Dylan Cleaver gets all the reasons why the Fifa World Cup will not come to New Zealand on the table right away and works backwards from there.

The man credited with making the Rugby World Cup a success four years ago has embarked on a project to top them all - to bring the Fifa World Cup to New Zealand.

The Wellington Phoenix will finish in the A-League's top four and they have two weeks to ensure that achievement isn't remembered as the high point of their campaign.

Suddenly, the Phoenix seem to have a few issues. They have conceded six goals in their last two games, both on home turf.

New Zealand's road to the 2018 World Cup is about to get tougher - thanks to a U-turn by the Oceania Football Confederation.

Auckland City made a winning start to their OFC Champions League title defence, completing a comfortable win over Suva at ANZ Stadium in Fiji yesterday.

Two weeks in Fiji might sound like a dream holiday but for Auckland City FC and Team Wellington it is the high-stakes business-end of their football season.

Aston Villa have an FA Cup semifinal looming at Wembley in 12 days' time but for Tim Sherwood, the most important game of their season takes place when Queen's Park Rangers visit for a fixture....

New Zealand's national league this season featured a reserve team, a youth team, the Wellington Phoenix's greatest player and the third best club team in the world.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal insists he has not given up hope of ending his first season in charge as an English Premier League champion after a 3-1 win over Aston Villa lifted his team into third place.

A fortnight ago, the Wellington Phoenix looked on track to claim their first Premiers Plate in the A-League but after two losses in as many games they might limp in to the playoffs.

The Wellington Phoenix have their fate in their own hands. They have four games before the A-League playoffs - win them all and they finish top.

We are a few kilo-metres from the North Korean border and All Whites coach Anthony Hudson is getting excited.

New All Whites goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic almost gave the game away recently, frustrated at the lack of progress he was making in his career.