Chairman of the National Sports Council (NSC) Joe Sika has highlighted the significance of their trip to China to attend the Training in Facilities Management Course as an ‘eye opener’ for some of his members delegation. The Chair NSC, Joe Sika and Counsellor Gong Rui of the Chinese Embassy, briefed the media on the facility training…
THE 2024 Oceania Rugby 7s will be hosted in Honiara on December 7th and 8th, 2024. Hosting of the event was described as a landmark moment for rugby in the Pacific region after the Solomon Islands Government in partnership with Oceania Rugby and the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) proudly announced the staging of the sports…
OFC: The Tiki Toa have retained their OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup title with a dramatic 3-2 win over the Solomon Islands in front of a passionate capacity crowd in Honiara on Saturday. Teva Zaveroni’s side will travel to the Seychelles next year for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™ after having to dig deep…
It will be a repeat of last year’s title decider when Tahiti face the Solomon Islands in the OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup final on Saturday. This is despite the fact that Fiji have ended their group stage campaign, today, on a high with a 6-5 penalty shootout victory over the hosts, after they…
Rugby Solomon Islands has today, Wednesday, received a donation of training kits from UK charity SOS Kit Aid through partnership with the British High Commission. SOS Kit Aid is a charity organisation that distributes both new and second-hand rugby kits to children all over the world, with the support of World Rugby. It was founded…
Acting Prime Minister Bradley Tovosia took time out on Tuesday afternoon to watch the beach soccer match at SIFF academy in East Honiara. Tovosia who is also the Minister for Mines and Energy has demonstrated his support and passion for sports by witnessing and cheering on Team Bilikiki as the OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations…
Tahiti, today, have come within a whisker of losing a match at the OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup for the first time since 2009. In an extraordinary and pulsating encounter in Honiara, Tahiti edged the Solomon Islands 10-9 with Heirauarii Salem scoring the winning goal with a bicycle kick in the final minute. The Tiki…
THE highest football league in the country – Telekom Super League (TSL) concluded on Sunday with the presentation of wards to the league winners and individual players. The awards presentation ceremony was held at the Solomon Islands Football (SIFF) Futsal Court in East Honiara. SIFF President Donald Marahare congratulated all the participating clubs, their sponsors…
THE Australian Government has gifted bibs, hockey sticks and balls for both turf and beach hockey to support the Solomon Islands Hockey Federation’s ‘Hookin4Health’ program. Second Secretary at the Australian High Commission, Samuel Cox handed over the sports equipment to the Hookin4Health Coordinator Joachim Rade in a ceremony at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) on…
THE much-anticipated OFC Beach Soccer Nations’ Cup 2024 is set to kick off in Honiara this afternoon (Tuesday) at the SIFF Beach Court, East Honiara. OFC said the tournament is a week-long tournament that will conclude on Saturday 26October and it will see four nations – Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tahiti and Papua New Guinea –…