BANGKOK, (FIJI TIMES) – The Fiji Pearls invitational side won another match Monday beating the touring Singapore national team. The Singapore side held the Pearls to an 11-11 draw after the first quarter but at the second quarter the Pearls pulled up their game to lead the Ruth Aitken-coached side 28-19. The lead was increased…
SUVA, (INSIDE THE GAMES) – Australia enjoyed a strong start to the Oceania Swimming Championships by winning gold in both the men’s and women’s 10 kilometre open water events in Suva, Fiji. The competition took place as the Upraising Beach Resort but the swimmers were forced to cope with windy conditions throughout the duration of…
SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – Fijian rugby players are more in demand overseas as they are renowned for their pace, skills and hard running rugby. The game of rugby has injected a lot of money into the country from rugby players around the world. In 2015, about $100 million (US$50 million) was raked into the country…
With nine more days to go before the most prestigious 6th Solomon Games kick off in Honiara, several provincial contingents has already made their way to Honiara. Reports reaching Star Sports indicated that most of the provincial teams are anticipated to arrive early in order to have friendly matches with other teams in Honiara as…
RNZI: The Solomon Islands Government is yet to secure a site in Honiara, to build the national stadium for the 2023 Pacific Games. The government had earmarked two potential sites, one near Henderson Airport, which the Pacific Games Council had rejected because it’s too far from the city centre. The second site at Burns Creek…
The Honiara Football Association (HFA) league continues today with two mid-week matches lined up for this afternoon. Premier division match will feature Marist FC and Makuru FC go head to head at the KGVI south field. The second match this afternoon will see division 1 final round nine matches of between Blue Boys FC and…
The Temotu contingent for Solomon Games has left Lata on Tuesday for Honiara on board LC Grace. President of the Temotu Football Association (TPA) Luke Lapoe confirmed this to Star Sports from Lata last night. “Despite the bad weather experienced over this side, our contingent left on Tuesday night for Honiara,’’ he said. “Our contingent…
PORT MORESBY, (POST COURIER) – 193 ranked Papua New Guinea sent shock-waves into Malaysian Football. The PNG Kapuls just coming off a positive OFC Nations Cup surprised the Malaysian national team 2-0 in one-off friendly at the Sir John Guise Stadium on Friday afternoon. Malaysia ranked 173 in FIFA world rankings are on a three…
Lawson Tama netball court is set come alive today with the semi-finals and the grand finals of the Honiara Netball Association (HNA) 2016 U10 school netball league. HNA president Shalom Akao said today’s semi-finals playoffs will feature St Nicholas and Bishop Epalle as first semi-final and Chung Wah up against St Johns for the second…
OFC: The long road to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Korea Republic begins in Tonga on Tuesday when four of the region’s emerging football nations vie for a place at the OFC U-20 Championship later this year. Only the winner of the OFC Championship Preliminary tournament, which includes Tonga, Cook Islands, Samoa and…