The soccer World Cup begins the following day. Samoa has never come close to reaching ... There is an ambitious plan to put soccer on the map of this rugby-mad nation. Mention "soccer" and ...

The playmaker made his debut for Samoa in a Pacific Nations Cup win over Japan in July, and contributed 16 points from the kicking tee as the Pacific islanders got their World cup Pool D campaign ...

It has the world's second-largest Polynesian group, after the Maori. Samoa's society centres around the extended family, headed by an elected chief who directs the family's social, economic and ...