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Messi launches FIFA FIFPro World XI voting

27 September 2011
Messi launches FIFA FIFPro World XI voting

The Barcelona forward was the first player to fill in his ballot paper at the club’s Juan Gamper training complex and many thousands of fellow professionals will follow his example in the coming weeks. It has now become a FIFPro tradition for the FIFA Ballon d’Or winner from the previous year to cast the first…

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27 September 2011
New intake at Teouma Academy

The promising players will spend two years honing their skills at the academy and many will go on to represent their country at U-20 level in 2013.VFF chief executive officer Fabien Hoeppe has welcomed the players into the academy and is keen to emphasise that they have a good future in the game if they…

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27 September 2011
City set for Central Coast challenge

The friendly is just as good an opportunity for the City players as it will give them a taste of what to expect at the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup, where they will face sides of a similar standing.Auckland qualified for the Club World Cup thanks to a title win in the 2011 O-League and…

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27 September 2011
Hosts putting finishing touches on team

The preliminary tournament will be hosted by Samoa from November 22 to 26 and will see the hosts go up against American Samoa, Cook Islands and Tonga for a place in the OFC Nations Cup.The four-team competition is the first step on the Oceania qualifying path for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and…

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26 September 2011
National league returns to Pago Park

“Our competition will kick off this Saturday, just five days away from the two-year anniversary of the tsunami that badly damaged our facilities here,” Football Federation American Samoa President Iuli Alex Godinet says. “It is a good feeling for all of FFAS, from our executive committee to our staff, clubs and especially the players, to…

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26 September 2011
Festival a success in PNG

Locals schools took part in the event, the second such festival to be held in the country, and the day began with a presentation of the malaria-related materials the children have been studying, such as the displaying of their “Kick Malaria Out” banners and posters.The campaign’s theme song was also sung by the students of…

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26 September 2011
Academy to open early next year

Work on the academy was officially inaugurated by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and OFC ambassador Christian Karembeu in 2008 and it is part of the country’s FIFA Goal Project, a programme that allows each member association of FIFA to receive funding for football development projects that respond to the special needs of their national…

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26 September 2011
Waitakere end Fiji tour on high note

The win followed swiftly on the heels of a 1-1 draw against Rewa on Friday evening and is a timely confidence boost for Waitakere as they look to prepare for the 2012 O-League, which kicks off on October 29.Ba are returning to the Pacific’s premier club competition for the first time since their runners-up placing…

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23 September 2011
Honiara schools receive equipment

The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) handed over the gear to the schools this week and the programme will be held from October 3 to November 11, after which a day-long tournament will take place to wrap up Just Play in the area for the year.During the implementation period, the SIFF projects office will closely…

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23 September 2011
Aron Jeremi nets winner

The boy from South beautifully curled the ball into the top corner and Seveners keeper miss to handle the ball and roll in the his empty goal to gave the green a victory over the table leader.Seveners, who now lost their first game in the Southern competition and also their last game and there is…

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