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Png Almost Upsets Vanuatu In Stage 1 Preliminaries

OFC Release: Papua New Guinea was within a whisker of causing the first upset of the Oceania World Cup/Nations Cup Stage 1 preliminaries, while Samoa easily defeated American Samoa in the other match of Group 2.

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Viduka Ruled Out For Upcoming Socceroo Matches

Socceroo striker Mark Viduka was today ruled out of the upcoming matches against Turkey and the OFC Nations Cup.

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Solomons And Tahiti Kick Off With Wins

Hosts the Solomon Islands and Tahiti have secured opening round wins in Group 1 action yesterday of the Stage 1 OFC Nations Cup/World Cup preliminaries being played at Honiara.

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Schwarzer Can't Wait To Play At Home Again

Mark Schwarzer sounded like any keen kid that by Monday counts down the days till his next game of soccer on the weekend.

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Aa Wrap - Aussies At Heart Of Play-off And Releagt

Crystal Palace, with Socceroo Tony Popovic at the heart of its defence, has snuck into the English Division One play-offs despite losing its final match on the weekend.

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Farina Hopeful Viduka Will Play For Socceroos

National Coach Frank Farina is hopeful star striker Mark Viduka will play for the Socceroos against Turkey this month despite being ruled out of the final two club matches for Leeds United in the English Premier League.

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Petkovic Wins Battle Of Aussies In Turkey

Trabzonspor, with former South Melbourne goalkeeper Michael Petkovic in between the posts, has secured the first of what would be a marvellous double, after winning the Turkish Cup with a 4-0 whitewash of Genclerbirligi, home of Socceroo Josip Skoko.

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Viduka Gets Support From Leeds Teammate

Socceroo striker Mark Viduka, who has been condemned by certain sections of the media, following his send off in last week’s loss to Bolton, has received strong support from his Leeds United striker partner Alan Smith.

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Tickets On Sale Today For Ofc Nations Cup

South Australian sports fans will be able to book their chance to see the Socceroos take the first steps on the journey to the 2006 FIFA World Cup with tickets going on sale today (Wednesday May 5) for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Nations Cup to be held in Adelaide fr

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Action Abroad - 04-05-04

There is plenty of drama at this time of the season with teams chasing promotion and trying to avoid relegation. Our Socceroos are at the heart of it and while there was joy for Mark Bresciano, the same cannot be said for Mark Viduka.

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Aa Wrap - Viduka Sees Red For Leeds

Socceroo striker Mark Viduka went from hero to villain for his Leeds United side, as they attempted to avoid relegation with a victory against Bolton Wanderers.

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Adelaide Confirmed As Ofc World Cup Qualifying Ven

The Socceroos will start their journey to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Adelaide after the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the Australian Soccer Association (ASA) jointly announced the dates and venues for Stage Two of the OFC World Cup qualifying series.

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Waitt Names Squad For Ofc Nations Cup

New Zealand coach Mick Waitt has named his 23-man squad to participate in next months OFC Nations Cup tournament that doubles as second stage World Cup Qualifiers.

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Sbs Secures Rights To Televise Turkey Matches

SBS has successfully secured the broadcast rights to televise two international soccer matches between the Socceroos and Turkey on Friday 21 (Sydney) and Monday 24 May (Melbourne).

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Action Abroad - 27-04-04

Scott Guyett celebrated promotion with his Chester City side from the Conference League back to Division Three last week, while the likes of Tony Popovic, John Filan, Luke Wilkshire, Joel Porter, Paul Reid, Daniel Allsopp, John & Marco Maisano, Paul Okon and Brett Holman all invo