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Tournament brings fun to Samoan youngsters

14 June 2011
Tournament brings fun to Samoan youngsters

District teams from Savaii and Upolu were invited to participate in the two-day event, which was organised by Football Federation Samoa (FFS) and was run in conjunction with Just Play, a FIFA-approved initiative which promotes physical activity for primary-aged children while encouraging community involvement and healthy living.Nearly one thousand youngsters took part in the fun…

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13 June 2011
Assistant referee off to Mexico

David Charles, a young 29 year old from a mixed parentage of Central and Milne Bay is the second game official to represent Papua New Guinea in officiating a FIFA World Cup competition. He has being chosen to officiate at this year’s Under 17 FIFA World Cup in Mexico this month. Before him was Hillary…

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13 June 2011
Kiwis’ fresh new direction

The game in the ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’ has undergone a mini-revolution of sorts in recent years, with international achievement across a number of fronts crowned by last year’s revelatory performance by the All Whites at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The new-found success on the world stage kicked-off at…

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13 June 2011
National team tours Australia

The squad has been in training for the past couple of months in Port Moresby and Lae respectively and are touring Australia this month to play five friendly matches before they return to Port Moresby.On arrival in Australia, they will play a series of friendly matches which coach Frank Farina will use to select the…

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13 June 2011
Amicale book O-League return

The league leaders faced second-placed Tafea on Saturday at PVL Stadium in Port Vila and earned a 2-1 win to open up an unassailable eight-point lead going into the final round this weekend.In front of over 4000 rowdy fans, captain Fenedy Masauvakalo proved the inspiration, hitting home two second-half goals to give his side a…

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13 June 2011
Canosa backs youth programme

The Northern, Western and Southern U-18 sides have taken part in the games at Churchill Park in Lautoka as Fiji FA looks to start putting together its next national U-20 squad.Argentinian Canosa was on the sidelines to witness a 1-1 draw between Southern and Western, as well as a 2-0 Western win over Northern.He believes…

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13 June 2011
Further festival fun in Vanuatu

The event was held at PVL Stadium on Saturday and was run by coaches from Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) and local primary school teachers, who gave up their time to teach over 200 players from the Pango Green Bird club some of the elements of the Just Play programme, including the importance of education and…

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13 June 2011
Young All Whites warm up in Arizona

With the mercury forecast to peak at 40 degrees on the day when the Young All Whites take on Uzbekistan in their Group D opener on June 19 in Torreon, the squad are using their week in Arizona to acclimatise.“The players worked admirably,” New Zealand coach Aaron McFarland said from Arizona.“They worked their socks off…

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12 June 2011
Ferns depart with quiet confidence

The Ferns head for Germany via a warm-up tournament in Switzerland in which they play Wales, Colombia and Denmark as preparation for the main event – Group B matches against Japan, England and Mexico. Rebecca Smith, who plays for VfL Wolfsburg in Germany, is fully aware of the hype building around the tournament and the…

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10 June 2011
Rewa and Lautoka early FACT frontrunners

The sides lead Pool One and Pool Two respectively following first-up wins, Rewa sneaking past Labasa 1-0 and Lautoka going on a goalscoring rampage to beat 10-man Savusavu 7-0 in the last match of the day.Savusavu were left to try to contain Lautoka without a full team after Mosese Gadai received his marching orders in…

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