Day five provided joy for the Fijian team The Men’s 50m Freestyle saw teammates William Clark and Meli Malani pitted against each other in heat six. Both swimmers beat their qualifying times by 0.75 seconds and 0.06 seconds respectively. Clark finished third in the heat with a time of 23.91 seconds just ahead of Malani…
Fiji Rugby Union’s new chief executive Radrodro Tabualevu has pledged to work towards a “winning culture in rugby and beyond.” A leading businessman with experience in a wide range of industries, Tabualevu says he wants to work towards improving rugby in the country. “As you know, rugby in Fiji is pretty much the pulse of…
The Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) is the official banking partner of the Fiji International. While signing the agreement at the ANZ House in Suva yesterday, ANZ CEO Pacific and Fiji Vishnu Mohan handed a cheque worth $115,000 to the general manager of the Fiji International Natalie Ritter. As a silver sponsor…
The submarine volcano known as Kavachi, located near Vangunu in the World Heritage listed Marovo lagoon, Western province has reportedly caused fear to people in the Marovo Lagoon. Gregan Siliva from Telina village in Central Marovo told Solomon Star yesterday said, people in Marovo are living in fear as debris t of the submarine volcanoe…
The Western United Football Club has released the names of 29 players who will in their line-up in the upcoming Telekom S-league (TSL) season .The new line-up includes many new faces the likes of Tome Faisi, Feddie Kini, Gagame Feni, Molis Gagame and Joses Nawo to name a few. The inclusion of these players has…
The Point Cruz Yatch Club (PCYC) cricket team has won the Kevin O’Brian memorial cricket match over the weekend after defeating Point Cruz Yatch Club by 32 runs 123-93. The match was played at the King George Sixth cricket field. These are the only two teams that took part in the memorial match. The match…
More than 20 youths in Honiara are currently undergoing a three days disciplinary training at Multi-purpose hall. The training is being facilitating by a well experienced team from Australia known as the Rugby Plus organisation, from Melbourne, including a Fijian and former wallaby’s player Ili Tabua which was aimed at targeting youth to develop sport…
Auki futsal association will again stage another series of futsal competitions starting next week in Auki, Malaita province. Speaking to the paper yesterday president of Auki futsal association Terry Oiaka said, the competition will kick off this weekend – Saturday 2nd of August. Mr Oiaka said, the competition will be organized in the open category…
Following on from his teammate’s success yesterday, Sunday 27th July saw Taretiita Tabaroua represent Kiribati at the Clyde Auditorium the home of weightlifting for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Taretiita competed in the Men’ss 77kg Group C category against 8 other athletes including one from the not so far away nation of Niue, Jack Feleti.…
Fijian swimmer Meli Malani broke the national men’s 50 metre breaststroke record during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Competing in the fourth heat, he clocked 29.87 seconds. Malani eclipsed the national record of 30.36s seconds which he set in May. He was happy to set a national record. His time was only 0.7s from…