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Men’s FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala shortlist revealed

2 November 2011
Men’s FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala shortlist revealed

The candidates for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football award have been unveiled, and the final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men’s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football. The winners…

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2 November 2011
Opening S-League round wraps up

The first match of the opening round took place on October 22 between Marist Fire and Hana but the latter’s 3-0 win that day was overturned due to a technicality and the fixture was replayed before the Malaita Kingz-Real Kakamora game. Hana again scored three goals to win but Marist gave a better account of…

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1 November 2011
Ragomo scoops prestigious award

The captain of the Kurukuru national team took home the gong after the official ceremony at the Oasis Restaurant in Honiara on Friday night and, as this year is the inaugural edition of the awards, goes down in history as the first person to win it.Upon receiving the award, Ragomo said he did not expect…

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1 November 2011
New technical director appointed

The New Zealand-born gloveman is excited about taking on the challenge and is looking forward to assisting in the development of football in the Cook Islands.“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work in my home country and with football as they are two of the biggest passions in my life,” he says.Jamieson captained…

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1 November 2011
Ali and Swamy take Olympic reins

Recently-elected Fiji Football Association President Rajesh Patel confirmed the appointments following the association’s board of control meeting in Ba.Ali has been named head coach and will be supported by Swamy in an assistant coach role.“They have both been given two-year contracts,” Patel says. “We will monitor their performance and extend their contracts on an optional…

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1 November 2011
Killen and Kete goals in vain

Asia/OceaniaKillen’s eighth of the season was an 82nd-minute equaliser at home against Shandong Luneng but an even later winner to the visitors was enough to relegate Shenzhen from the Chinese Super League on the penultimate weekend of action. Fresh from winning the Finnish league and cup double with PK-35, Emma Kete scored on debut for…

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31 October 2011
Clinical Krishna is key for Kiwis

The Tahitian champions’ cause was not helped by the early dismissal of goalkeeper Xavier Samin but they had no answer to Waitakere’s emphatic attacking display, led by a clinical performance from Roy Krishna.The Fijian international found the net a remarkable five times and was joined in being a multiple scorer by Ryan De Vries, who…

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31 October 2011
Eroi frustrated by draw

The hosts had gone ahead on the stroke of halftime through talismanic striker Fenedy Masauvakalo and it looked like that effort would be enough to secure a first-up win as the final whistle approached.But Hekari’s Kema Jack had other ideas and found the net with one of the last kicks of the game to earn…

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31 October 2011
Ba win battle of returnees

The New Caledonians are in a similar boat to Fiji’s Ba, having not taken part in the Pacific’s premier club competition since the inaugural edition in 2007, and their comeback appeared to be going well when Jose Hmae put the visitors ahead in the 33rd minute at Govind Park.But any hopes of a triumphant return…

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31 October 2011
Patience pays off for City

City had a pair of braces, to Spanish striker Manel Exposito and All Whites midfielder David Mulligan, to thank for the victory and coach Ramon Tribulietx believes patience was the key to the triumph in front of a vocal crowd of around 12,000 at Honiara’s Lawson Tama Stadium.“It is good to start with all three…

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