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Fernandes: Don’t change your style

13 January 2014
Fernandes: Don’t change your style

Fernandes, who accompanied the PNG U-23 team to the MNC Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia as a coach mentor late last year, believes there is potential in the young players and it will only get better if there are more matches with neighbouring confederations.The team with two senior squad members in Hekari FC’s Koriak Upaiga and…

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13 January 2014
Soccer Sisters building football profile

FFS CEO Sarai Bareman is pleased with the ongoing success of the festival and hope to see it continue well into the future.“The Soccer Sisters festivals have allowed us to increase the participation of women and girls in football, and the result has been the development of a girl’s youth league which is about to…

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13 January 2014
Chung promises “big year” in 2014

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and PNGFA President David Chung said apart from the PNGFA Congress they will be implementing the elite academy programme into full-swing.Chung who carries the title as one of six world regional FIFA Vice-Presidents recently accompanied FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter to witness the FIFA Club World Cup final in Marrakech, Morocco.Chung…

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13 January 2014
Smith scores stunner in Ipswich defeat

Despite starting strong the home side made several costly defensive errors which they struggled to come back from, allowing Harry Redknapp’s QPR to claim a 3-1 victory.Ipswich matched the visitors in the opening half but failed to capitalise on their first-half chances and were made to pay when Niko Kranjcar scored seven minutes after the…

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12 January 2014
Soccer active in 2013

He said there were ups and downs of course, but PNGFA would have learned many things to try improve for the better in the 2014 season. But one glaring problem that needed some special attention was the standard of football being played by the national mens teams in all age categories.However with the coaching courses…

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10 January 2014
Kiwi kids taking on the World

The Kiwis continued to assert their dominance in Oceania during 2013 with both the Junior All Whites and the Young All Whites claiming the regional crowns for New Zealand.But winless runs at both the FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cups earned first round exits for the latest crop of young Kiwi talent.Out of those two…

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8 January 2014
Hassett inks deal with Manchester City

The central midfielder has joined City on a one-year contract after having previously plied her trade in the USA and Germany.The 22-year-old has scored six goals in over 50 competitive appearances for the Football Ferns the move to England is a chance for her take her game in a new direction.“I’m a bit nervous about…

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7 January 2014
Hot shot Saiko nets Player of the Year award

Saiko, who bagged 25 goals for Gaitcha in the Super League, secured 38.57% of the votes with Team Wellington’s Roy Kayara finishing runner-up with 32.85%. Bertrand Kai, a one-time OFC Player of the Year, was a distant third notching 15.35% with Jacques Haeko fourth on 13.21%. Saiko is elevated to a title last won by…

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7 January 2014
Roy Krishna signs for Wellington Phoenix

Krishna, 26, is contracted to the Phoenix till the end of the 2013-14 season as an injury replacement for Paul Ifill who ruptured an Achilles tendon in the 1-0 win over Sydney FC.Phoenix head coach Ernie Merrick said he is delighted to land such a prolific striker and looked forward to working with Krishna.“When we…

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20 December 2013
The Year in Review – 2013 Part 2

JULYThe inaugural OFC Futsal Championship Invitational held at Trust’s Stadium in Auckland was this month’s highlight as the national teams from New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Tahiti were joined by AFC sides Australia and Malaysia. It came as little surprise that Malaysia and Australia found themselves vying for the title in the…

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