 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 2007, Tuvalu yakava nyika yokutanga isiri nhengo yeFIFA kupinda mumutambo weWorld Cup. Mamiriro ezvinhu aya akavapo apo dare rinodzora renzvimbo iyi rakashandisa Mitambo yeSouth Pacific Games ya2007, senhanho yekutanga yemakwikwi ekudzidziranokuda kweFIFA World Cup ya2010 uye mutambo wokugadzirira weOFC Nations Cup ya2008. Mumakwikwi aya, Tuvalu yakaita 11 neTahiti yakaona Viliamu Sekifu achiva wekutanga World cup scorer yenyika yake. Zvisinei, mimwe mitambo mitatu mumutambo wacho yakaguma nekukundwa uye Tuvalu yakatadza kufambira mberi kubva muboka rayo rezvikwata zvishanu. 