Football
CIFA to test floodlights
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) complex floodlights will be tested at the Charity Shield match tomorrow.
Charity match kicks off new football season
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Football
The 2015 Rarotonga football season will kick off with a Charity Shield match between the last year’s Premier Men’s Round Cup Champions Tupapa Maraerenga and knockout champions Takuvaine on Wednesday next week.
Football festival a success
Saturday 8 August 2015 | Published in Football
Seventy children turned up at the CIFA Complex in Matavera for a morning of fun-filled football activities and games on Thursday to end the 50th anniversary celebration and school holidays.
Football festival filled with fun
Wednesday 5 August 2015 | Published in Football
Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) will hold its action-packed fun football festival tomorrow from 10am to 12 noon at the CIFA complex in Matavera.
Football kicks off next month
Friday 31 July 2015 | Published in Football
The 2015 Rarotonga Football season is set to kick off next month Wednesday, August 26.
Match lack blamed for poor rankings
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Football
Lack of international fixtures have been blamed for the poor ranking of the Cook Islands men’s football side.
CIFA sets ambitious goal
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands football side has set an ambitious goal of winning the first stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Tonga later in the year.
Parker's link to CIFA in spotlight
Thursday 23 July 2015 | Published in Football
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) disciplinary committee chairman Allen Parker’s association with the Cook Island Football Association (CIFA) remains murky.
Soccer story a disappointment
Tuesday 21 July 2015 | Published in Football
Dear Editor, It was very disappointing to read on the back page of the Cook Island News on July 18 with the headline ‘Bronze medal relief for poor performing sport’.
Soccer girls bring home bronze
Friday 17 July 2015 | Published in Football
Elation ripped through the Cooks soccer camp in Papua New Guinea as the national women’s soccer made history in winning their first ever Pacific Games medal for the code.
Football refs update skills
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Football
TWENTY-three football referees on Rarotonga participated in a FIFA refereeing course last week, organised by FIFA/Oceania Football Confederation fitness instructor Mark Hester.
FIFA grants to CIFA under investigation
Saturday 27 June 2015 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Football
Development grants to the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) from FIFA have come under the radar of the Swiss authorities investigating the sport’s global governing body.
CIFA chief under probe
Friday 26 June 2015 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Football
POLICE have confirmed they are investigating a report concerning a prominent sporting body head in the Cook Islands regarding alleged mistreatment.
Activeness, healthy life choices encouraged
Saturday 20 June 2015 | Published in Football
Victoria Park in Tupapa was a hive of activity on Tuesday as 120 children turned out for an afternoon of fun packed sports activities.
Last game excitement
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Football
Anticipation is in the air as under 14 five-a-side football stars gear up for their final match of the tournament this afternoon.
Under 14 girls battle it out on 5-a-side football pitch
Wednesday 27 May 2015 | Published in Football
With just two games to go in the under 14 girls’ five-a-side football competition, teams will not take today’s matches lightly.
Tupapa youth top soccer
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Football
Rising soccer hotshots from Tupapa have given the village real reason to cheer after taking out the under 11 mixed and under 14 boys’ five-a-side soccer champions titles.
Soccer sensations strike out in Atiu
Tuesday 19 May 2015 | Published in Football
Five-a-side football is heating up on the outer island of Atiu which started on May 8.
CIFA signs up sponsors
Monday 18 May 2015 | Published in Football
In a milestone event at the Cook Islands Football Association complex on Thursday morning, code sponsors unveiled 10 advertising signage boards installed on the rails around the stadium.
Game on for soccer stars
Wednesday 13 May 2015 | Published in Football
It will be game on as junior soccer stars take to the pitch today for their next round of action-packed five-a-side games.
