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Winter sport is ready to tee-off this season after Covid kicked it to the sideline for the past few years.
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The Wellington Phoenix returned to their Sydney base on Monday, dreaming of a place in the top six and a return to New Zealand for a home playoff.
Which cheer was louder?
The Wellington Phoenix closed in on a place in the A-League Men finals series with a narrow win over Western Sydney Wanderers at Eden Park in Auckland on Sunday.
Wellington Phoenix defender Scott Wootton knows Eden Park well, even though he’s only set to play there for the first time on Sunday.
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Pāpāmoa FC is looking to capitalise on interest in women's football with Australia and New Zealand hosting the Fifa Women's World Cup next year.
The All Whites will be without one of their best players when they take on Costa Rica for a shot at the World Cup.
The All Whites believe they have found the perfect opponent to play in the lead-up to the intercontinental playoff after securing a game against the team that beat them for a place at the World Cup in the last one.
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It was a surreal feeling.
New Zealand Football has confirmed the date for the All Whites’ World Cup intercontinental playoff – June 14 (June 15 NZ time) against Costa Rica in Doha.
Never will get tired of this sight…
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Wellington Phoenix are treating their last four A-League regular season games as must-win, if they hope to secure a home elimination playoff.
Wellington Phoenix felt like they let their fans down when they suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Central Coast Mariners in their return to Sky Stadium.
Wellington Phoenix’s 4-0 loss to Central Coast Mariners followed a familiar pattern.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay could not hide his disappointment after their first game back in New Zealand in almost a year ended in another heavy defeat.
Newstalk ZB
The Wellington Phoenix have touched down in the capital for their first home A-League match at Sky Stadium in nearly a year, against the Central Coast Mariners.
Wellington Phoenix are heading back to the capital with wind in their sails, as they prepare for their return to their spiritual headquarters.
Home again.
Wellington Phoenix fullback James McGarry has waited a long time to play an A-League Men game at Sky Stadium
Grace Jale was just 16 when she was first called up to the Football Ferns, for a pair of matches in Brazil at the end of 2015.
The Phoenix have landed.
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“It’s been really hard,” says Phoenix die-hard Tracey Hodge, summarising the feelings provoked by her beloved side’s absence for the best part of two years.
David Ball has been going to great lengths to help Wellington Phoenix’s playoff push, with coach Ufuk Talay revealing the English forward has been playing with an injury.
Only a select few have been fortunate enough to work with the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson.
Wellington Phoenix will be at least one player short when they touch down in New Zealand ahead of Sunday's game against Central Coast Mariners at Sky Stadium.
The problem with this Footy Ferns series against Australia is that they’re better than us.
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A Gael Sandoval winner ensured Wellington will make their long-awaited return to New Zealand in the A-League Men top six after a 1-0 victory over last-placed Perth.
Newcastle United (and by extension Chris Wood) met Wolverhampton Wanderers on a Friday night on Tyneside.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay has the luxury of having to make decisions as his side nears the end of their run of seven matches in the space of 22 days,
Australia proved far too strong for the Football Ferns for the second time in as many matches on Tuesday night.
Finn Surman wasn’t expecting to be away this long when he flew out to Sydney in late November to reinforce the Wellington Phoenix squad ahead of a fixture crunch – and he wasn’t expecting to play this much.
The goals the Football Ferns conceded in the 94th and 96th minutes to lose to Australia on Friday night weren’t the worst things to happen in that match in Townsville.
What was the Football Ferns’ plan for beating Australia on Friday night, if Anna Green hadn’t scored her wonder goal?
As recently as Monday, Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay was adamant he wasn’t considering a change of shape to deal with his side’s injury crisis.
Marco Rojas – omitted from the All Whites’ Oceania World Cup qualifying squad – must have gone a long way to impressing national coach Danny Hay with two brilliant goals for Melbourne Victory.
