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S-League receives boost from sponsor

7 January 2012
S-League receives boost from sponsor

Our Telekom management board chairman John Beverly handed over a cheque for SBD $400,000 to Aloysio Ma’ahanoa, Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) treasurer and chairman of the S-League.Beverly says the company’s sponsorship of the competition is aimed towards promoting football amongst the youth of Solomon Islands.“We want the children of Solomon Islands to play football…

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7 January 2012
Reid returns for Hammers

EuropeReid made his comeback in West Ham’s New Year’s Eve 2-1 loss away at Derby County in the Championship, the defender backing that up with another 90-minute effort in the Hammers’ 1-0 home win over Coventry City two days later. The win puts West Ham equal top of the Championship with Southampton with only goal…

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6 January 2012
Brown set for Phoenix century

In typical Brown style, becoming the club’s first centurion will be the last thing on his mind when he lines up on the weekend, securing another win to keep the Phoenix in touch with the top three teams will instead be the main focus.“It is an important game for us,” Brown says. “We have to…

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3 January 2012
OFC U-20 Women’s Championship postponed

Uncertainty around the confirmation of participating teams and entry of new teams has meant that the OFC Executive Committee had no other option but to reschedule the tournament, which acts as Oceania’s qualifying event for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. OFC can confirm that late entries have been received from Samoa and Papua New…

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31 December 2011
Women’s coaches learn the ropes

The course was conducted by FIFA instructor Beverly Priestman, who is based in Auckland and works as the women’s football development manager for New Zealand Football, and was attended by 23 participants.VFF chief executive officer Fabien Hoeppe was present at the opening ceremony of the five-day course and expressed his appreciation towards OFC and FIFA…

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29 December 2011
Cannery company backs women’s national league

The company has agreed to sponsor the league to the tune of PGK 50,000 and will receive naming rights in return.A total of eight women’s teams are taking part in the competition this season – four of which are based in Port Moresby and the other four in Lae – and it will be known…

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27 December 2011
FIFA course helps futsal referees

Nearly 30 participants from Honiara, Malaita, Makira Ulawa and Guadalcanal participated in the course, which was conducted by FIFA referee instructor for Oceania Neil Poloso over six days. Local referee instructors Robert Sulimae, Hamilton Siau, John Saohu and Jackson Namo helped Poloso deliver the course, the objective of which was to bring the referees in…

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25 December 2011
PNG women reach highest ever ranking

A total of 149 matches have been played since the last FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking, of which 66 were UEFA Women’s EURO 2013 qualifiers. USA remain at the top of the table but are under pressure from second-placed Germany, who are only five points behind them. World champions Japan can be happy to find themselves…

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24 December 2011
Ferns to play USA in Olympic build-up

The match, funded by additional contestable funding from High Performance Sport New Zealand, will kick off a busy year for the Ferns, with Cyprus Cup games against Northern Ireland, Korea Republic and South Africa in February and March, Olympic qualifiers in March and April and European friendlies en route to London if the team qualify…

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23 December 2011
Calendar of Events 2012

These include U-17 and U-20 Women’s, Olympic Qualifiers (men and women), 2012 O-League, 2013 O-League Preliminary, 2013 O-League, Futsal and the OFC Nations Cup.It is a particularly full calendar due to the inclusion of Olympic qualifiers and FIFA World Cup qualifiers, which take place every four years.The recent feedback from a number of Member Associations…

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