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Wallace: Refs need to be fresh, fit and focused

7 May 2013
Wallace: Refs need to be fresh, fit and focused

Wallace’s involvement in futsal dates back over 25 years, and includes several appointements at the FIFA Indoor Five-A-Side World Championship, a predecessor to the FIFA Fustsal World Cup, in 1992 in Hong Kong. He recently spoke about his thoughts on what it takes to become a futsal referee and the current state of the game…

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7 May 2013
Monterrey secure title hat-trick

Trailing 2-1 at home to Santos and by the same aggregate scoreline after a goalless first leg, Los Rayados looked set to relinquish the title to the team they beat in last year’s final.Those last six minutes proved to be memorable ones, however, as the home side struck three times to emerge 4-2 winners and…

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7 May 2013
Crocombe extends stay with Oxford

Along with striker Tyrone Marsh, the club has taken up an option for a further year with the two players and will discuss longer term deals over the summer.The youngster earned himself the Golden Gloves at the OFC U-20 Championship in March following a standout showing with the New Zealand team, which went on to…

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6 May 2013
Kurukuru prepare to defend regional title

Forty-four players were called in the initial training squad including the entire Kurukuru squad which made history at the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup after securing the Solomon Islands’, and Oceania’s, first win in the competition.However, for more than half of those initial players the journey has ended after three weeks of training as coach…

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6 May 2013
New season Super Ligue action underway

Hienghene have taken an early lead on the table following their 5-0 victory over ASGN in their northern derby and despite the final score-line, ASGN didn’t make it an easy win for the East coast side allowing them just a one goal advantage going into the break thanks to attacker Fabiano Dahite.However Hienghene, who finished…

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6 May 2013
Beginners learn basic football coaching

In addition to the ongoing development of football in the country, PNG Football Association has embarked on a mentoring program for our coaches and our elite players to meet international standard and also improve these coaches on coaching skills and techniques.Following the C-License which took place late last year in Lae, Mosa in West New…

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6 May 2013
Besta a threat to Hekari

David Muta and his troops had all its gun blazing from all corners of the field making Besta players look like beginners. It was not long when Hekari’s scoring machine Raymond Gunemba shot from outside the 20 meter mark found the back of the net in the 7th minute for the opening goal. Besta retaliated…

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6 May 2013
Reid makes incredible goal-line save

The defender showed great pace to race back and hook Papiss Cisse’s goalbound effort away, and he is adamant he arrived in time to prevent the ball from crossing the line.“As a defender you are trying to save goals and, fortunately enough, we came off at the end having not conceded any,” he says. “No,…

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6 May 2013
Young talent continues to grow

NZF recently completed its seventh round of National Talent Centres (NTC) since the programme began in 2010, which saw three NTCs held over five days around New Zealand including Christchurch, Fielding and Auckland.Head of football development Bev Priestman says last week’s event included players who have come through the whole cycle which has allowed staff…

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5 May 2013
Auckland all but book berth in final

The match was expected to be a tight encounter with Auckland the defending champions and Ba having made it through the group stages undefeated but it was the cool heads of Auckland who won out on the day after ill-discipline from Ba resulted in the Men in Black being reduced to nine men.The first half…

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