Jason Thomas is currenty one of the most important players from Vanuatu. The 23-year-old defender has 16 caps for Vanuatu National Football Team and he has already played four editions of the OFC Champions League, the main football tournament among clubs in Oceania. He was also part of the youth squad that made history byContinue reading “The Asian journey of Jason Thomas”
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The rise of Ronaldo Wilkins
In the late 90s Ronaldo was shocking the world with his dribbles and goals. The legendary Brazilian forward won the Ballon D’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1997, two awards that are given to the best player in the world throughout the year. At the same time, on the other sideContinue reading “The rise of Ronaldo Wilkins”
Galaxy FC players help to repair Port Vila Stadium
The sporting activities were recently allowed to resume in Vanuatu and some teams are slowly resuming their training sessions. During this months without football due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Tropical Cyclone Harold, the Port Vila Stadium did not receive so much attention. Actually it seems that no one cared about the football stadiumContinue reading “Galaxy FC players help to repair Port Vila Stadium”
TBT #07 – When Vanuatu faced the world
This week is a very special one for football fans in Vanuatu. Three years ago they had their first opportunity ever to face the world in a FIFA-sanctioned World Cup competition. Despite losing all their matches, their youth players really made Ni-Vanuatu people proud. Vanuatu managed to book a berth in the 2017 U20 FIFAContinue reading “TBT #07 – When Vanuatu faced the world”
Malampa Revivors is back to training in Vanuatu
The COVID-19 pandemics affected football worldwide – despite the serious scenario due the new disease, Oceania remains as the less-affected region in the globe. Vanuatu, for example, is still to record officialy their first case of COVID-19, as other Oceanian nations. Countries as Fiji and Papua New Guinea were already directly affected by the disease,Continue reading “Malampa Revivors is back to training in Vanuatu”
Galaxy FC ready to come back to the pitch
It was reported by Vanuatu Sports News that Galaxy FC will resume its football activities on Monday. This news is very important once the sporting activities are cleared to resume in Vanuatu since April. However it is important to point that there is no tournaments being played in the country currently as Vanuatu faced lotsContinue reading “Galaxy FC ready to come back to the pitch”
Vanuatu: a special case in the COVID-19 pandemic
It was recently reported that Vanuatu’s caretaker minister of youth and sports announced that the sporting activities are cleared to resume in the country. However it is a special case in the COVID-19 pandemic. Just like Solomon Islands, Vanuatu does not have any confirmed case of COVID-19 but it does not mean that the localContinue reading “Vanuatu: a special case in the COVID-19 pandemic”
Sporting activities ready to be resumed in Vanuatu
🇮🇹 italiano 🇮🇹 The sporting activities are ready to be resumed in Vanuatu. According to the caretaker minister of youth and sports, François Chani, sporting activities, health clubs and group exercises are allowed by the government to come back to normality. It is not known if the football leagues are already allowed to resume inContinue reading “Sporting activities ready to be resumed in Vanuatu”
Brian Kaltak: I had the best season of my career
The 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership season is over as Auckland City was claimed the champions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the unexpected end, it was a wonderful season for Vanuatu international Brian Kaltak that was named for the ISPS Handa Premiership Team of the Season for the first time in his career. The 26-year-oldContinue reading “Brian Kaltak: I had the best season of my career”
Brian Kaltak selected in ‘Team of the Season’of New Zealand top-league
A fantastic season of Brian Kaltak is proven by the records the Vanautu internatinal achieved in the 2019/20 season in the New Zealand top-league ISPS Handa Premiership. Kaltak scored two goals in the process helping his side, the mighty Auckland City, to win once again the most important football league of New Zealand and theContinue reading “Brian Kaltak selected in ‘Team of the Season’of New Zealand top-league”
