FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has announced it will not intervene in the controversy which saw New Zealand thrown out of the Pacific Games Olympic qualifying tournament here after allegedly fielding an alleged ineligible player.
By Daniel Etchells and Liam Morgan in Port Moresby
Fiji rounded off the karate competition at Port Moresby 2015 in style by securing four of the available seven Pacific Games gold medals on the second and final day of action at the Caritas Technical Secondary School today.
Toea Wisil came away with the women’s 100 metres title here to cap off a gold medal-laden day for Pacific Games hosts Papua New Guinea in athletics.
Hot favourite Lynette Vai of Papua New Guinea claimed Pacific Games women’s squash gold as she recovered from a set down to beat compatriot Eli Webb in a thrilling final at the Steamships Racquet Club today.
New Zealand Football (NZF) chief executive Andy Martin claimed today they did nothing wrong leading up to the Olympic qualifying tournament here, but admitted the team's disqualification for fielding an alleged ineligible player which could cost them a place at Rio 2016 is "really embarrassing".
By Daniel Etchells and Liam Morgan in Port Moresby
New Caledonia and Fiji shared eight gold medals between them on the opening day of the Port Moresby 2015 karate competition at the Taurama Aquatic and Leisure Centre here today.
New Zealand Football has confirmed it plans to formally lodge an appeal over the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Disciplinary Committee's decision to expel the national team from the Pacific Games Olympic qualifying final for allegedly fielding an ineligible player.
Sharon Firisua of the Solomon Islands produced a dominant display to take gold in the women’s 5,000 metres, setting a Pacific Games record, on the opening day of athletics here today, before claiming the pace of the race was “very slow for me”.
Hosts Papua New Guinea lived up their favourites billing as they cruised to Pacific Games rugby league nines gold with a commanding 38-10 victory over Samoa at the Sir John Guise Stadium on the eighth day of action at Port Moresby 2015.
Fiji secured their place in the Rio 2016 men’s football tournament after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win against Vanuatu, who were given a second bite of the cherry in the Olympic qualifying event following New Zealand’s controversial exclusion from the competition earlier today.
Tahiti will be “difficult to beat” in the race to stage the 2023 Pacific Games, it was claimed after the country formally expressed an interest in hosting the event at the Pacific Games Council (PGC) General Assembly here today.
Finalists New Zealand have been thrown out of the Pacific Games Olympic qualifying event here in Port Moresby after the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Disciplinary Committee ruled a player from the under-23 squad was ineligible to compete.
By Daniel Etchells and Liam Morgan in Port Moresby
The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam saw a number of important milestones, but one we still all benefit from today is revolutionising car parking. Like other cities around Europe in the late 1920s, the streets of Amsterdam were filling up fast with cars, and during the Games this issue was more pressing than ever, so organisers were forced to rack their brains in search of a solution. The allotted parking area next to the Olympic Stadium had room for a maximum of 2,000 vehicles, nowhere near enough to meet the demand during Games time. In response, the City Council provided a number of other sites that took parking capacity up to 3,500 vehicles and 2,000 bicycles. However, no sooner had one problem been solved than another was created: how were drivers and cyclists supposed to find their way to the new car parks? A solution was found in the shape of small blue panels with a white capital "P" in the middle. So it was that the international traffic sign for parking was born.
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