The Fiji men’s football team concluded their campaign in the OFC Men’s Nations Cup with a 2-1 defeat against hosts Vanuatu in the semi-final.

Salomon Rondon struck a second-half penalty to send Venezuela into the Copa America quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Mexico in Group B, a result that also sent Jamaica crashing out of the tournament.

With the Fiji football team getting ready for the OFC Men’s Nations Cup semi-final match-up this afternoon against Vanuatu, there is good news on the horizon for some reps.

New Zealand secured their spot in the final of the OFC Men’s Nations Cup after a comfortable 5-0 victory over Tahiti at VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila on Thursday.

Ecuador kept their hopes of qualifying for the Copa America quarter-finals alive with a 3-1 win over Jamaica in Las Vegas that left the ‘Reggae Boyz’ on the brink of elimination.

Georgia’s talisman Khvicha Kvaratskhelia turned in a man-of-the-match performance to propel his country into the last 16 of Euro 2024 with a historic 2-0 win over Portugal, inspired by a pre-match pep talk from his childhood hero Cristiano Ronaldo.

Georgia stunned Portugal to reach the knockouts at Euro 2024 – their first ever major tournament – with a 2-0 win over the former European champions, settled by an early Khvicha Kvaratskhelia strike and a Georges Mikautadze penalty.

Turkey overcame stiff resistance from 10-man Czech Republic in a 2-1 win today with goals from Hakan Calhanoglu and Cenk Tosun to set up a Euro 2024 last-16 clash with Austria and send their opponents home.

Fiji men’s football captain Roy Krishna is looking forward to the challenge from Vanuatu especially from his long-time friend Brian Kaltak in this afternoon’s OFC Men’s Nations Cup semi-final.

Romania’s Razvan Marin scored a first-half penalty to cancel out Ondrej Duda’s headed goal for Slovakia as the teams played out a 1-1 Euro 2024 Group E draw this morning to both reach the last 16.

Belgium played out a nervy scoreless draw 0-0 with Ukraine to eventually wrap up second place in Group E and set up a last-16 tie with France, with the Ukrainians eliminated on goal difference, finishing bottom of the group behind Slovakia.

Fiji men’s football captain Roy Krishna says they are unfazed by the prospect of facing a large and supportive home crowd against their host opponent Vanuatu in tomorrow’s OFC Mens Nations Cup semi-final.