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Ferns denied drought-breaking Australia win

24 June 2012
Ferns denied drought-breaking Australia win

New Zealand hadn’t beaten Australia since 1994 – and since 1991 on Australian soil – but Hayley Moorwood’s 50th-minute goal put New Zealand on course to end that run with the Ferns’ first win against any side ranked inside FIFA’s top 10. The 79-cap midfielder headed Anna Green’s cross from the left back across goalkeeper…

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22 June 2012
Just Play and health department join forces

A manual entitled ‘Healthy Islands’ has been produced as a result of the partnership and will be distributed to the instructors and children involved in Just Play. The guide includes information about such topics as personal hygiene, communicable/non-communicable diseases and education and is intended to raise awareness about the importance of healthy living and becoming…

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22 June 2012
Aussie tests a chance for further Ferns gains

New Zealand take on the 10th-ranked Matildas – a team they haven’t beaten on Australian soil in 21 years or anywhere else in 18 – twice in four days.But ending a 12-match losing streak against China last week with consecutive victories in Auckland has given the London-bound Ferns a spring in their step heading into…

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22 June 2012
All Whites reap rewards of wide net

Rory FallonStriker Fallon was largely responsible for New Zealand making the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa after heading home the goal that beat Bahrain in the decisive intercontinental qualifying play-off. But he may have not been involved in that historic campaign at all had he not benefitted from a change in player eligibility…

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22 June 2012
New headquarters in store for Aitutaki

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) was given approval by FIFA last month for funds to construct the new facility, together with the extension of the existing academy building at the CIFA home in Matavera, Rarotonga.A signing ceremony was held between FIFA development officer for Oceania Glenn Turner, CIFA President Lee Harmon and local contractors…

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21 June 2012
Official draw edges closer

Represented at the draw will be the nations already guaranteed a place at the event: China PR, Japan and Korea DPR (AFC), Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria (CAF); Canada, Mexico and USA (CONCACAF); Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay (CONMEBOL); and New Zealand (OFC). Azerbaijan will also be included as host nation, while UEFA’s two remaining representatives will…

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21 June 2012
The Challenge gets underway

The station has joined forces with Fédération Calédonienne de Football (FCF) to put on the tournament since 2006 and it has grown to become one of the most important events on the youth calendar.The aim is to encourage physical activity amongst the country’s youth and further develop football at the grassroots level. But football is…

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21 June 2012
All Whites form basis of Olympic squad

While men’s football at the Olympics is restricted to players aged under 23 with just three over-age players per squad, New Zealand coach Neil Emblen has been able to name 13 players who have been capped in full internationals, including established All Whites Tommy Smith and Chris Wood along with Kosta Barbarouses, Marco Rojas and…

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20 June 2012
’11 for Health’ set for Tonga launch

Tonga Football Association (TFA) general secretary Lui ‘Aho put pen to paper on the Tonga Research Funding Agreement with FIFA this week and the programme will be launched on the main island of Tongatapu in July. It will be piloted among over 2200 students aged 11 and 12 from 15 schools.“We are in a position…

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20 June 2012
Reid no longer in Oly Whites frame

Reid was expected to be named alongside fellow All Whites Ryan Nelsen and Shane Smeltz in New Zealand’s 18-man squad for London 2012 tomorrow but coach Neil Emblen must now look elsewhere to fill the remaining over-age player spot.The 23-year-old was a regular starter for West Ham in their successful promotion from the second-tier Championship…

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