The New Zealand U-17 football team beat Thai high school Suankularb Wittayalai 2-0 in their final Sanix Cup group match on Friday evening but Japan’s shock 0-9 loss to their Korean high school opposition has sent the Young All...

The New Zealand U-17 football team have begun the 2009 Sanix Cup with a 1-2 loss to hosts Japan in Fukuoka on Thursday.

A late equaliser has denied the Football Ferns a huge upset over France in the third-place playoff at the Cyprus Women’s Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus on Friday morning (NZT).

The Football Ferns upset the Netherlands 2-0 in Paralimni, Cyprus on Wednesday morning to claim their biggest scalp in twenty years and ensure a top-four finish at the Cyprus Women’s Cup.

A disappointing 2-4 loss to Russia on Sunday morning in Nicosia has ended the Football Ferns’ hopes of making the final of the Cyprus Women’s Cup.