The tour will see the A-League club take on the Fiji national team, while the Phoenix Premiers will face the Fiji U-23 side which is gearing up for next month’s OFC Olympic Qualifiers.The matches will be played across two venues, kicking off on Saturday 27 June in Suva before the teams travel to Ba on…
The UEFA Foundation for Children is governed by Swiss law and has been operational since March 2015, reflecting the desire of European football’s governing body to play a more active role in society.For many years UEFA has supported initiatives and programmes that help disadvantaged children throughout Europe and beyond, including the award-winning Just Play Programme….
A former WaiBOP board member, Shaw has sat on the NZF executive committee since being elected in December 2014 and has a professional background in economic development, market research, business development and resource management, with over 30 years of experience in consultancy.Shaw complements his professional success with a lengthy background in football which includes seven…
He had earlier set up Stanisa Mandic to open the scoring before substitute Andreas Pereira sent the game to extra time with a leveller for Brazil, who dominated possession but were undone by swift Serbian counter-attacks.After a cagey start by both teams, Brazil had the opening opportunity. Milos Veljkovic headed a dangerous-looking Brazilian free-kick as…
No matter the scenario, whether they are in the group of death or if the general consensus is that they will wilt under pressure from higher ranked sides, any team who makes the trip to a competition has ambitions of at least reaching the knockout stages. That ever-present ambition to succeed is why the melancholy…
Crowds of more than 300,000 over the 50 matches thus far have flocked into the stadiums, where they were treated to superb attacking football. Outstanding individual performances created spectacular games involving all 24 teams, including the three newcomers from Fiji, Myanmar and Senegal. Saturday’s final between Brazil and Serbia will be another highlight in front…
The aim was simple: to send a strong message to millions of people that racism and discrimination have no place in football, or in society at large.Such awareness raising has taken place during at least one of FIFA’s competitions since 2002, with a special pre-match ceremony that sees team captains read a short declaration against…
New Zealand broke their scoring drought with goals to Rebekah Stott and Hannah Wilkinson but the talking point of an absorbing contest was a controversial penalty decision that saw China level the scores minutes before halftime. The Football Ferns needed a win to progress to the knockout stages from one of the tournament’s toughest pools,…
Unlike many of their regional counterparts whose current focus is on next month’s Pacific Games and OFC Olympic Qualifiers, Samoa is looking even further into the future.The side is currently in camp in New Zealand and will play their first international friendly of this campaign against NRFL Premier League club Central United this evening, Monday…
Striker Samuela Drudru was the hero of the evening giving handing his side the lead just 29 minutes into the match with a left-footed strike from the edge of the box.The victory took The Jetsetters to 29 points, putting them out of reach of any of the chasing sides and allowing them to seal their…