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All Whites arrive in China

24 March 2011
All Whites arrive in China

Wuhan – recognized as a cultural, educational and transport centre of Central China – provided a grey backdrop as the All Whites filtered into the team hotel this afternoon. Veteran All Whites midfielder Ivan Vicelich was among the bulk of the squad to arrive from New Zealand and said while the long journey was tough,…

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24 March 2011
Chapod: Thank you for your support

The Port Vila-based side will take on New Zealand rivals Auckland City in the first leg of the final at PVL Stadium on April 2 and president Chapod says the supporters and those working behind the scenes have played a key role in helping the team get there.“I would like to thank all the football…

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22 March 2011
Star with Fijian roots sees red

Watford entered the match on the back of a five-game unbeaten run and made a promising start when Don Cowie fed Danny Graham for the striker’s sixth goal in six games.But Australian striker Scott McDonald quickly equalised, firing in Barry Robson’s right-wing cross, and Andrew Taylor added a second when goalkeeper Scott Loach parried a…

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22 March 2011
Samoa, Tonga swear in new Executives

Football Federation Samoa (FFS) and Tonga Football Assocation (TFA) both held their Congresses over the weekend to elect the Executive members who will lead each organisation for the next four-year term. The success of Petana and Ve’ehala follows on from their election to the OFC Executive Committee for the first time in January 2011 at…

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22 March 2011
Nelsen, Fallon and Gleeson withdraw from squad

Nelsen has reluctantly pulled out due to a knee injury, while coach Ricki Herbert has allowed Gleeson to remain with his club, Portland Timbers, following an injury to the Timbers’ first choice custodian. A groin injury to Plymouth Argyle’s Fallon means the 29-year-old Gisborne-born striker is also omitted. Herbert admits losing both his captain and…

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22 March 2011
Minister backs futsal education programme

The finals of the ‘Festival du Futsal Scolaire 2011’ were held at the AS JT Center in Tahiti last week involving 10 finalist schools, who had been narrowed down from a total of 78 schools that entered the competition last September. Fédération Tahitienne de Football (FTF) and the Union of Sports for Primary Edcation (USEP)…

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21 March 2011
Fiji name 23-man squad

The Fiji squad, which will be reduced to 20 players for the tournament, is the first to arrive in Auckland and touched down on Sunday.The championship does not get underway until April 19 but the Fiji FA want to give the players as much time as possible to acclimatise and get used to their new…

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21 March 2011
New Caledonia reveal squad

The winner of the tournament will go on to represent Oceania at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and coach Stéphane Drahusak, who is being assisted by Emmanuel Hemelsdael, hopes he has enough talent at his disposal for New Caledonia to be genuine contenders.He says the team has undergone a few changes in recent weeks.“The group…

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21 March 2011
IFFHS announce Oceania’s Club of the Decade

IFFHS is an organisation recognised by FIFA that chronicles the history and records of association football. Each team earns points from their national leagues, as well as the club competitions held by the continental confederations and FIFA.The yearly points scored by clubs in the Club World Rankings are added from 2001 to 2010, yielding the…

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21 March 2011
20 facts about the FIFA Women’s World Cup

New Zealand have been drawn in Group B and will battle it out with Japan, Mexico and England to progress past the pool stages.Here are 20 other things you need to know about the FIFA Women’s World Cup:1. The FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 is the sixth tournament in its history. Germany will become…

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