Of all the tries scored New Zealand’s seventh Wellington sevens title will be remembered for the stinginess of their defence. Gordon Tietjens’ side ripped the IRB World Series lead from South Africa’s grasp with a 21-0 win during a final that said as much about their pride as it did their skill. After five successive…
VODAFONE Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan believes the national side is heading in the right direction despite failing in the Wellington 7s Saturday. Fiji finished third in the tournament after beating England 14-7 in the 3rd/4th place playoff. The side earlier lost to South Africa in the Cup semi-final of the tournament which was eventually…
The Phoenix are on track to make the play-offs – but will need to achieve some strong results away from home as the A-League reaches a critical stage. The Wellington side have traditionally been solid performers in New Zealand and that has continued this year (only two losses in nine home games). But that won’t…
Up to two English Premier League teams could be coming to these shores in July for matches against the Wellington Phoenix. One – and possibly two – Premier League teams are being invited to play games versus the Phoenix, with the possibility of a blockbuster match at Eden Park on the cards. The Herald on…
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) secretary general, Don Angikimua has described the recent election for new office bearers as a shame and unconstitutional. It was reported that there has been some disagreement amongst sides who took part in the election. As a result some participants walked out of the meeting and were unable…
The Telekom S-league defending champions, Solomon Warriors FC yesterday proved they are back in form following a draw with KOSSA by thrashing Real Kakamora FC 5-0 to maintain their top position of the competition with 27 points. Gagame Feni scored a double while team mates, Micah Lea’alafa, Dennis Ifunaoa and Jerry Donga shared a goal…
The Small Malaita Mini Games Council is organising a meeting for all sport clubs in small Malaita who participated in the recent 2013 Small Malaita Mini Games. A statement from the president of the Small Malaita Mini Games council yesterday said all team managers or officials are invited to attend a meeting this meeting…
Chung Wah primary school this week received new chess equipment. A total of five chess sets, five chess clocks and one demo board were donated to the School chess club to assist in its development plans and programs for 2014 chess in schools. The equipment was donated by the visiting federation Internationale Des Echecs (FIDE)…
A top local female soccer referee has been called upon on international duty to officiate at the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014. Nagarita Jimmy is amongst two others in the Oceania Confederation which have been selected for this FIFA sanctioned tournament, according to a statement by Oceania Confederation yesterday. New Zealand…
An extra time goal by Hudson Felani saved Kossa with a 4-3 victory against X-Beam during the second round of the Telekom S-League at Lawson Tama yesterday. Felani found the winning goal during the four minute extra time with a direct shot into the goal from a brave set piece by Harrison Mala from the…