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OFC praises Ivan Vicelich

29 January 2014
OFC praises Ivan Vicelich

The 37-year-old defender/midfielder will continue his club career with Auckland City FC for the rest of the current season.OFC General Secretary Tai Nicholas was full of praise for the one-time OFC Player of the Year.“Ivan Vicelich is a tremendous role model for young boys and girls with dreams of playing football at the highest level…

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29 January 2014
FFAS Clubs Festival continues

“Enjoy yourselves and keep exercising,” shouted Sandra Fruean, FFAS Vice President and Head of Women’s Football (soccer) to the more than 50 participants aged from 9-14.“This festival is for you to have fun and stay fit as well.”The festival kicked off for clubs on the Martin Luther King Holiday (Jan. 20) and last Saturday Fruean…

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28 January 2014
Technical Department 2014 activity plan

Taku Niebo the PNGFA Technical Director, and Frederica Sakette, Head of Women’s Football, through PNGFA are in the process of identifying suitable people to come on board to assist with different programs leading to 2015 Pacific Games. Niebo said there were number of courses that have been planned this year with the Community course in…

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28 January 2014
Scholarship opens doors for Edwards

Striker Pekay Edwards has been given an opportunity to attend Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland, New Zealand where he will further his football dream alongside his education.CIFA Technical Director Tuka Tisam says the talented young player is being offered a great opportunity to further his football career.Tisam says identifying quality players is the easy…

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28 January 2014
Four-year plan takes shape in Fiji

Fiji FA district affiliates, vice-presidents, technical and administration staff attended the three-day workshop which was led by FIFA Development Officer Glenn Turner. Turner says the objective of the workshop was to draw up a plan which will be followed by Fiji FA in the next four years. “It has to be four years or otherwise…

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28 January 2014
Futsal widens appeal with national championship

Known as the Challenge of the Champions the four day competition will see teams from existing leagues from the Vanuatu Football Federation’s member associations come together for four full on days of futsal.VFF Futsal and Beach Soccer Development Officer Louis Dominique is also chairman of the organising committee and says the event will help build…

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25 January 2014
“Sky the limit” for Fijian women’s football

Lockington came back to the Fiji FA in the middle of 2013 and has already noted a marked improvement in the attention her member association is giving to women’s football. “This year what we’re looking for is improvement. The only way up for island countries is grassroots development. This year we are targeting primary schools…

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24 January 2014
PNGFA mourns the loss of Taparia Mai

Taparia Mai is from Hamuhamu village in Gulf province and married to Steven Tito of Lese village in Gulf province. She has four children, three girls and one boy.The late Taparia served PNG Football as a Finance Officer from 2011 up until her death on 19th January 2014. Her passing is indeed a great loss…

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24 January 2014
Women’s U-20 path to World Cup decided

The tournament acts as the regional qualifier for the event, with reigning champions New Zealand defending their title against Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu in a round robin competition. The official draw for the OFC event was conducted at OFC Headquarters on Friday, 24 January in Auckland, New Zealand. The championship will be held…

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24 January 2014
Manus launches NSL team

The franchise team that will take part in the competition this year was officially launched last week by Manus Governor, Charlie Benjamin in Lorengau in the presence of players, team officials and organisers, and the Manus public.The team comprises of a 30-man squad comprising of four international players from the Solomon Islands, 18 Port Moresby-based…

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