Soccer win
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The Fiji Under-23 soccer side beat Vanuatu 1-0 in Lautoka on the first match of Vanuatu’s their three-game tour of Fiji. Vanuatu coach Terry O’Donnell protested the goal was scored after Fiji had handled the ball.
Fiji’s soccer technical adviser, Danny McLenan, said the host country is beginning to play a lot of “good, technical football”. Fiji is building up its soccer team for the Olympic Games qualifying rounds against New Zealand and Australia beginning on the 7th of this month in Fiji.
Fiji soccer is having a successful season with wins including the gold medal at the South Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea in September. □