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28 August 2012
Les Cagous stars catch eye of Arnold

Although the Mariners beat the OFC Nations Cup runners-up 4-2 at Stade Numa Daly in Noumea following a 1-1 draw at the same venue, it was the hosts who left a lasting impression on Arnold with 26-year-old midfielder Miguel Kayara and 24-year-old left winger Georges Bearune particularly outstanding.“I couldn’t believe how much things have improved,…

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28 August 2012
Heavy losses mar weekend for Kiwis

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, the Wellington Phoenix remain unbeaten on their historic tour of the sub-continent.EuropeWest Ham United came back to earth after their opening weekend heroics by falling 3-0 to high-flying Swansea City away from home. All Whites defender Winston Reid and the Hammers will now travel to Crewe Alexandra…

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28 August 2012
Solomon squad mixes youth with experience

Solympics goalkeeper Samson Koti has made the cut along with fellow U-23 defenders Emmanuel Poila and Willie Lamani while also joining the team for the first time are midfielders Leonard Rokoto and Paul Hiri.But the most eye-catching name in the group is that of former Waitakere United striker Gagame Feni, one of the hottest properties…

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27 August 2012
Krishna earns win over Play Fair Brazil

After peforming well in a 2-1 loss to the tourists on Thursday, Juan Carlos Buzzetti’s men clearly had a belief they could topple the talented South Americans and Krishna’s strike proved enough to do just that on Saturday night at Govind Park in Ba.Play Fair Brazil again fielded a strong side packed full of former…

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27 August 2012
Football TV show in pipeline for Fiji

OFC is committed to bringing about an increase in football exposure across its member associations and has delivered training programmes and equipment to many of these countries to help this vision become a reality.Head of OFC TV Olivier Huc and director Tia Soakai spent time at the Fiji Football Association this month working with media…

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27 August 2012
Mexico overrun Ferns to grab play-off spot

After a 2-1 win over Switzerland and a 2-2 draw against eventual group winners Japan, New Zealand just needed to avoid defeat to progress to the quarter-finals for the first time at an age-group FIFA women’s tournament and looked relatively comfortable at halftime with close to 70 per cent of possession and the match scoreless….

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26 August 2012
Three Kings claim fourth cup title

Massey pushed the favourites hard throughout the 19th final, especially in the opening exchanges when Emma Boyack tested Three Kings goalkeeper Joanna Kennedy twice and Rosie Missen fired wide from close range. But the Aucklanders took a 12th-minute lead with the first of Martine Puketapu’s two goals before Massey went close to an immediate reply…

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26 August 2012
Central celebrate 50th with fifth cup

Celebrating their 50th anniversary, Central now join fellow Aucklanders Eastern Suburbs as five-time winners with only University-Mount Wellington, with seven titles, and six-time winners North Shore United and Christchurch United above them on the honours board. Also moving up the leader board was Central striker Paul Urlovic, who has been in all five cup-winning teams…

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25 August 2012
Draw reveals Solomon Islands’ path to glory

Suttipong Tatpithakkul was the host of the ceremony, while the official draw was carried out by Jaime Yarza, FIFA’s Senior Manager of Futsal and Beach Soccer Competitions. Helping him were Thai boxer Somluck Kamsing, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and former Thai football international Kiatisuk ‘Zico’ Senamuang, as…

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25 August 2012
Junior Ferns prepare for play-off push

New Zealand need only a draw in Kobe to book their passage into the second round for the first time at an age-group FIFA women’s tournament after beating Switzerland 2-1 last Sunday then stunning hosts and heavyweights Japan with a 2-2 draw on Wednesday night.Mexico are one point behind the Kiwis and need to win…

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