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30 October 2015
Direction Coupe de France

Newly crowned Coupe de Caledonie champions Hienghène Sport will line up against Racing Club Epernay Champagne, a CFA2 side from Champagne-Ardenne, while AS Pirae have been drawn against Pontivy GSI, a side also playing in the CFA2 in France.RC Epernay are currently sitting fifth in their Championnat de France Amateur 2 group, just eight points…

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30 October 2015
Tahitian youths get US experience

For two weeks the youngsters, accompanied by AS Tefana technical director Laurent Heinis, club CEO Bernard Crolas and Tahiti’s national goalkeeper and teacher Mikael Roche, are being integrated into the US school system their peers follow.Classes are accompanied by cultural activities and sporting events and int he first week of their trip the students took…

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30 October 2015
Gope-Fenepej opens up

Having recently returned from a loan period with Boulogne-sur-Mer in the French Ligue 2, Gope-Fenepej has been biding his time with the reserves waiting for a chance to prove himself.“People need to know that I am still under contrct with Troyes (until 2016) and when I returned from Boulogne-sur-Mer, I had a long meeting with…

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30 October 2015
Refs encouraged to challenge themselves

The three-day course, which opened on Friday at the Fiji FA headquarters in Vatuwaqa, focuses on key elements of match officiating through technical sessions, practical sessions and testing.The course is aimed at assisting referee education at the Member Association level, and Hester believes it is the ideal opportunity to learn from fellow referees and to…

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30 October 2015
Prestigious honour for Papua New Guinea

The 2016 OFC Nations Cup, which acts as Stage 2 of Oceania’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Qualifiers, will take place from 28 May-11 June with games to be played at Sir John Guise Stadium and the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby. Worth $30m each, the two stadiums boast world-class facilities which are equipped…

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30 October 2015
American Samoa reach new heights

The island nation fell just one goal short of advancing to the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, but their two victories at the tournament in September were enough to see them jump 35 places in the FIFA World Rankings from 199th to 164th.It is the highest position they have ever achieved in the standings, surpassing their…

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30 October 2015
NZ national futsal kicks off

Auckland and Capital in particular, are shaping as contenders to challenge for the crown of defending champions Mainland, with both sides stacked with Futsal Whites keen to impress ahead of February’s OFC Futsal Championship.With the entire starting line-up from last year’s final, plus 2014 Golden Boot Ezequiel Junior and 2013 NZF Futsal Player of the…

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29 October 2015
New format for PNG competition

The competition, which is set to get underway in November, will feature 12 teams and be split into two regional groups for the first time.National Soccer League chairman Isaac Lupari said the conference system would eliminate most of the travel costs for teams through the group stages, and make the competition more sustainable in the…

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29 October 2015
Late penalty sends NZ home

New Zealand put on a brave performance to keep the score locked at 0-0 for much of the game. Despite maintaining the majority of the possession Brazil couldn’t break through New Zealand’s resilient defence, who were quick to shut down any attack.The game wasn’t decided until the 90+6th minute when a tackle by James McGarry…

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28 October 2015
Beach soccer stars shine

Two team members, goalkeeper Jonathan Torohia and Heimanu Taiarui, as well as Tiki Toa coach Tehina Rota have been named as finalists for Best Goalkeeper, Best Player and Best Coach respectively in the Beach Soccer Stars 2015.Golden Ball at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Heimanu Taiarui will be competing with Portuguese heavyweight Madjer and…

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