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Singapore ready for President’s Cup

22 October 2014
Singapore ready for President’s Cup

Iskandar’s team were bronze medallists at the 2013 South-east Asian Games, and also recently competed at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.The team finished with a record of one win, one loss and a draw against Tajikistan, Oman and Palestine, and came within a whisker of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the tournament….

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22 October 2014
NZFMA award finalists announced

The function, organised in conjunction with New Zealand Football and the NZFMA, will also feature new All Whites coach Anthony Hudson and NZF chief executive Andy Martin among the speakers. One of the greatest All Whites in New Zealand’s football history will also be honoured during the evening.The NZFMA finalists are:Programme of the YearPetoneWaiBOP UnitedWaitemataPublication…

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22 October 2014
Asian quartet book World Cup slots

The four semi-finalists of that tournament also gained qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the successful teams being Myanmar, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Korea DPR. Qatar’s qualification continues their rising status in the world game, following on the heels of their senior side’s recent victory over Australia. Coach Felix Sanchez Bar said: “Today is…

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21 October 2014
Plenty of positives from Philippines match

“We had seven new players who started and from that point-of-view it was excellent because at least five of them I will bring back into the squad.“In Singapore from the 20 players that we had there’s about eight players that I’ll cut, and have done, while three of them weren’t available for this tour including…

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21 October 2014
Kumar’s kids ready for President’s Cup

Fijian footballers have graced the world stage on only a handful of occasions – Roy Krishna was the first when he appeared at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 and at Morocco 2013, where he scored for Auckland City FC in a 2-1 defeat to Raja Casablanca, he was the standout player. Now an…

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21 October 2014
Plenty of positives from Philippines visit

“We had seven new players who started and from that point-of-view it was excellent because at least five of them I will bring back into the squad.“In Singapore from the 20 players that we had there’s about eight players that I’ll cut, and have done, while three of them weren’t available for this tour including…

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21 October 2014
Door is open in Grand Final replay

The replay was necessary after the match, played at Port Vila Stadium on Saturday 18 October was locked at 0-0 at the end of full time and extra time.The resulting penalty shootout saw the two sides locked at 4-4, but with light fading fast at 6pm and no lights at the stadium, match officials put…

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20 October 2014
Phillips up to the challenge

“The team was three-time Pacific Games champions and the last time they played against New Zealand they were heavily defeated,” he says. “Also, the team had not been together for over three years.” For anyone else that may seem like a daunting task to take on just three months out from the FIFA Women’s World…

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20 October 2014
Bindon sharing wealth of experience

This year she’s taken on the role of head coach of the Northern Football Federation team contesting the 2014 National Women’s League after four years as an assistant.It’s a big step up for the 41-year-old, who earned 77 caps with the Football Ferns, but she’s confident she’s the right person for the job.“I started playing…

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20 October 2014
Charity Cup win for Team Welly

New Zealand’s two representatives in the 2015 OFC Champions League got their 2015 season underway in the regular ASB Premiership pre-season fixture.Played since 2011 and won twice by Auckland City FC and once by Waitakere United, the match finished 2-2 with Team Wellington scoring a dramatic stoppage time equaliser, sending the game straight to penalties.The…

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