New Zealand are determined to make history in the football Women's world Cup. Both Japan and New Zealand rely heavily on players from their respective local leagues, with only four on either side plying their trade abroad. While this contributes to a more cohesive unit, it means the two sides sometimes lack the experience and competitive edge that can be gained from exposure to European or US league football.

Mainland Football officials have said that they have been humbled by the move to create a national fund that will be assisting the relief operations ongoing after the earthquake by former World Cup hero Frank van Hattum.

Van Hattum, the 1982 All Whites World Cup finals goalkeeper and current New Zealand Football (NZF) chairman, set up the new fund yesterday with $10,000 from NZF's coffers.

Fiji football tournament will be conducted as an annual fixture in Auckland. Four of Fiji’s district teams are in New Zealand at the moment to mark the opening of a new football base in Auckland and to partake in the Fiji Cup.

The Cup is being held atwi the new Centre Park Sports Stadium in Mangere, a home for New Zealand’s sizeable group of Fijian football players and fans.

Mohammed Imran, the man behind the project, and president of the New Zealand Fiji AFC, says the tournament is a dream come true.

New Zealand have been placed as the standby to host next year's women's World Cup. And with an already strong bid for the 2015 under-20 men's tournament, New Zealand could host two Fifa events over the next five years.

The Sunday Star-Times understands Vietnam's winning bid for the 2012 women's tournament imploded late last year.

And although Fifa are yet to declare the collapse, NZF chief executive Michael Glading confirmed football's world body contacted him six weeks ago, flagging the tournament's availability with a "can you help?" inquiry.

New Zealand Football has replaced banned Reynald Temarii with two senior board members. The congress in Pago Pago, American Samoa, will elect a replacement for Temarii as president of the OFC, who is also the area's representative on the elite Fifa executive committee.

It was expected acting president, David Chung, of Papua New Guinea, would be a certainty for the job after taking over from Tahiti-based Temarii, who was caught in a British newspaper World Cup vote-selling sting and suspended for a year by Fifa.

New Zealand have officially submitted their bid for hosting the U20 world cup in their country. New Zealand Football chief executive Michael Glading confirmed yesterday that an official, Government-backed declaration of interest had been submitted to Fifa headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

Glading, who will front the bid, says the pitch is for a "nationwide event" involving six host cities.

New Zealand football Federation Chief executive Michael Glading has quit his post. Glading leaves NZF in March next year and in 30 months at the helm, he has helped set new standards on the field while righting the ship financially.

The former record company chief executive said today he will now look for a fresh challenge.

"I have decided that the time is right for me to look for something new.

"The board has asked me to continue working through until March 2011, and I am delighted to help," Glading said.

New Zealand football Chairman Frank van Hattum has said that would he's not happy with the current situation of the Asian football countries with respect to the World Cup bid. New Zealand Football chairman Frank van Hattum said he is not happy with the situation.

"We feel a bit aggrieved by what has happened. We [OFC] can't put up another member which leaves all Oceania countries without a say."

Van Hattum agreed that it might be time for Fifa to reconsider the voting procedure and called for greater transparency.

Ricki Herbert has made the easiest selection decision of his All Whites coaching career by naming 21 of his FIFA World Cup squad to take on Honduras and Paraguay in the ASB International series in October.

Rory Fallon is the only player not considered due to injury, having undergone a hernia operation earlier in the month while Wellington pair Andy Barron and James Bannatyne retired from all football shortly after returning from South Africa.

New Zealand Football have announced a multi-million dollar five-year partnership with ASB today. As part of the partnership ASB will be the naming rights sponsor of the ASB International Series - the All Whites games scheduled to take place in Auckland and Wellington in October.

In other changes the New Zealand Football Championship will be renamed the ASB Premiership and the Chatham Cup will be called the ASB Chatham Cup.

The partnership is set to drive the development of soccer in New Zealand with focus on the grassroots level.