Labasa will come even stronger for the semi-finals of the last major tournament of the year in Fiji as their star midfielder Ashnil Raju will be available for the team. Raju did not play the final two poll matches of Labasa due his marriage that took place this weekend. As the games of the semi-finalsContinue reading “Labasa: Ashnil Raju available after his marriage as Fiji FACT is postponed”
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Fiji FACT postponed to next weekend
It was recently informed by Fiji Football Federation’s Rajesh Patel in a press release that the Fiji FACT semi-finals will be once again postponed, this time to Saturday and Sunday (6 and 7th Dec) due the bad weather conditions in Vanua Levu. “It is out of our control, it is a natural thing” said Patel.Continue reading “Fiji FACT postponed to next weekend”
Fiji FACT: ‘District Pride’ set to make injured Suva’s players to sacrifice
As recently mentioned, Wasasala and Mateinaqara were ruled out of Fiji FACT’s semi-final with other three players of Suva’s squad. The semi-finals were postponed from this Saturday (28th Nov) to today (29th Nov) as the due bad weather and pitch conditions – Fiji FA is still to confirm the matches will go on today as the pitchContinue reading “Fiji FACT: ‘District Pride’ set to make injured Suva’s players to sacrifice”
Subrail Park pitch conditios cannot improve in only 24h
As recently mentioned by Oceania Football Center, Fiji FACT semi-finals were postponed due bad weather and pitch conditions in Labasa’s Subrail Park. After 45 minutes of football between Rewa and Nadi it was clear football could not be played under those circumstances. Fiji FA’s CEO Mohammed Yusuf determined the matches are going to be played thisContinue reading “Subrail Park pitch conditios cannot improve in only 24h”
Did Suva FC lie to media?
Recently, Oceania Football Center stated that five important players of Suva were not available for the semi-final clash of Fiji FACT against Labasa. The info was firstly published by FBC News – stated as a source of the news posted – signed by Senior Multimedia Sports Journalist of the journal, Akuila Cama; an important figureContinue reading “Did Suva FC lie to media?”
Fiji FACT semi-finals postponed due bad weather and pitch conditions
Finally, the Fiji Football Association made the obvious: they understood the terrible conditions of the pitch at Subrail Park and decided to postpone the matches of this Saturday to tomorrow. The match that was interrupted in the half-time between Nadi and Rewa will restart from the second half. The muddy Subrail Park just turned evenContinue reading “Fiji FACT semi-finals postponed due bad weather and pitch conditions”
Wasasala and Mateinaqara ruled out of Fiji FACT’s semi-final
There are no good news for the Suva fans heading for the semi-final clash against Labasa of the 2020 Fiji FACT: two key players will be missing the game according to local sources – Christopher Wasasala and Beniaminio Mateinaqara. Another three players are also confirmed of the decisive match: Laisenia Raura, Kalisito Veikoka and KelvinContinue reading “Wasasala and Mateinaqara ruled out of Fiji FACT’s semi-final”
Labasa: Ronil Lal thanks fans for confidence and ask for support in the semi-final
Labasa bounced back in the season; winning the Inter-District Championship made the fans forget the bad campaign at Vodafone Premier League. Now the team is seeking to repeat what they did in 2019: win two major tournaments in a year in Fiji. After a bad start suffering a harsh 4-0 defeat against Rewa in theContinue reading “Labasa: Ronil Lal thanks fans for confidence and ask for support in the semi-final”
Goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau comes as striker and scores for Rewa against Nasinu
One more very interesting fact happened this week in Fiji as the experienced goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau entered in the second half of the match of his side Rewa against Nasinu that were playing their final pool match of the 2020 edition of the Fiji FACT. The game was already 4-0 in favour of Rewa whenContinue reading “Goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau comes as striker and scores for Rewa against Nasinu”
Ba: Sanaila Waqanicakau proves to be a decent call also as a goalkeeper
It is really not expected to see a striker playing in a very different position than usual; imagine if he is forced to play as a goalkeeper in an emergency. The striker Sanaila Waqanicakau played all games of the most recent Fiji FACT group stage as a goalkeeper for his team Ba – this isContinue reading “Ba: Sanaila Waqanicakau proves to be a decent call also as a goalkeeper”
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