Tongan team improves

The team underwent an intensified fitness test under the blaring glaze of the sun at the football academy in ‘Atele, Tuesday 7 December with Coach, Chris Williams, urging the boys for perseverance.And the boys delivered their personal best in…

The three-day intensive training is conducted at the Charles J. Dempsey Academy in Penrose with aims to equip the participants with tools they need to expand the initiative even further, following a successful pilot phase in Tonga last year….

Makasini made Tongan history at FIFA’s pinnacle event in South Africa in June along side referee, Michael Hester (NZ) and assistant referee, Jan-Hendrik Hintz (NZ), being Oceania Football Confederations first ever trio at FIFA World Cup.Although Makasini has officiated…

TFA’s technical team headed by Coach Chris Williams have been working tirelessly over the past month delivering an intensified training and fitness programme which saw the numbers being trimmed from the original 45 players.Making the team announcement today, Lui…

Tongans may have dubbed it the smallest school in the kingdom, but to Sophia Fakava – a young mother-turned-teacher in the small village of Nualei in Hahake district – it presented the biggest challenge of her life.TFA’s Acting General…

Tonga assembles U-17 team

TFA’s priority has always been focused on women’s football but for the first time has taken on the challenge to include Men, which is part of its talented players pathway, as TFA strives to boost the popularity of the…

New Development Officer joins TFA

Williams who is from Sydney, Australia, comes under the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development and will work alongside Technical Director Kilifi Uele as TFA Football Development Officer.Williams has been working for Manly United for the past eight years in…

TFA ready for meeting

The three-day meeting is scheduled to start on Thursday 14 October at the Dateline Hotel’s conference room and will be attended by FIFA Vice President and OFC President Reynald Temarii and OFC Secretary General Tai Nicholas, as well as…

John Herdman’s team join Germany, who qualify automatically as hosts, fellow European nations England, Sweden, Norway and France, and Asian qualifiers Australia, Korea DPR and Japan as the sides to have confirmed their involvement in the 16-nation finals next…