SPG2007 Football News

Who will Live the Dream

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Solomons will go head to head with New Caledonia and Fiji against Vanuatu in the mens Semi-finals while Tahiti plays PNG and Fiji against Tonga in the womens Division.
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Athlete Profile: Teremoana Hewett from the Cook Is

Teremoana Hewett, just 15 years of age from the Cook Islands is here in Samoa representing her country in football.
Hewett started playing football at school when she was seven years old and trained at the Cook Islands Football Association Academy (CIFA). In their match against Papua New Guinea, Hewett stated "Wow, it was a very tough game, very challenging".
Good luck Team Cook Islands!
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Manumea Girls gives Tonga a Hard Time

With a lot of support from these two rivals Tonga and Samoa battles it out on this nice Monday night as the score remains at nill all at half time
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Manumea Boys goes down to Solomons

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As the rain starts to fall the Samoans finds it hard to find thier rhythm to score.
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Manumea Wins against New Caledonia

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Manumea gives themselves confidence as they score the first goal against New Caledonia
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6th Day for Football

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Manumea Girls Plays Tahiti in First Encounter

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First half Score : Tahiti 3 Samoa 0
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The Cooks leads 1-0 at Half-time

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Cooks works there way up
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Day 3 for Womens Football

Fiji and Tonga finishes the day 3 with wins.

story to be followed
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Samoa On a Mission

Chris CAHILL releases a deep cross for FAAIUASO to volley from an angle, narrowly missing the top corner from the 18 yards
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Tuvalu, Tahitti, American Samoa and Vanuatu Starts

VAN captain Moise POIDA scores from a free-kick on the edge of the box, curling a right foot chip in off the crossbar
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Papua New Guinea Scores 4 Goals

The match is off to a frenetic start with Solomon Islands breaking through on goal through Laydah Samani only to be stopped by a crunching tackle
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American Samoa Womens Football Made History

Jasmine Makiasi made football history for American Samoa tonight when she scored her countries first ever goal - and earned the team's first ever point - in women's international football. Makiasi's equaliser and American Samoa's comeback was the big shock of the XIII South Pacific Games Women's Football Tournament so far though Cook Islands will rue a myriad of missed chances in the first half that cost them a victory that - based on the run of play - appeared a formality.
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Samoa keeps the Party Going

Manumea keeps on Shooting Goals For Gold
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Vanuatu Spoils Samoa Party

Vanuatu have spoiled the Samoan party atmosphere at the XIII South Pacific Games with a 4-0 drubbing of host nation Samoa. The victory puts Vanuatu in second place behind Solomon Islands - 12-1 victors over American Samoa earlier today.
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New Caledonia Triumth

New Caledonia has won through in the battle for French-supremacy in Oceania thanks to a 9th minute penalty from talismanic midfield man Pierre Wajoka. Wajoka's cool finish under pressure gave New Caledonia the upper-hand in a physical encounter with Tahiti unable to breakdown a strong defensive showing led by Marc Ounemoa.
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Fiji Starts off with a Big Bang

Tuvalu were woken out of their South Pacific Games slumber by a marauding Fiji tonight as goals rained in from all angles. Fiji hot-shot Roy Krishna (right)was a kid in a candy store as Tuvalu's defence dissolved into submission.
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Women's Competition Under Way

Two women's games have kicked off the action on Day One. Papua New Guinea defeated American Samoa 6-0, while Fiji got off to a good start, defeating Cook Islands 4-1.
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Football to kick off SPG 2007

The XIII South Pacific Games - Samoa 2007 will get off to an explosive start when French-speaking rivals New Caledonia and Tahiti collide in a match that could ultimately decide which team qualifies for the semi-finals. New Caledonia will be battle-hardened after a four-match tour of Australia that included a 5-0 defeat against Hyundai A-League club Central Coast Mariners last week.
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10 Countries for Samoa 2007

Ten Countries confirmed entries for the 2007 South Pacific Games by the May 27th deadline just passed.

10 mens and a record 9 women's teams will take part this year at the outstanding Samoa Football Headquarters at Faleata.

Full lists of entry by names will be available on this web site shortly.
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