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“It really is the pride for all of us”: Sarai Bareman looks ahead to women’s football in Oceania for 2025

With the women’s game reaching new milestones in Oceania in 2024 and the game going from strength to strength globally, we catch up with FIFA’s Chief Women’s Football Officer Dame…

10 years on: Auckland City legend recalls Magic of Morocco

Photo Credit: Lars Baron – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images WORDS| Coen Lammers The amateur footballers of Auckland City shocked the footballing world a decade ago when they beat the champions…

Raimana Li Fung Kuee: The Unstoppable Beach Soccer Legend from Tahiti

(Photo Credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) Beach Soccer may not be the most widely recognised sport globally, but for those who follow it closely, names like Raimana Li…

Embracing the sands of change: Papua New Guinea’s Beach Soccer journey

Photo Credit: PNGFA| Beach Soccer on Fisherman Island in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Futsal and Beach Soccer Development Officer Tonga Esira beams like a kid in a candy…

World Class facility in Solomon Islands to be showcased at OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

Photo Credit: SIFF Media The prestigious OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup kicks off in Honiara this week with four teams vying to represent Oceania at next year’s FIFA Beach…

Footballing globetrotter reaches new frontiers with Samoa

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek WORDS | Coen Lammers Juan Chang Urrea is a living testament to how ‘Football Unites the World.’ The 36-year-old coach wrote history last month…

Sky is the limit with the launch of Talent Development IDC event in Fiji

Photo Credit: Fiji Football Association The Talent Development Inter-District Championship (IDC), organised by the Fiji Football Association, provides a pivotal space to nurture young football talent nationwide. Held in Suva earlier…