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Reid delighted to find net

23 September 2014
Reid delighted to find net

Reid got off the mark for the season as West Ham opened their home points account with a 3-1 victory.His second minute headed opener was quickly added to by Diafra Sakho’s chip and although Raheem Sterling pulled one back for the visitors ahead of half-time, Morgan Amalfitano wrapped it up late on to leave Reid…

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23 September 2014
OFC Women’s Nations Cup dates finalised

After an all-time high of eight participating teams in 2010, 2014 will see just four sides descending on Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae, Papua New Guinea from October 25-29, 2014.The host nation Papua New Guinea will be joined by defending champions New Zealand as well as Tonga and Cook Islands, with tickets to the…

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22 September 2014
Fernandes fine-tunes PNG coach knowledge

Fernandes believes Papua New Guinea has a lot of potential in coaching which was evidenced by the group participating in the course.The FIFA C Licence Coaching Course allowed the attendees to go more in-depth into the coaching process in regards to planning and delivering sessions around the principles of the game.At the same time, the…

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22 September 2014
Tonga footballers in the care of a convert

Now he is battling to keep Tongan teens away from the sport.Likiliki has fond memories of winning the Moascar Cup with Westlake Boys High School in 1989 and playing in the North Harbour secondary schools representative rugby team.However these days he is more focused on attracting young athletes to the round ball game as Tonga…

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22 September 2014
National women’s side focuses on Nations Cup

Papua New Guinea women’s soccer team, consisting of 22 players with three officials, departed last Friday for the Gold Coast, Australia to participate in friendly matches leading up to the Nation’s Cup.The Nations Cup will be hosted by the PNG Football Association and is to be staged in Lae at Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium from…

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22 September 2014
OFC Champions League Preliminary draw finalised

The four-team tournament takes place in Apia, Samoa from 7-11 October 2014 with direct entry to the 2015 OFC Champions League Group Stage in Fiji next April up for grabs.Just one team is making a return to the competition from last year, Tonga champions Lotoha’apai United, with FC Samoan Korean Baptist Church (ASA), Puaikura FC…

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19 September 2014
Women’s Opening Cup semis confirmed

PVWFL president Josina Malep is excited about the fixtures which she expects to be action-packed as the sides vie for a spot in the competition final.Both matches will take place on Saturday 20 September at Amicale Field in Port Vila.First up at 1pm Westam takes on Tafea, before Malampa takes on Ifira Black Bird at…

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19 September 2014
OFC outlines President’s Cup concept

The competition draws together six teams from three confederations and includes Kiwi and Oceania champions Auckland City FC, Amicale of Vanuatu, Bodden Town from the Cayman Islands, former Bahraini champions Busaiteen FC, Fiji U-20 and Singapore U-23.OFC President and FIFA Vice-President David Chung says the competition is designed to strengthen the Oceania confederation’s political and…

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19 September 2014
All Black meeting adds wow factor

On Wednesday evening, after a full-on day of fun at Auckland Zoo, the Tonga U-13 and U-15 teams were just relaxing at their accomodation when they were called into the dining room.“Malakai Fekitoa, the Tongan All Black, walked in to surprise them,” says trip organiser Pau Likiliki.“They had only ever seen him on TV but…

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19 September 2014
New Zealand slip out of top 100

Their only match since the previous rankings were released was a 3-1 loss to Uzbekistan in Tashkent on 8 September, their first fixture under new coach Anthony Hudson.The lastest rankings have them sitting just 19 places above the region’s second highest ranked nation New Caledonia, which fell one place to 137.The All Whites now find…

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