Just 500 days until Brazil 2013

Yet fans in the host nation need wait less than a year and a half to savour a similarly feverish atmosphere in that most tantalising of FIFA World Cup appetisers: the FIFA Confederations Cup. On 15 June 2013, the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia will host the opening match of the next ‘Festival of Champions’, with…

Kautoga has put pen to paper on a deal to play for Vanuatu side Amicale and is expected to depart his homeland sometime this week to link up with his new team mates.He joins a growing list of Labasa players to have picked up contracts in the Oceania region, following hot on the heels of…

Nearly 50 players have been trying to force their way into the squad through a series of training sessions since early January and there will be some disappointed young men after that group was cut to 27 .A selection panel featuring Noel Wagapu, Gideon Omokirio, Jacob Moli, Rex Masuaku and Batram Suri was responsible for…

In his first squad selection as head coach, Readings has sprung few surprises for the February 11 game in Texas with all players drawn from last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup squad, including 15 now playing for clubs outside New Zealand.The squad is the most experienced Football Ferns line-up ever named with the players sharing…

Mune, who coached the Papua New Guinea women to a historic third Pacific Games title in a row in September, named a 29-strong wider squad in November and has put that group through its paces over recent weeks with training centres in Port Moresby and Lae.The players were given one more chance to impress during…