Renee Leota’s first international goal couldn’t have come at a better time as the Football Ferns sealed Oceania’s nomination for the Beijing Olympics with a 2-0 win over a determined Papua New Guinea at Port Moresby’s Rugby...

Two late goals from Australia have denied the Football Ferns an historic result against their trans-Tasman rivals on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday night.

A goal from Emma Kete ended the Football Ferns’ 10-year barren period against Australia but the Matildas took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match trans-Tasman series with a 2-1 win on the Sunshine Coast on Monday night.

The Football Ferns have lost 2-0 to Australia in the first match of a three-game trans-Tasman series on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday night.