FIFA funding sent to Papua New Guinea FA

Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) received USD $93.000,00 from FIFA to fund a fencing project at PNG Football Stadium that must start this week. According to PNGFA president John Kapi Natto this money will be used for making some improvements like: internal perimeter palisade fence line, field of play perimeter chainmesh fence barriers, competitionContinue reading “FIFA funding sent to Papua New Guinea FA”

Bugotu Senior League kicks-off in Solomon Islands

Bugotu Football Association’s Senior League kicks-off in Solomon Islands. The official season opener took place on this Sunday at Duddley Tuti College at Isabel Province. Ten teams are going to fight for the title this year Kalenga FC, Duddley Tuti College FC, Tasina FC, Jevula FC, Kamaru FC, Sana FC, Mafi FC, Green Bay FC,Continue reading “Bugotu Senior League kicks-off in Solomon Islands”

Morobe Wawens back to training in Papua New Guinea

Morobe Wawens are back to training in Papua New Guinea. The first training session of the team after COVID-19 pandemics took place on this Monday at Scout Hall in Lae. Papua New Guinea National Soccer League – the major football league in the country- is expected to resume in August and most teams are alreadyContinue reading “Morobe Wawens back to training in Papua New Guinea”

Malakai Rakula keeps training in Fiji as New Zealand borders remain closed

Fijian player Malakai Rakula is currently facing an unusual situation. The 28-year old midfielder is set to play 2020 winter football season in New Zealand for Manukau United but he can not enter in the country as the borders are closed there. While he can not return to New Zealand, Rakula keeps training hard inContinue reading “Malakai Rakula keeps training in Fiji as New Zealand borders remain closed”

Tonga: football season proposed to start in September

While many countries are already resuming their football leagues, the wait is going to be a little bit longer in Tonga as the 2020 football season is likely to begin in September. According to Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) the teams from Tonga were cleared to resume training activities in May which means that they areContinue reading “Tonga: football season proposed to start in September”

Avinesh Suwamy: a legend of the Men in Black

Older people say that we only value something when we lose it and this phrase can be applied to different situations: a marriage, a loved one, a material asset, and even a football player when he retires or changes clubs. However it is never too late to recognize the legacy of an idol, specially whenContinue reading “Avinesh Suwamy: a legend of the Men in Black”

Jonathan Spokeyjack: commitment is the key for Ifira BB in PVFA Premier League

The football fans from Vanuatu could finally feel the taste of the sport on Saturday when two friendly matches were contested at Port Vila Stadium as part of team’s preparations for 2019-20 Port Vila Premier League resumption. As it was previously reported in this website, Galaxy FC has beaten Erakor Golden Star by 2-0 whileContinue reading “Jonathan Spokeyjack: commitment is the key for Ifira BB in PVFA Premier League”

Jonathon Mueller: a young Papua New Guinean in Australia

Football is developing faster than it used to do in the Pacific. There are dozens of Oceanian footballers playing outside OFC region in countries like Australia, England, Netherlands, South Africa and United States. We have been recently talking about some good players born in Oceania or with Oceanian heritage that are not very known inContinue reading “Jonathon Mueller: a young Papua New Guinean in Australia”

American Samoa: 2020 football season set to begin in July

Football activities are slowly resuming in Oceania and it is not going to be different in American Samoa. According to Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) team trainings are allowed to resume in the country from June 15 on. While football clubs can resume their activities in the upcoming week, the U-19 National Team must be called-upContinue reading “American Samoa: 2020 football season set to begin in July”

Singh remains on the bench as Bayern gets closer to clinch Bundesliga title

Bayern Münich received Borussia Mönchengladbach at Allianz Arena in the 31st matchweek of Bundesliga – the top-tier of German football – and won by 2-1. New Zealand youngster Sarpreet Singh remained on the bench once again and watched Mönchengladbach giving Bayern a difficult challenge. Joshua Zirkzee opened the scoreboard for Bayern in the 26th minuteContinue reading “Singh remains on the bench as Bayern gets closer to clinch Bundesliga title”