OFC: All Whites skipper Rory Fallon said his side cannot wait to test themselves against the best teams in the world at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017. New Zealand booked their place at one of the marquee events in world football when they defeated Papua New Guinea 4-2 on penalties in the OFC Nations…
Despite Solomon Islands women’s hockey team will make the first debut in international hockey competition Bently Donga is confident that our national side will be competitive. Head coach Donga stressed this to Star Sports in an interview. “This will be our first time to have our women’s team representing the country in any international competition,’’…
SUVA, ( FIJI TIMES) – Fiji now has more chances of retaining its Oceania Hockey World League status after the withdrawal of Samoa in the annual tournament. Fiji Hockey Federation president Dr Robin Mitchell said our south sea neighbours opted out because of ground problems at home. “Samoa has withdrawn, so now we have nine…
The Gender Parity Basketball competition enters the finals four following tough semi finals played last Sunday at the Multipurpose Hall. The day’s opening match saw Sunrise women’s basketball team led by the experienced Basia sisters Sunrise proved too strong for the young D-fenders side securing the first spot for the women’s category grand final following…
Erick Fa’asuia and Bently Donga has named their final hockey squads that will represent Solomon Islands in the upcoming World League Round One set to be staged in Suva, Fiji from June 27th – 3rd July 2017. The national side’s men’s head coach Fa’asuia and Women’s team head coach Donga named their squads yesterday following…
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) executive committee has confirmed that they will send a team to compete in the upcoming Oceania U20 Rugby 15s Championship in September. SIRUF is aiming to send a competitive side possible to the said tournament, hence the federation is looking at selecting and training the best national players…
Solomon Islands has failed to qualify for the grand finals of the OFC Nations Cup after being edged by host Papua New Guinea (PNG) 2-1 last night at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby. It was an equally fought match which saw both teams ended the first half with a 1-1 draw. PNG…
Toata remains optimistic HEAD coach Moses Toata says the national football team are capable of causing an upset in their final pool match against New Zealand in the OFC Nations Cup tonight in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Toata told Star Sports from PNG yesterday that it will be a crucial match for his side.…
PORT MORESBY, (OFC) – Tahiti came back from a two goal deficit to force a draw with hosts Papua New Guinea while New Caledonia defeated Group A rivals Samoa 7-0 on Match Day 4 of the competition at Sir John Guise Stadium. Trailing 2-0 and a man down after the dismissal of captain Nicolas Vallar,…
The Honiara Netball Association (HNA) will continue with the third session of the pikinini clinic this Saturday June 4 starting at 8am. The clinic which started two weekends ago saw a good turnout of around 50 young girls ranging from six to19 years old come out and have fun learning netball. “The turnout of the…