts keeping Thailand restricted to just three goals. However in the second half the pressure from the Asian side mounted and Tonga buckled…

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futsal
13 October 2018
Papua New Guinea revamps women’s league

Competitive women’s football is set to return to Papua New Guinea on a national level through the revamped women’s league next month. The Women’s League has been on hiatus but PNGFA competition manager Simon Koima is looking forward to its return. “There has been great interest among the women here as they don’t want to…

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Papua New Guinea
12 October 2018
Coupe de Caledonie culminates Saturday

The final of the 64th Coupe de Caledonie will pit northern and southern rivals Hienghene Sport and AS Magenta against each other Saturday afternoon. As well as the trophy and title, the winner will also earn entry to the 7th Round of the Coupe de France – and both teams are keen to make it…

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Alain Moizan
12 October 2018
Tonga impress against Spanish giants

Tonga went down 8-0 to Spain in their third match at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires but by no means is it a discouraging result for the young ladies from Oceania. Spain have now won all three of their matches at the competition with the Tongans just the latest on their run to…

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Buenos Aires
12 October 2018
Le’ai flying flag for Solomon Islands

Raphael Le’ai has a gift for futsal, a sport on the up in Solomon Islands, the leading force in the game in the Oceania region. His father said as much three years ago, when he convinced Le’ai to pay a visit to the national team’s training centre in Honiara and offer to help out with…

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futsal
11 October 2018
Russia too good for Junior Kurukuru

The Solomon Islands U-18 futsal team lost their third straight match at the Youth Olympic Games going down 10-4 to a powerful Russian side at CeNARD Hall in Buenos Aires this evening. It didn’t take long for Danil Karpiuk to open the scoring, less than a minute in fact, with the Russian opening proceedings as…

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Buenos Aires