The OFC Champions League Group Stage is five weeks away and we focus on Vanuatu champions Tafea FC as they chase a return to the final they last graced in 2001. When you mention Vanuatu football it is not too difficult to recall the exploits of club side Tafea FC. The All Reds from Port…
Dear reader, welcome back to Perspectives in Sports. The first two months of 2014 are now history and as we know time waits for no one. The Commonwealth Games are approaching fast. Soon a few handfuls of Solomon Islands athletes will make their way towards the UK for final preparations and acclimatization. Another major event…
The Solomon Islands National U19 Football team fundraising committee has sold twenty tables in the lead up to the gala corporate dinner event and only a limited number remain available for the public buy. Since launching their efforts two weeks the committee, chaired by Barnabas Anga, has been hard at work organising its main event…
WITH the game of pool now gaining popularity in the city, another competition is set for this weekend. Organisers said the pool tournament is not to be missed because its going to be exciting and entertaining while featuring some of the top players in the city. The tournament will be played tomorrow (Saturday) at Scorpions…
Westpac Banking Corporation in Solomon Islands has stepped in a timely manner to sponsor new set of uniforms for the Solomon Islands sports coalition (SISC). The set of uniforms were handed over to the sporting organization for future participating futsal teams overseas. Westpac General Manager Kutila Pinto when handing the set of uniforms pledged the…
Despite the introduction of some major changes in the management structure and competition format of the 2013 Telekom S-League has been successfully conducted both on the pitch and administratively. A statement by Solomon Islands football federation (SIFF) said this is the opinion of the S-League board which was appointed to run the competition by the…
The 12th edition of the OFC Champions League is just four weeks away and www.oceaniafootball.com reflects on the first two editions of Oceania’s flagship competition in the first of four features focussing on this annual football event. 1999 Oceania Club Championship – Fiji It’s perhaps fitting that in April of 2014 the OFC Champions League…
The 2015 Pacific Games organising committee and the Pacific Games Council have expressed great satisfaction at the outcome of the first ever All Sports meeting held in Port Moresby to prepare for the delivery of the sports competitions during the Pacific Games next year. The GOC organized the two day “All Sports” meetings with the…
Samoa A recorded its first win of the Pacific Rugby Cup 2014 campaign with a hard fought win against a bigger Tonga A side at the TG Milner Oval Tuesday night. Team Manager Vaaelua Aloi Alesana says the game lived up to the usual physical and tough but clean approach by the two teams. …
The risks of match-fixing to football in Oceania was highlighted at the recent INTERPOL Integrity in Sport – FIFA conference, co-hosted by the Oceania Football Confederation, Fiji Football Association and Fiji Police. The two-day meeting, held in Fiji, brought together almost 100 regional football administrators, players’ associations, referees, football club owners, government agencies and police…