Fiji Times – It will be an all-Pacific affair when Tonga A and Samoa A clash in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge at the ANZ Stadium in Suva. Both teams play a similar type of rugby where hard hits will be expected so there will be no love lost between two Polynesian sides. Tonga A…
OFC: The Papua New Guinea women’s national team have made great ground since returning to action following last year’s OFC Women’s Nations Cup, making their international debut outside of Oceania as they build for the Pacific Games and Olympic qualifiers. The side kicked off their return to the international stage with a two match series…
FIJI TIMES – The Pacific Games football competition could feature the under-23 sides from the region and double up as the qualifier for the Rio Olympics. Pacific Games Council (PGC) chief executive Andrew Minogue said the council would be meeting on this issue later this week and hoped to have a decision at that point.…
The Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) in Oceania in partnership with the Oceania Sports Education Program (OSEP) is enhancing the management and administrative capacity of selected Basketball Federations in the Oceania Region through a Management in Sports Organization (MiSO) workshop. The MiSO workshop is being held at the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi from…
New Zealand notched up their fourth win at the OFC U-17 Championship today but it wasn’t an easy one as New Caledonia pushed them to the limits in their thrilling 5-4 victory. Meanwhile, Fiji finally put themselves on the right side of a victory with a comprehensive 5-0 win over Cook Islands while Papua New…
Vanuatu and Solomon Islands have opened Group B with high score wins on Match Day 2 of the OFC U-17 Championship. Vanuatu started the game by putting heavy pressure on American Samoa. Sylvain Worworbu found the back of the net after eight minutes to give his team an early advantage. Solid in defence, American Samoa…
David Chung will be the sole candidate in the 2015 OFC Presidential election campaign, the Oceania Football Confederation can confirm yesterday. The Tuesday (December 16) deadline for submissions to run for President of OFC has passed with incumbent Chung the only candidate to put themselves forward for the role as head of the organisation. Chung…
Fifty athletes are at camp at the National Sporting Institute in Goroka, Eastern Highlands in preparation for the Pacific Games. The camp is to get the athletes to know their coaches through training programs. It comes as Papua New Guinea prepares to meet stiff competition from other Pacific athletes in the Games. The athletes were…
PORT MORESBY – The PNG Games Organising Committee (GOC) which is responsible for the delivery of the 2015 Pacific Games to be held in Port Moresby is very confident that the event will be delivered as planned. Speaking to the sponsors of the 2015 Games early this month, GOC chief executive officer Peter Stewart highlighted…
OFC: New Zealand may have beaten Papua New Guinea to deny them a shot at the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year, but for goalkeeper Fidelma Watpore the 2014 edition of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup will live long in her memory. The 26-year-old’s last memory of playing the 19th ranked side in the world…