Western Bullets men’s basketball team tasted their first defeat to Travel Blazers after an undefeated run in the Namson Tran Basketball competition on Thursday. It was an equally fought match which resulted in the two quarters of the matches ended in a tie but Blazers make sure they grab the points. Blazers had to put…
TWO exciting football matches are scheduled to take place today. The Solomon Islands National U19 Team will play a select side from the Telekom S-League at 2pm followed by a friendly match between the TSL champions, Solomon Warriors FC and a second Select Side at 4pm. Both matches will be played at the Lawson Tama…
For extra sway towards participating in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in July, Netball Fiji officials have made a submission to the International Netball Federation (INF), its parent body. Speaking to FBC Sports, Netball Fiji vice president Vivian Koster says this will run alongside what’s been put forward by FASANOC president Reg Sanday to the Games…
Nelson Stone will line up with 2008 Olympic Champion and reigning world champion LaShaun Merritt from the USA in Melbourne on Saturday in the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge. Stone’s invitation to compete in the most prestigious Meet on the Australian calendar is a result of his top performances at the recent Queensland State Championships …
The Solomon Islands Chess Federation (SICF) has released the names of 56 players who will vie in the upcoming National Open Chess Championship which will start on Saturday. The competition will be held at the SIBC conference Room starting at 10am Saturday. Out of the 56 selected players, eight of them are students from Chung…
After a few months of recess the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation’s (SIRUF) Pacific in Union – Rugby 4 Schools (SI) program is back again and all to kick off. A statement from the SIRUF-PiU’s office said this rugby program will resume in Honiara next week with a teacher’s workshop. This will take place Monday…
FIFA World Cup events aren’t just for the world’s top players to showcase their talents as Solomon Islands Women’s Development Officer Diane Justus well knows. The former international has found herself in Costa Rica alongside some of the game’s former greats as a member of the FIFA technical study group (TSG) at the FIFA U-17…
Fiji’s participation in team events at Glasgow 2014 is “under consideration” following their reinstatement into the Commonwealth, insidethegames can reveal. Reg Sanday, President of the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC), has appealed to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) for the country’s rugby sevens and netball teams to be allowed to compete…
Fiji’s Sports Minister Viliame Naupoto has assured government’s support in Fiji Rugby Union’s bid to host one of the 2015/2016 HSBC Sevens World Series tournaments as well as host of the 2018 Sevens World Cup. He said the ministry had also written to the International Rugby Board to assure the international rugby body that Fiji…
Fifty two participants including 10 Digicel Cup referees, six ENBRL referees, 10 Digicel Cup coaches and trainers and 16 national development officers will undergo a two day accreditation course in rugby league in Kokopo on Saturday. The course run under the Team Kumul program will be conducted by three Australian accredited trainers with assistance from…