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Brockie and Gregorius at the double

7 November 2011
Brockie and Gregorius at the double

Asia/OceaniaBrockie, playing high on the right, struck twice in the space of a minute to send Newcastle to joint second on the A-League table with the win over Shane Smeltz’s Perth Glory. The first in the 10th minute was a clinical finish from a tight angle but his second, a powerful volley which included a…

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4 November 2011
Phoenix front football feast

Two matches will take place involving the New Zealand representatives in the 2012 O-League, the winner of which qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup, while an historic moment will occur when the Wellington Phoenix take to Eden Park to play an A-League match in Auckland for the first ever time in the club’s history.In…

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4 November 2011
NZF Chairman to head FIFA taskforce

Along with Paraguayan FA president Juan Ángel Napout, van Hattum will head the Task Force Transparency and Compliance, one of four announced by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter last week as part of a series of measures to ensure good governance, transparency and zero tolerance for wrongdoing on or off the pitch.“It’s a great honour…

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3 November 2011
FIFA backs Christchurch earthquake rebuild

OFC and New Zealand Football have welcomed the news that FIFA will commit a further USD $300,000 to the rebuilding efforts in Christchurch. The solidarity grant, which was approved by FIFA’s Finance Committee after a proposal from OFC President David Chung in Zurich, is set to be used for renovating, restoring and constructing football facilities…

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3 November 2011
Board of control plot future

The main outcomes of the meeting are as follows:– Women’s football will not be neglected and, in light of this, the board of control has decided that Fiji will participate in the OFC U-20 Women’s Championship and the OFC U-17 Women’s Championship, held in January and April of 2012 respectively in Auckland, New Zealand– A…

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2 November 2011
Tonga step up preparations

Coach Chris Williams took his training squad to Auckland last month for a 10-day camp at the OFC Academy at Mt Smart Stadium and followed that up with a pair of matches against Lotoha’apai FC, won 2-0 and 2-1 respectively, upon the squad’s return to Tonga.But the real test of the players’ abilities took place…

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2 November 2011
Football love affair continues in Solomons

The game has come a long way since the birth of the confederation Charlie Dempsey and others so passionately battled for. Slowly that vision is becoming a reality. With island nations including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Tahiti joining New Zealand in playing at major FIFA tournaments, the on-field progress is obvious. Off-field…

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2 November 2011
Grassroots benefitting from World Cup success

The New Zealand Football Foundation, established with part of the prize money from the All Whites’ FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, is awarding over $100,000 to 30 successful applicants in its inaugural grant round. The money is going to a range of causes including paying for expert coaching, improving facilities, talent development and projects such…

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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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