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Vanuatu well-placed for further growth

17 August 2012
Vanuatu well-placed for further growth

Yet despite this disappointment, Vanuatu can take some level of solace from their Solomon Islands adventure with their young team gaining invaluable experience, while the nation also made a surge up the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking after a period of relative inactivity. The most recent edition of the ranking saw the Melanesians surge 12 spots to…

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17 August 2012
Five Ferns offer key to cup success

That would be a first for any Kiwi age-group women’s side and would see Aaron McFarland’s charges follow in the footsteps of the U-17 men’s teams of 2009 and 2011. The key to doing so is likely to be the form of a handful of important players and oceaniafootball.com has therefore highlighted five figures whose…

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17 August 2012
Stars omitted from national squad

A 26-man training group was named last month and most of those players came into camp in Ba earlier this week.Those that didn’t included Osea Vakatalesau, Malakai Tiwa, Tuimasi Manuca, Pita Bolatoga, Laisenia Raura, Beniaminio Mateinaqara and Peneame Drova, who will all no longer take part after being omitted for various reasons.Raura and Mateinaqara cannot…

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17 August 2012
Les Cagous notch draw with Mariners

The hosts went behind just ten minutes into the contest at Stade Numa Daly to an opportunistic effort from Bernie Ibini. But they hit back 11 minutes after the interval with a stunning free kick by Miguel Kayara and neither side was able to find a winner.New Caledonia coach Alain Moizan made good use of…

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16 August 2012
Molea: The hard work has paid off

The Moses Toata-coached side earned the S-League title after finishing top of the table in April and continued their dominance with a 2-0 victory over fierce rivals Western United in the final of the championship series on Sunday.The pair of successes rendered midfielder Molea almost speechless in the immediate aftermath but he managed to get…

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16 August 2012
Jewell pleased with Smith progress

Smith got on the scoresheet in Tuesday’s 3-1 success over Bristol Rovers in the Capital One Cup and is now looking forward to the opening of the league campaign this weekend.Ipswich take on freshly-relegated Blackburn Rovers at home on Saturday in the first round of the Championship, the second tier of English football, and Smith…

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16 August 2012
Junior Ferns targeting more history

New Zealand take on Switzerland in Miyagi in the opening match of Group A, which also contains Mexico and hosts Japan.Following the Football Ferns’ quarter-final appearance at the Olympic Games, a campaign which White was part of along with fellow striker Hannah Wilkinson, the striker says the U-20s want to match the senior side –…

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16 August 2012
Futsal referees earn World Cup call up

Referees Amitesh Behari (Fiji) and Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands) will also fly the flag for the Pacific at Thailand 2012 after being included on the list of match officials for the event.Each of the world’s six confederations are represented on the 38-strong list and the inclusion of the Oceania pair is the latest success story…

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15 August 2012
Referee lessons to be taught in school

The likes of Tevita Makasini and Lata Tu’ifutuna have taken part in prestigious events on the world stage in recent years and TFA referee development officer Tevita Vea is confident the nation can produce many more quality whistle blowers.To help make that a reality, the focus is being placed on building foundations for the future…

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15 August 2012
Warriors wrap up title double

The Moses Toata-coached side earned the S-League title after finishing top of the table in April and continued their dominance with a 2-0 victory over fierce rivals Western United in the final of the championship series on Sunday.Goals from evasive striker Karol Kakate and substitute Gagame Feni were enough to complete the double and see…

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