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17 February 2011
Football back in the spotlight

The Super League is the country’s premier men’s competition but it wasn’t just players at the elite level who were back on the field. Men taking part in other leagues, youth players and women also strapped the boots on again as the football season at all levels kicked off.The new season brings together 11,000 licensed…

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17 February 2011
Youngsters learning the Amicale way

The club will put on the 90-minute sessions every Saturday morning and basic football skills such as passing, ball control and playing as a team will be passed on by some of Amicale’s first-team stars.The first session was held last Saturday at Antoise Rossi Field and included the coaching of former Solomon Islands international Batram…

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16 February 2011
Work begins on new field

The area has not had a proper football facility for four years but President Chung, who is also the president of the Papua New Guinea Football Association, ensured that would no longer be the case by putting the first spade to the ground.The land being used to create the pitch is located at Gon Kambua…

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16 February 2011
First fulltime women’s coach appointed

School teacher Logaivau represented Fiji for four years from 1993 and played club football in New Zealand, as well as starring locally with the likes of Navua, Rewa and Labasa.He moved into coaching after hanging up his boots and his career on the sidelines began with spells in charge of various youth sides. Earlier this…

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16 February 2011
Beach soccer squad lists announced

Leading the big names is Solomon Islander James Naka who has scored an impressive 17 goals in four FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup campaigns and a staggering 29 goals in three OFC Beach Soccer Championships – 12 more than his nearest rival Teva Zaveroni, who will feature for Tahiti next week. The four-team tournament, taking…

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16 February 2011
Port Vila FA backs beach boys

The money was presented to the team by the Port Vila Football Association (PVFA) with the strict instructions that it should be used to make sure the players are eating the right food and preparing in a profession manner for the OFC championship, which takes place in Papeete, Tahiti from February 22 to 26.PVFA representative…

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16 February 2011
NZF presents U-20 World Cup bid to FIFA in Zurich

The bid document arrived at FIFA’s headquarters on Friday morning but Glading, accompanied by Auckland City Council’s event attraction manager Paul Dunphy, travelled to Switzerland to give New Zealand’s bid a personal touch.In a positive meeting with President Blatter, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and FIFA’s director of competitions Mustapha Fahmy, Glading pushed the strengths…

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15 February 2011
OFC President welcomed home in PNG

Chung was elected OFC President at the OFC Congress in Pago Pago, American Samoa on January 15 and became the first PNGFA official to take on the role.He has spent the time since his appointment overseas and his arrival in Port Moresby marked the first time he has touched down on Papua New Guinea soil…

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15 February 2011
Postponed match rescheduled

The Group B Match Day 4 game was originally scheduled for Saturday 5 February but had to be postponed due to the unsuitability of the Stade Numa Daly to host such a fixture at that time.OFC received submissions from Federation Caledonniene de Football [FCF] detailing the state of the ground and these were supported by…

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15 February 2011
Ronaldo calls time on career

The Brazilian will go down in history as one of the most prolific and devastatingly skilful strikers ever to have played the game. He scored with astonishing regularity for some of Europe’s most glamorous clubs but it is for his exploits at the FIFA World Cup that he will perhaps be remembered most fondly.From the…

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