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Golden Boot winner Tayla O’Brien has been named in the starting line-up for Eastern Suburbs as they prepare to meet Western Springs in the Grand Final of the Women’s National League. O’Brien stayed on the bench for Suburbs’ last round-robin … Read More
Croatia have wrapped up third place at the FIFA World Cup, beating Morocco 2-1 in Sunday’s play-off. This leaves one game remaining at the Qatar tournament — Monday’s final between France and Argentina. Game played on Sunday December 18, 2022 … Read More
Women’s football will decide which team carries the title of ‘national champions’ when Eastern Suburbs and Western Springs go head-to-head in Sunday’s Grand Final. The Auckland clubs meet at Mt Smart Stadium to decide which club will win the 2022 … Read More
Croatia and Morocco meet for the second time at FIFA World Cup as they both seek a victorious conclusion to a memorable campaign in the third-place play-off. Their first encounter, in the opening Group F fixture, ended goalless. The nations’ … Read More
Auckland City will return to Morocco in February to contest the FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament will be the last run with a seven-club format before it expands to a four-yearly 32-team competition set to launch in 2025. The … Read More
What the weekend lacks in quantity, it certainly makes up for in the quality of football matches for fans in search of entertainment. Sunday’s Grand Final in the Women’s National League decides which club will earn the right to call … Read More
The FIFA World Cup final will be between Argentina and France after today’s semi-final in which France beat Morocco 2-0. Despite having only 38% of the possession, France beat the Moroccans who now face Croatia in the play-off for third. … Read More
Argentina and Lionel Messi have booked their place in the FIFA World Cup final. They beat Croatia in Wednesday’s semi-final and will learn their final opponents when Morocco meet France on Thursday. Here’s how the fixtures are scheduled: Game played … Read More
The path to FIFA World Cup glory is down to four teams who play the tournament’s semi-finals on Wednesday and Thursday. The semi-final brings together two teams that reached the last four with dramatic penalty shoot-out victories, Croatia overcoming Brazil … Read More
New Zealand supporters will be able to watch live streams of their national U-17 men’s team at January’s OFC U-17 Championship in Fiji. The Oceania Football Confederation have confirmed that all 20 matches at the tournament will be streamed live … Read More
The list of New Zealand training base camps to be used by teams playing at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has been revealed. The New Zealand Football Ferns will be based at Auckland United’s Keith Hay Park headquarters in … Read More
Here are all the fixtures for the 2022 men’s FIFA World Cup to be staged in Qatar. We’ve got the New Zealand kick-off times for all the games, and you can keep track of all the results and goalscorers. PRINTABLE … Read More
Hopes of Wellington hosting a men’s or women’s A-League grand final have been dashed for at least three years. The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) and Destination NSW have announced a landmark deal for Sydney to host the grand finals of … Read More
Here’s what’s happened today at the FIFA World Cup. Morocco have eliminated Portugal and go forward to the semi-finals of the tournament when they will meet France, victors against England. Games played on Sunday December 11, 2022 Quarterfinals Morroco 1 … Read More
Central Football play Auckland United in the Women’s National League on Sunday December 11. The game kicks off at 12pm. It will be live-streamed by Sky Sport NEXT. You can watch it here: More football stories
Saturday’s game between Canterbury United Pride and Capital Football will not go ahead due to a number of COVID-19 cases in the home squad. NZ Football have confirmed the match will not go ahead in accordance with the competition’s COVID-19 … Read More
Here’s what’s happened today at the FIFA World Cup. Brazil have crashed out of the tournament, losing to Croatia in a penalty shootout. Argentina are through to the semi-finals after a dramatic quarter-final in which they needed penalties to get … Read More
Eastern Suburbs play Western Springs in the Women’s National League on Friday December 9. The game kicks off at 7.30pm. It will be live-streamed by Sky Sport NEXT. You can watch it here: READ MORE: Friday night match likely to … Read More