It is happening this Thursday, football fans and supporters are in for entertaining football action on Thursday with the friendly match between the Solomon Islands national men’s football squad and the Papua New Guinea (PNG) national football team. This match is set to kick off at 3pm at the Lawson Tama Stadium. This will be…
THE Solomon Islands national men and women’s hockey teams will be flying the country’s flag in Fiji again after 37 years. President of the Solomon Islands Hockey Federation Nihal Seneviratne said Hockey Solomons will be visiting Fiji again after 37 years since Solomon Islands last played a hockey match there during the South Pacific Games…
Solomon Islands Taekwondo Union (SITU) over the weekend received a timely boost ahead of this year’s Solomon Games. SITU received a new tournament mat together with some fighting and training gears over the weekend from the World Taekwondo body through its yearly fundings. According to SITU president Philip Afu, the arrival of the equipment is…
The Honiara Football Association (HFA) pre-season competition has successfully kicked off over the weekend. The competition comprises of five clubs namely Breeze Land United FC, Honiara Aleph 2, K-United FC, Sa’a United FC and Balanga FC. First two matches have been played on Saturday featuring Breeze Land and Honiara Aleph 2 followed by K/united and…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) and the Telekom S-league board has acknowledged all who have thrown their support towards the success of another TSL season. Speaking during the TSL awards night, SIFF president, William Lai thanked all the sponsors, clubs, franchise owners, RISPF, media and the fans. The list of supporters revealed included the…
Suva (Fiji Times) – YEARS on from having donned the nationals jumper William Ryder is fighting for a ticket back in with the national squad. Representing Tokatoka Westfield in the Matintar 7s, Ryder said he was working hard to prove critics wrong after he was claimed to be unfit upon returning to the field of…
After some times of waiting the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) in collaboration with its member union associations, its sponsorship partners and other stakeholders will officially kick start its programs and activities for the season this week. The SIRUF calendar of events for this year (2016) is quite comprehensive which indicated that this year…
Dear Editor – The world is changing in technology and in order to change we have to spend some millions of dollars to feel the change and betterment. To my personal view, what SIPA boss does is just the beginning of the ”Change and Betterment’. Let’s sit and watch. This reform can’t affect us from…
Dear Editor – I write purposely to clarify to your readers’ the payment received by SIPA Board members. There are obvious incorrect information carried in articles ‘Hefty bonues revealed’ and ‘PS clarifies, admits hefty SIPA payment’ published in the Solomon Star issue No. 6139 and Sunday Star 2oth March respectively. As permanent secretary responsible for…
Dear Editor – Please allow me space in your paper to respond to the letter written by Patricia Sam Dalu, Published in the Island Sun on Wednesday 16th March 2016. In the letter, Patricia Sam Dalu raised the question of who mandated the current Bina/Talifu Interim committee per say and therefore the registration of Bina/Talifu…