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Vahirua joins French giants Monaco

12 August 2011
Vahirua joins French giants Monaco

Despite their illustrious past, Monaco currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football, and Vahirua comes to them from Ligue 1 side AS Nancy-Lorraine.He is not worried about stepping down a division as he is joining such a big club and believes his new team will be amongst the league’s front-runners.“I know…

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12 August 2011
Caversham banking on semi-final pressure

Like Wairarapa United, who face Northern League champions-elect Bay Olympic in Auckland on Saturday afternoon, Caversham drew the short straw of an expensive away game and the odds are now against them lining up in their first final on August 28.In the last ten editions of the 89-year-old knockout competition the home side has won…

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12 August 2011
Bonitos take talents to province

The friendly games are against Koloale, the country’s 2011/12 O-League representative, and a selection side from Malaita respectively. They will be the final part of the Bonitos’ preparations for the Pacific Games, which take place in New Caledonia from August 27 to September 9.The first match will be held at Koloale’s AE Oval home in…

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12 August 2011
Barbarouses nets winner on debut

The four-cap All Whites striker struck in the 62nd minute to keep Alania level on points with Nizhny Novgorod, who visit Alania on the season’s final day in what is shaping up to be a crunch game.With four matches left to play and the top two teams earning promotion to Russia’s Premier League, 21-year-old Barbarouses…

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12 August 2011
Ethics Committee opens proceedings

The proceedings are connected to the investigation of the cases related to the special meeting of the CFU held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 and 11 May 2011.One of the officials, Colin Klass (Guyana), has been provisionally suspended from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) by the chairman of…

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11 August 2011
Improving Kirios target medal

The new 20-strong squad for the Kirios, as the side is known in its football-mad homeland, is based mainly on the same players who took part in OFC’s premier women’s tournament in Auckland last September but Inifiri has been able to make several key additions.He has selected 16 of the players who performed admirably at…

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11 August 2011
Bonitos blend youth with experience

Head coach Jacob Moli revealed his line-up for the Bonitos, as the national team is known, at a press conference in Honiara this week and stated that his intention was to balance the experience of older campaigners with the pace and enthusiasm of a batch of promising youngsters.“We had ample time to assess the players…

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11 August 2011
New Caledonia women beat Vanuatu

Two goals from captain Wahnawe Christelle and one from Xolawawa Celine is enough to give the visitors victory of Vanuatu.This is a great day for woman’s football again in Vanuatu as fans came out to the stadium to watch woman’s football again after many years.Vanuatu through Leisale had few chances to score for Vanuatu in…

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11 August 2011
Disciplinary Committee bans match officials

In the first case, the committee, under the chairmanship of Marcel Mathier (Switzerland), decided to ban Lisle Austin from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of one year for lodging a claim related to football matters in front of the ordinary courts in the Bahamas, constituting a…

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11 August 2011
Hosts hone skills in Port Vila

The Cagous’ five-day stint in Vanuatu consists of two matches against the national women’s side and they got their short tour off to the perfect start when a double from captain Christelle Wahnawe helped them to a comprehensive win at PVL Stadium.It didn’t take long for the visitors to make their mark, Wahnawe leading by…

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