Football

A Pauline Willie goal was all that separated the teams at half-time, in wet conditions at Port Vila Stadium, but with two third of the match gone the home side clicked into gear, with wave after wave of attack.

Striker Monica Melteviel scored two goals and also provided some assists for her team-mates in front of a vocal home crowd.

"First and foremost I want to thank the girls for the collective unit that we were able to perform together on the field and we were able to achieve such a great goal margin because of the togetherness," Melteviel said.

Men's football is the first of 14 sports to kick off in Port Vila.

Fiji are first up against Tuvalu at midday local time followed by Tonga versus Solomon Islands and New Caledonia against the host nation.

Van2017 CEO Clint Flood said a late rejig was made to the draw following Tahiti's decision to boycott the Games.

"The tournament basically follows a format where the gold medal will be won by the total number of points by the team at the end."

In front of over 1,000 football fans Coach Etiene Mermer fielded a strong first 11 that include the call up of veteran shot-stopper, Chikau Mansale, defenders Jason Thomas and Gordshem SahtJen, while Jacky Ruben were assisted by the national Under 20 captain Bong Kalo and John Alick to marshal the midfield. Tony Kaltak regained his spot alongside Alex Saniely as strikers for the home side.

The 35-year-old has not played since his brief stint with Miami United in 2016 but the Copa America and Confederations Cup champion is eager to make a comeback in 2018.

Compared to countryman and icon Ronaldo at the peak of his career, Adriano never fully fulfilled his potential due to a number of off-field issues.

Abraham - on loan at Swansea City from Chelsea - has played for England at Under-18, U19 and U21 level, but he is eligible for Nigeria through his father.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick had said the governing body was "working on" securing Abraham for the national team.

But in a statement, the 19-year-old said: "I have informed The FA that I remain available for selection for England.

"Contrary to reports in the media I would like to clarify that I have not agreed to switch my national-team allegiance.

Kane scored twice to lead Tottenham to a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.

The 24-year-old England international striker did not score in August but he was at the double on Merseyside as he celebrated his 100th goal for Tottenham.

Pochettino heaped praise on the Premier League's reigning Golden Boot winner, likening him to former Argentina team-mate Batistuta, who was the country's all-time leading scorer before Lionel Messi broke the record last year.

You would be wrong for thinking Keira Knightley's career is the only one to be launched by the 2002 film.

"That was the film for girls to watch to inspire them to play football," says England's Alex Greenwood.

It certainly inspired the 23-year-old. Her country takes on France in the quarter-finals of Euro 2017 on Sunday.

The Liverpool defender caught up with Newsbeat shortly before flying to the Netherlands.

"I love that film," says Alex. "I mean I watch it back now and it's a little bit cringe but it was the film to watch."

With leaders Serbia facing Wales in a later kick-off on Sunday, Martin O'Neill's side needed just a point to - temporarily at least - move top of what is proving to be a tightly contested group.

And, despite a flat first-half performance, a late glut of pressure from the hosts resulted in Walters thumping home a deserved equaliser to cancel out Martin Hinteregger's opener.

Shane Duffy thought he had snatched a winner two minutes later, only for the referee to disallow the header for a foul by the defender, who led with a raised arm.

lfira held Mauwia to a one-all draw in the last match of the competition last Saturday.

The team only needed a draw to win.

“Our next focus is the Top Four Competition to find the winner to represent Port Vila in the OFC Champions League in 2018,” said the club’s Vice President Kalpovi Mangawai.

“We know teams like Amicale, Tupuji Imere and the defending champion, Erakor Golden Star will be tough in the Top Four next Saturday and we must now think about next (this) week’s competition which will be tougher than the Digicel Premier League.”

Vanuatu’s goal came in the form of a penalty kick from Bong Kalo in extra time (91 minutes).

Singapore also scored through a penalty in extra time.

Half time scores were nil-all.

As part of their preparations for the upcoming 2017 Under-20 World Cup in South Korea, Vanuatu held a training camp in Singapore.

The camp ended with the third friendly match against Singapore U 20 last night.

The Young Lions won 3-2 in an earlier friendly played on Monday.