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Rookie pair set for international bow

21 September 2012
Rookie pair set for international bow

The Auckland pair are the youngest of seven new caps in the Futsal Whites and are looking forward to matching their skills with Australia’s 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup-bound Futsalroos during the Trans Tasman Cup at ASB Stadium in Kohimarama which starts tonight.Their shared introduction to the game came about purely by accident.“We were both…

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21 September 2012
Ceremony offers taste of Tahiti 2013

That day, the curtain will rise on the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, and with one year to go to the much-anticipated kick-off, celebrations have already begun on the island nation with the unveiling of the competition’s official emblem. To observe this occasion in a fitting manner, the Tahitians pulled out all the stops on…

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21 September 2012
Trio waving flag for Oceania referees

Fijian referee Finau Vulivuli is being joined at the tournament by assistant referees Wantin Yagum of Papua New Guinea and Jacqueline Stephenson of New Zealand.Vulivuli and Stephenson have worked together at several international events including the 2011 Algarve Cup in Portugal and the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany.They were part of a history-making…

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21 September 2012
Futsalroos take first blood in Trans Tasman Cup

First half goals to Jared Basger and Laureano Gomez gave Australia a 2-0 half time lead before a toe poke from close range by Fernando de Moraes closed out the match at ASB Stadium as the Futsal Whites were continually thwarted by Futsalroos custodian Peter Spathis.Futsal Whites coach Scott Gilligan was happy with the performance…

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20 September 2012
Development side heads to Australia

The Cook Islands Football Federation (CIFA) has sent an U-16 development squad to the event, which is set to take place at the Carrara Sports Complex from September 22 to 29.The team will be led by coach Tuka Tisam, who acts as development officer for the federation, and assistant Paul Luiz Van Eijk and the…

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20 September 2012
Eakins: Playing for country never gets old

It will be no different on Friday when New Zealand meets Australia in the first of three matches for the Trans Tasman Cup at ASB Stadium in Kohimarama.“There’s nothing like putting on the New Zealand gear and playing with the silver fern on your chest. It’s a really special feeling,” he says.The AFF-Futsal player –…

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20 September 2012
Francophone pair take on overseas rivals

New Caledonia and Tahiti are on their way to Paris, France, to participate in the third edition of the French Overseas Territories Cup from September 22 to 29 and both sides are hoping the tournament will prove advantageous to their preparations for the next round of World Cup qualifying matches.New Caledonia are facing a double…

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20 September 2012
Anticipation growing in Azerbaijan

“It’s going to be a three-week party – a party on a scale possibly never seen before at an U-17 World Cup!” Judging by the sheer enthusiasm of the host nation’s German coach Sissy Raith, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 is shaping up to be an unmissable event. It certainly has a…

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19 September 2012
Chilia still harbours international hopes

The veteran was his country’s number one for a number of years and performed that role with great distinction but his last international match was in 2007 and he has now been superseded by several more youthful custodians.He has started the new season in excellent form though, pulling off a string of fine stops as…

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19 September 2012
Trans-Tasman futsal rivals set to clash

It will be the first time a FIFA-sanctioned futsal international has been played on New Zealand soil with ASB Stadium in Kohimarama set to host the matches on September 21, 22 and 23.New Zealand is yet to defeat their neighbours in eight attempts with the trans-Tasman rivals having last met in 2008. The Solomon Islands…

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