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Did you know?

A football is made of synthetic material and built up in 32 panels
The highest paid football player in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo, having earned a huge $16.95 million
Football has been a part of every Arafura Games except 1997
The Timor Sea Cup will be contested by the Northern Territory, Timor-Leste and Nusa Tengarra-Timur
The fastest goal in a World Cup was scored in 11 seconds by Turkey against Korea Republic in 2002
Brazil has never won an Olympic gold medal in Football
FIFA World Cup was first staged in Uruguay in 1930
The only time an Olympic gold-medal match has been decided on penalties was in Sydney 2000, when Cameroon won

Latest News

Alex pulls gold from the cold

In the last day of the 2011 Arafura Games International Surf Lifesaving  full story...

Tears flow as Aceh takes gold

Aceh players shed tears of joy, while Darwin players were devastated after  full story...

PNG score volleyball Gold again

In a rematch of the 2009 Arafura Games volleyball finals the Papua  full story...

Course record but no Gold

Gold Coast golfer Courtney Massey broke the women’s course record at Darwin  full story...

Arafura Games brings out weightlifting best

Nauru’s Itte Detanamo opened a new chapter in weightlifting history by breaking  full story...

Gardiner and Barker claim marathon Gold

The 2011 Arafura Games half marathon took athletes through Darwin’s East Point  full story...

Football Rules and Regulations

The Arafura Games Football tournament will be conducted under the FIFA Laws of the Games.

You can view these guidelines by clicking here.