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A young woman who kept her love of football quiet as a teenager can now celebrate with the world as she prepares to work as a volunteer at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. Born and raised in … Read More
Here are some of the match highlights of New Zealand’s 11-0 win against Papua New Guinea at the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship in Fiji. The highlights package is little more than a minute long but includes four goals. Main photo: … Read More
New Zealand coach Leon Birnie says he wants his team “to be more clinical, more ruthless” in their remaining games at the OFC U-17 Women’s Championship. His comments were made after New Zealand routed Papua New Guinea 11-0 in their … Read More
English goalkeeper Jack McGovern has made a spectacular start to his football career in New Zealand, scoring a dramatic equaliser in Melville United’s 1-1 derby draw with Hamilton Wanderers. McGovern (27) was making his debut for Melville and was sent … Read More
Oratia United’s 2-1 win against local rivals Waitemata had more at stake than three points in the Lotto NRFL Northern Conference. The game was played for the Mark Wellesley-Davies Trophy, which is contested between the clubs to keep alive the … Read More
Male footballers who have suffered a concussion within the past 14 days are invited to take part in a research study being conducted by AUT University. The researchers are looking for males aged 16-35 who have suffered a concussion during … Read More
FIFA has today announced New Zealand betting organisation TAB will be an official supporter of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The TAB, who gave more than NZD $12 million back to sport in New Zealand last year through distribution agreements … Read More
New Zealand goalkeeper Victoria Esson is coming off a roller-coaster season with her club, Rangers, and hopes her big-game experience with the Scottish giants will provide useful preparation for the cauldron of a FIFA Women’s World Cup on home soil. … Read More
As a player, former Wellington Phoenix defender Steven Taylor developed a reputation as a dressing room prankster. At English club Newcastle United, where he played more than 200 games, Taylor performed magic tricks and had driven to training in a … Read More
Here are all the weekend’s top results from the Northern League, Central League, Southern League and the top men’s and women’s competitions in the Northern and WaiBOP regions. The Women’s South Island League completed a full round of games for … Read More
Organisers of an eight-day football-for-good festival in Sydney are inviting applications from young female leaders who want to represent Aotearoa New Zealand. The festival has vacancies for up to four delegates from New Zealand, who will join more than 60 … Read More
New Zealand have confirmed their place in the quarter-finals at OFC U-19 Women’s Championship after an 11-0 victory over Papua New Guinea in Suva. The defending champions got off to the perfect start, taking the lead in only the third … Read More
Here’s a round-up of results from Sunday’s games in the Central League, and the top women’s leagues in the Northern and WaiBOP regions. New Zealand also played at the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship in Suva, and two more games were … Read More
He’s played six games for the All Whites but is out of favour for the current squad … and he’s got a following of more than 700,000 fans on the social media platform TikTok. Myer Bevan (26) and his partner … Read More
Many players say they had to play on poor pitches, with insufficient medical support and for no pay in their quests to reach the FIFA Women’s World Cup. A survey of 362 players who took part in World Cup qualifying … Read More
New Zealand can clinch a quarter-final spot at the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship with a win or draw today against Papua New Guinea. Having already beaten Fiji in their tournament opener, New Zealand are in a strong position ahead of … Read More
By Joan Grey After leading the competition for so long, Franklin United now find themselves in chasing mode, three points behind co-leaders Onehunga Sports and Fencibles United. Franklin’s unbeaten start to the Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship season was shattered in the previous … Read More
Here’s our round-up of Saturday’s results in the Northern League, Central League, Southern League and the top men’s leagues in the Northern and WaiBOP regions. Weather and pitch conditions disrupted a number of games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. READ … Read More