Fijian football has produced many interesting players in Oceania over the past few decades – and its grassroots system continue to work to keep the game going in the country over the next years. Currently, many interesting players such as Kishan Sami, Rahul Naresh and Etonia Dogalau have moved to New Zealand to play inContinue reading “Mohammed Alam: Fiji’s youngest player to feature in a senior national competition”
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Krishna finds the net: Fiji football at 2016 Olympics
Fijian football has many glorious moments to remember – 2016 is certainly a year that the Fijian football community will remember with joy. The Rio Olympics were the site of a fantastic adventure; led by their wonder boy Roy Krishna, Fiji faced the world and had the chance to experience the most important sporting eventContinue reading “Krishna finds the net: Fiji football at 2016 Olympics”
Kema Jack: a football legend of Papua New Guinea
Football in Papua New Guinea is booming – the new format of the PNG National Soccer League is attracting many fans to the stadiums, and local talent is being duly recognised on the long road ahead as football develops in the country. In the past, many important personalities have helped to create a basis forContinue reading “Kema Jack: a football legend of Papua New Guinea”
Labasa’s star Akuila Mateisuva deserves a spot in Bula Boys
Labasa fans might be in heaven after their team performance in the 2019 season in Fiji – the Babasiga Lions won two major tournaments this year, Battle of Giants and the Inter-District Championship, and began 2020 with a convincing win over Ba in the Champion vs Champion series. Players like Siotame Kubu, Atonio Tuivuna andContinue reading “Labasa’s star Akuila Mateisuva deserves a spot in Bula Boys”
The fantastic year of Dane Schnell
The year of 2019 was a great one for talented midfielder Dane Schnell. The Waitakere United player helped his team to finish at 3rd in the last season of the ISPS Handa Premiership – the best Waitakere campaign in years. The 21-year-old player also represented clubs in New Zealand such as Western Springs and EasternContinue reading “The fantastic year of Dane Schnell”
Solomon Islands: more football and less politics, please!
Football has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; many important events have been postponed or cancelled – such as the OFC Nations Cup – and football leagues have had to be put on ice. Unlike Asia, America and Europe, Oceania was not as badly affected by the disease, with places like Fiji and PapuaContinue reading “Solomon Islands: more football and less politics, please!”
Brazil introduces the world to Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands sport does have a strong connection with Brazil: the Bilikiki, as the Solomon Islands Beach Soccer National Team is known, is one of the strongest teams in Oceania – and they reached the world stage for the first time ever in Brazil. Solomon Islands won Vanuatu in the decisive match of 2006 OFCContinue reading “Brazil introduces the world to Solomon Islands”
Andrew Abba: knee-injury almost finished my career
After having a wonder winter football season last year by winning the Chatham Cup with Napier City Rovers, Solomon Islands international Andrew Abba had a difficult 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership season as the Waitakere United’s forward got injured in a match against Hamilton Wanderers in December and missed the rest of the season. He underwentContinue reading “Andrew Abba: knee-injury almost finished my career”
Ryan Mudaliar: a young and talented Fijian in Australia
The number of Fijian football players abroad is increasing a lot. The biggest example is legendary forward Roy Krishna who last played for ATK from India. However there are footballers from Fiji in other ends of the world like Scott Wara and Nicho Prasad in Europe and many others in Australia and New Zealand asContinue reading “Ryan Mudaliar: a young and talented Fijian in Australia”
James Naka: the king of the beach in Oceania
Football in Oceania is very interesting and a bit different. Unlike the rest of the world there is a good amount of footballers also play futsal or beach soccer regularly. It is not so difficult to find a player that represented his nation in two of these sports and there are also a few onesContinue reading “James Naka: the king of the beach in Oceania”
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