Angry calls to scrap Oceania football group

SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand officials want FIFA to scrap the Oceania Confederation and let them play in Asia after the organisation reversed a decision to grant the region an automatic place in the 2006 World Cup.

Australia coach Frank Farina said it was pointless having an Oceania Confederation when the sport’s global governing body refused to give them direct entry into the World Cup. “My feeling is we should disband it,” Farina told reporters.