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Segran earns FIFA appointment

30 May 2011
Segran earns FIFA appointment

FIFA technical director Jean-Michel Benezet confirmed the appointment this month and Fiji FA chief executive officer Bob Kumar says the news is a significant development for the national body.“This is very positive for Fiji FA,” Kumar says.“It will bring us into the limelight and is a testimony to the fact that we have very capable…

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30 May 2011
All Whites reinforcements start arriving

With the injury-enforced withdrawals of Tony Lochhead and Tommy Smith for matches against Mexico and Australia, and Melbourne Victory’s Marco Rojas missing the first leg of the tour while he recovers from a viral infection, a 23-man squad had already been whittled down to 20 before departure from Auckland.Chris Killen (China), Chris Wood (England) and…

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30 May 2011
Two members of FIFA Executive Committee suspended

The decision was made by the Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Petrus Damaseb (Namibia), on May 29 after examining their cases in relation to alleged violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics linked to the upcoming FIFA presidential election.The Ethics Committee considered that a provisional suspension was required while the investigation continues, taking into…

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30 May 2011
Festival a success in Vanuatu

The Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) joined forces with a pair of local youth organisations, Amicale Kids and the Pikinini Association of Vanuatu, to put on the Community Just Play Festival for youngsters aged 10 to 12.The children received basic football training from several VFF coaches, including star Amicale defender Richard Anisua, and enjoyed the chance…

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29 May 2011
Young All Whites squad named

McFarland has named a squad of 21 players with five new faces from the group which secured qualification for the 24-nation age group finals by winning the OFC U-17 Championship in January. Goalkeeper Liam Anderson, midfielder Stephen Carmichael and forwards James Debenham and Dylan Stansfield make the squad after staking successful claims during a tour…

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27 May 2011
Nelsen, Riley pick up OFC Player of the Year

The talented duo beat off the challenge of a raft of Oceania’s finest players to receive the accolades and were announced as winners at the 2010 New Zealand Football Awards in Auckland on Friday night.The prestigious event was attended by many Australasian-based All Whites, who are currently in a domestic camp ahead of internationals against…

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27 May 2011
Match officials set to take part

A match official trio will also fly the flag for Oceania at the prestigious event, which takes place in Germany from June 26 to July 17. Fijian referee Finau Vulivuli has been selected to control some of the tournament’s matches and will be joined by the other members of her trio, assistant referees Jacqui Stephenson…

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26 May 2011
Local All Whites get hit-out

All members, apart from a not yet fully fit Mark Paston and a virus stricken Marco Rojas, took part in the match with numbers boosted by a quartet of U-20 players, three of them on the bench. The match was designed to give out-of-season A-League and ASB Premiership players some valuable match fitness and All…

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26 May 2011
Sharma new national team director

Sharma is vice-president of the association and has been selected for the role due to his success in taking the Navua district sides to greater heights.“I can confirm that vice-president Anil Sharma has been appointed as the national team director and will now be in charge of all the national sides,” Fiji FA chief executive…

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26 May 2011
S-League clubs receive boost

Heading into last weekend’s first matches of the Championship Series (a knockout competition following the completion of the league), the clubs were given the second instalment of the Telekom S-League grants from SIFF which totalled SBD $160,000, each of the clubs receiving $20,000.In addition to this, the clubs were also presented with $5,700 each from…

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