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Cagous face friendly A-League fire

16 August 2011
Cagous face friendly A-League fire

The Cagous touched down in Brisbane last weekend to put the finishing touches on their Games preparations and will meet a Gold Coast outfit also in build-up mode. Coach Miron Bleiberg and his men are getting ready for the next edition of Australia’s professional league, which kicks off on October 8, and are expecting a…

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16 August 2011
Hearn off the mark in Germany

Hearn laid on goals in the 32nd and 35th minutes for Sylvia Arnold and Lisa Seiler respectively as the Frauen Bundesliga club seized control of the tie against lower-league opposition and ran out to a 4-0 halftime lead. Hearn earned her side a 54th-minute penalty, converted by Carolin Schiewe, for Jena’s sixth goal and then…

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16 August 2011
Koloale dampen Bonitos build-up

The match was scheduled to help the Bonitos’ complete their preparations for the upcoming Pacific Games, which take place in New Caledonia from August 27 to September 9, and coach Jacob Moli would have hoped for a good performance and a morale-boosting victory.But the Koloale players had clearly not read Moli’s script and stunned the…

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16 August 2011
Swans eye up Mariappa

The Swans, who have just been promoted to England’s top flight but are based in Wales, were thumped 4-0 by Manchester City in their opening Premier League outing on Monday and have been tipped by many to make a swift return to the second-tier Championship.A new centre-half signing is near the top of Rodgers’ wish…

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15 August 2011
All Whites back All Blacks

On behalf of the All Whites and New Zealand Football, chief executive officer Grant McKavanagh stopped in at a training session at North Harbour Stadium and presented All Blacks captain Richie McCaw with a shirt signed by All Whites skipper Ryan Nelsen. Last year, Keven Mealamu and Ryan Nelsen swapped the team’s alternate strips at…

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15 August 2011
Wairarapa to meet Napier in cup final

Rovers qualified for their sixth final – the club has won the 89-year-old trophy four times – with a second-half fightback against Caversham to edge the Dunedin side 2-1 in Napier, while Wairarapa continued their dream run by booking a maiden final appearance with a 1-0 upset win over Bay Olympic in Auckland. Caversham took…

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15 August 2011
Rewa make it five in a row

The match was decided on a penalty shoot-out after normal and extra-time could not produce a goal for either side and it was veteran Lorima Dau who became a hero for Rewa by firing home the winning penalty to make it 4-3.The result means the Delta Tigers have written themselves into the record books with…

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15 August 2011
Fiji name star-studded squad

The talent-packed line-up includes Ba players Alvin Singh, Avinesh Waran Suwamy, Malakai Kanihewe, Jone Vesikula, Malakai Tiwa and Tuimasi Manuca, who all missed the recent two-match series against Vanuatu as they were on tour with Ba in Canada.They will be joined by seven Labasa players – Alvin Avinesh, Maciu Dunadamu, Pita Bolatoga, Taniela Waqa, Samuela…

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15 August 2011
Blatter: Education key to tackling discrimination

A landmark event, it stipulated that “given its global reach, power and influence, [football] has a duty to act in a responsible and progressive manner” in the struggle against discrimination. On the occasion of the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has spoken of the advances made in tackling…

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13 August 2011
Fog postpones cup semi-final

The fog disrupted flights in and out of Auckland, including Wairarapa’s scheduled flight from Palmerston North. The match will take place at Olympic Park in New Lynn tomorrow at the earlier kick-off time of 1pm. In the other semi-final Napier City Rovers host Caversham at Park Island, Napier tomorrow at 12.30pm. ASB Chatham Cup 2011…

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