OFC: The OFC Executive Committee made a whistle stop visit to Oceania’s future home of football on Saturday morning in Ngahue, New Zealand. Led by OFC President David Chung, executive committee members were given a tour of the work site where the two artificial football pitches that form the centre piece of the Home of…
AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union chief Bill Pulver has blamed the media for making Ewen McKenzie quit as Wallabies coach. McKenzie himself blamed a lack of commitment from the playing group while Pulver said the allegedly relentless attacks on his character from the Australian media left him with little option but to resign. McKenzie and the Wallabies…
DEFENDING Telekom S-league champions, Solomon Warriors FC, will represent the country in the newly revived Melanesian Super Cup competition in Vanuatu. The club manageress Dianne Dettke confirmed their participation and said the team departed for Vanuatu last Saturday. They will play their opening game against Vanuatu’s Tafea FC on Tuesday and Amicale FC on Saturday…
MALAITA province has confirmed its participation in the 2014 Matsons inter-island rugby tournament by preparing two teams. In a statement on Tuesday Gregory Ofia on behalf of the team management said Subi and Malaita Outter Islands (MOI) are taking part in the tournament. “Malaita province will field two teams in the Matsons inter-islands rugby tournament…
The 2014 inter-ministry games is currently making progress in Honiara with the soccer and volleyball competition. For soccer competition has reached quarter-final stages but organisers said matches will wait until they settle an issue between PMOC, Education 1&2 and Police1, Morris Hakapauhenua Vice Chair of the organising committee said yesterday. The re-match games scheduled for…
OFC: The Oceania Football Confederation is pleased to confirm the dates and competition format for the tenth edition of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup tournament. After an all-time high of eight participating teams in 2010, 2014 will see just four sides descending on Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae, Papua New Guinea from October 25-29,…
SAMOA OBSERVER – He may be a proud Kiwi, but former Manu Samoa player Mark Birtwistle is geared up to support only one team at next year’s big match in Apia – the boys in blue. He is part of a group of 30 friends and family who have booked flights and accommodation for the…
FIJI LIVE – Flying Fijians wing Vereniki Goneva has been named in a list of nine players to watch at next year’s Rugby World Cup. The 30-year-old who plies his trade with Leicester and has won many man of the match and player of the month awards will be one of Fiji’s key players in…
Save the Children office in Auki has organized a one day of sporting competition for Gwaunaoa and Faiako primary schools at Gwaunaoa primary school sports ground last Saturday in Auki, Malaita Province. Some of the sports activities that were held included; hoop relay, tug of war and futsal for boys. In the hoop relay Gwaunaoa…
OFC -The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is pleased to formally announce the staging of the inaugural edition of the OFC President’s Cup. The competition draws together six teams from three confederations and includes Kiwi and Oceania champions Auckland City FC, Amicale of Vanuatu, Bodden Town from the Cayman Islands, former Bahraini champions Busaiteen FC, Fiji…