NUKU’ALOFA,(LOVE RUGBY LEAGUE)—Tonga coach Kristian Woolf insists the squad he will pick for this year’s World Cup will be the strongest squad the nation has ever had in rugby league. The Tongan national squad have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the rankings in international rugby league in recent years. They reached the semi-finals of the…
PORT MORESBY, (POST COURIER)—Cricket Papua New Guinea (CPNG) for the first time in history will be sending a women’s Under-19 team to attend the East Asia Pacific qualifiers in Bali, Indonesia from 01- 07 April. The tournament will serve as a qualifier to the 2023 women’s U19 World Cup in Bangladesh. PNG is amongst two…
Vanuatu and Cook Is. out SOLOMON Islands has received an early decision that they have secured a spot for the semi-final playoffs of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition in Qatar. This followed the untimely omissions of two teams in group A, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. These two teams had to…
OFC: The Oceania Football Confederation can confirm that due to a number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the Vanuatu and Cook Islands squads, Match Day 3 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers will not go ahead. As a result of the vast majority of the squad testing positive to COVID-19, Vanuatu…
OFC: A Sairusi Nalaubu double saw Fiji edge New Caledonia 2-1 in a thrilling encounter on Match Day 2 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. While much of the pre-match attention on Fiji focused on the inclusion of captain Roy Krishna in the starting side, just over 24 hours after he arrived in…
OFC: Less than 10 minutes into his international debut Ben Waine became the hero for New Zealand, netting a 75th-minute winner to give his side an opening victory at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. The 20-year-old guided the ball past a diving Ronald Warisan, following a quick free kick to Dane Ingham who then found Waine with…
OFC: FOLLOWING rapid antigen testing conducted on March 17 which revealed positive cases of COVID-19 in a vast majority of the Vanuatu squad, the scheduled Match Day 1 meeting between Vanuatu and Tahiti at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers will not go ahead. The tests were conducted prior to the Vanuatu squad…
National men’s squad wins opener in Qatar THE country’s national men’s team has made a positive start to their World Cup Qualifiers with an opening 2-0 win over Cook Islands in Qatar yesterday morning. First half goals by Atkin Kaua and Alvin Hou were enough to seal victory and register the first three points. Atkin…
OFC: The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers are underway in Doha, with the Solomon Islands beating the Cook Islands by 2-0. First half goals by Atkin Kaua and Alvin Hou were enough to seal victory, as international football made a welcome return to the OFC. The game kicked off in blustery conditions at…
THE Pacific Games is not just two weeks of sporting event but it is a catalyst of development projects in the country. This was according to the Chairman of the National Hosting Authority (NHA), Dr Jimmie Rodgers. Dr Rodgers was responding to criticism from the public that money going towards the Pacific Games should be…