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Inclusivity the winner at Rainbow Games Football tournament in Auckland

7 April 2024
Inclusivity the winner at Rainbow Games Football tournament in Auckland

(Photo Credit OFC Media) The Power of Football to bring a community together was evident at the five-aside football competition held as part of the Rainbow Games at Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday afternoon. Six teams battled it out for the title at the tournament for LGBTQI+ players with the A.S.S.E.S playing…

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5 April 2024
OFC match officials appointed for 2024 Paris Olympic Football Tournaments

(Photo Credit: OFC Media Via Phototek – New Zealand’s Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh is one of 21 referees chosen to officiate at the Olympics in Paris) Three Oceania Football Confederation match officials have been appointed to officiate at the 2024 Paris Olympic Football Tournaments. New Zealander Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh has been announced as one of the referees for…

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5 April 2024
How to Watch | OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 – Qualifying

The OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 – Qualifying kicks off in Vanuatu on Tuesday, April 9. Every match will be streamed LIVE and FREE on FIFA+. All kick-off times local Vanuatu time. Match Day 1 Tuesday, April 9 Tonga v Cook Islands, 1.00pm | WATCH LIVE Vanuatu v American Samoa, 4.00pm | WATCH LIVE Match…

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5 April 2024
Breaking down barriers -meet FIFA legend Jaiyah Saelua

American Samoa footballer Jaiyah Saelua has been a trailblazer for inclusivity in football. The first openly non-binary and trans woman to compete in a Football World Cup qualifier, is in Auckland, New Zealand this week as an ambassador for the Rainbow Games. Rainbow Games | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ 2024 The American Samoa national team…

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3 April 2024
Ata Inia inspiring next generation of Tongan Footballers

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Tonga FA Tonga’s first professional player, Ata Inia, is already making his impact felt on the game of football despite not having set foot on the field for his country. At the end of 2020, Inia, committed his allegiance to Tonga despite representing his birth country, Australia, at U-18 level….

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28 March 2024
FIFA proud to support the Festival des Iles in Tahiti through FIFA Forward Funding

Photo Credit: FIFA Tahiti will next week host the 13th edition of the Festival des îles and FIFA is proud to enable the Polynesian football family to come together with the support of the FIFA Forward programme. Since 2016 and the introduction of FIFA Forward, the Tahitian Football Association (FTF) has used part of its Forward entitlement…

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27 March 2024
Vanuatu suffer narrow defeat as New Zealand lose on penalties at FIFA Series

Photo Credit: Yasser Bakhsh – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images Vanuatu conceded deep into stoppage time as they lost 3-2 to Brunei in their final match at the FIFA Series in Saudi Arabia. Having suffered a heavy defeat to Guinea in their opening match of the international friendly competition, the Oceania side were keen to bounce…

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26 March 2024
Cook Islands earn narrow victory against spirited Tonga side

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Tonga FA Cook Islands have held on to clinch a narrow 1-0 victory against hosts Tonga in a tight final match at the OFC Men’s Nations Cup 2024 – Qualifying.  A qualification spot at the OFC Men’s Nations Cup might have been over for both sides, but there remained plenty…

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26 March 2024
Central African Republic too strong for Papua New Guinea in FIFA Series

Photo Credit: Pakawich Damrongkiattisak – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images Papua New Guinea have been beaten in their second match in the FIFA Series in Sri Lanka, suffering a 4-0 defeat to Central African Republic at the Race Course Ground in Colombo. Looking to build upon a promising 0-0 draw against the host nation last week,…

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24 March 2024
Patolo paving the way for aspiring female goalkeepers in Tonga

Photo Credit: Tonga FA Former Tongan international Mausia Patolo has become the first woman in OFC outside of New Zealand to achieve the OFC Goalkeeping C Licence. After being given a chance in 2022 through OFC/New Zealand Football to complete the C Licence course, Patolo officially qualified in February this year. It means Tonga Football…

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