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11/08/2025

11/08/2025

PNG U16 men's team has touched down in Honiara, Solomon Islands for the men's U16 OFC Championship

📷Sun Sports

11/08/2025

🇼🇸 Samoa U16, women's development team are off to FIFA World Cup!

Samoa head to the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2025 finals after a dominant win over the Solomon Islands and secure a spot at next year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco!

10/08/2025

PNG U16 Men’s development Team Departs for OFC Championship in Honiara

The Papua New Guinea U16 Men’s National Football Team departed Port Moresby today
for Honiara, Solomon Islands, to compete in the OFC U16 Men’s Championship, the official
qualifying tournament for the FIFA U17 World Cup Qatar 2026.

Led by Head Coach Mathew Witu, the 23-man squad will represent PNG on the regional
stage, with the goal of securing one of the two qualification spots for next year’s world cup tournament. Achieving that milestone would mark a historic first for PNG men’s youth
football.

Coach Witu said the team is ready to take on the challenge:

“Our boys have put in the work and are ready to compete. This is an opportunity not just to
represent the country, but to make history. We’ll give it everything we have.”

Farewelling the team on Friday, PNGFA President John Kapi Natto challenged the players to seize the moment:

“You can rewrite our history by creating your own history and qualify for the U17 Men’s
World Cup in Qatar 2026.”

The squad has been in intensive preparations over recent weeks, undergoing technical drills,
tactical sessions, strength training, and team-building activities. PNGFA’s technical
department and the PNG High-Performance Sport staff have worked closely with the players to ensure they are match-ready.
The OFC U16 Men’s Championship kicks off on Friday at the Lawson Tama Stadium in
Honiara, with PNG placed in a competitive group alongside Melanesian rivals Fiji, the Cook Islands and Tahiti.

PNG U16 Fixtures – Group Stage
Venue: Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
• Match 1: PNG vs Cook Islands | 17/08/25 | 12pm (11am PNG time)
• Match 2: PNG vs Tahiti | 20/08/25 | 12pm (11am PNG time)
•Match 3: PNG vs Fiji | 23/08/25 | 3pm (2pm PNG time)

10/08/2025

Back-to-back win for Labasa

Labasa FC have beaten Rewa FC 2-1 to claim the Fiji's Battle of Giants trophy.

📷FFA

09/08/2025

Late Simmon Peters Memoriol Trophy arrives at Subrail Park in Labasa. Savusavu Legends and Labasa Masters will battle as curtain raiser at 1.30pm for the Extra BOG 2025- FFA

📷FFA

09/08/2025

Salah criticises UEFA tribute to ‘Palestinian Pele’

Former Palestinian international player Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed by an Israeli attack on aid seekers in Gaza on Wednesday.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has criticised the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)’s tribute to the late Suleiman Al-Obeid, known as the “Palestinian Pele,” after European football’s governing body failed to reference the circumstances surrounding his death this week.

The Palestine Football Association said that Al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli attack on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

In a brief post on the social media platform X, UEFA called the former national team member “a talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times”.

Salah responded: “Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?” - Aljazeegera

09/08/2025

It's already a History for Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 But can they go all the way to securing the title?

The Solomon Islands U-16 Women's Team advance into the semi-finals for the FIRST TIME EVER at the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship!

The football mad nation in the region is living up to its name. just last month their national women's team bet PNG and claimed the OFC women's Nations cup for the first time. now the development team is surging to claim another title.

Solomon Islands will face the hosts Samoa on Monday for a place at next year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup!

📷 OFC

09/08/2025

Its not only under a month to go before New Zealand All Whites host the Australia Socceroos in the 🇳🇿⚔️🇦🇺
Soccer Ashes
Trophy decider.

A historic trans-Tasman rivalry reignites on September 9th at Go Media Stadium 🏟️

09/08/2025

Vanuatu, Solomons Islands and Samoa make huge jumps in FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking, Spain takes top spot

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa make huge leaps

Women's football has enjoyed an action-packed two months, with continental competitions causing a shake-up in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking. England retained their European title by seeing off the challenge of Spain, Brazil successfully defended their South American crown, and the Solomon Islands took full advantage of New Zealand’s absence to lay claim to the Oceania throne.

07/08/2025

PNG has announced its development squad.

07/08/2025

New Caledonia wrote out Fiji with a 6-0 dominant performance to advance to the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship semi-finals!