NHA and Honiara Golf sign agreement THE Honiara Golf Course has been confirmed to be the venue to host the Golf Tournament during the 2023 Pacific Games. This was agreed upon by the National Hosting Authority (NHA), National Sports Council (NSC) and the Honiara Golf Club yesterday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.…
Firisua calls on athletes to be serious and attend trainings THE country’s long distance runner, Sharon Firisua has called on all athletics athletes still at their respective provinces to return and resume trainings for this year. Ms Firisua made the call yesterday following a low turnout of athletes for Athletics first training session. She highlighted…
THE country’s national men’s football training squad resumed training as of January 3rd at the Lawson Tama stadium. The training is part of the preparation for the Oceania World Cup Qualifiers which will be held in mid-March. Solomon Islands coach Felipe Vega-Arango recently admitted that Group A of the OFC Preliminary competition for the FIFA…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has thanked the government and people of Japan and Papua New Guinea (PNG) for financially assisting the roll out of the SIFF Academy project. Mr Sogavare stated this when commissioning the ground breaking of the Pacific Games 2023- SIFF Football Academy on January 6th. Prime Minister Sogavare paid gratitude to the…
The 2022 Simpson’s 7s cup has officially kicked off on Monday 3rd January 2022 at Kati primary school sports ground, Graciousa Bay, Temotu Nende, Temotu Province. The New Year tournament attracted a total of 32 clubs in and around Nende constituency, reports reaching the paper said. It kicked off with an official opening and a…
Sato Kings’ football club is the champion of the West Guadalcanal Constituency Cup 2021 which was successfully hosted at Baeufort Bay primary school sports ground. The tournament kicked off during the Christmas season and later coincided with the New Year celebration. Sato Kings gained victory after defeating HM United in the grand final showdown to…
THE recruitment of local labours into the 2023 National Stadium Project continues to increase as the labour demand grows. This is a good news for local labour in the country. The statement from the 2023 Pacific Games Stadium Project Group said there are already more than 200 local workers from each province being engaged in…
Appointed as Football Development Coach for Franklin United SOLOMON Islands former football international, Henry Fa’arodo Junior has been announced as the new Football Development Coach for Franklin United, a football club in New Zealand. Henry is now living and working in New Zealand with his family, after retiring from professional football in 2017. He currently…
Youngster helps team to win West Are Are games Junior Fordney has stamped in his name in the West Are Are Christmas tournament after winning the golden boot award and helping his team Kiu United FC to claim victory. The Central Coast football club elastic forward received his award during the prize presentation ceremony…
OFC: Due to the New Zealand Government’s revision to border controls in light of the COVID-19 variant Omicron, Auckland City FC are unable to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021™ in February. In place of Auckland City FC, the Oceania Football Confederation Executive Committee, with FIFA approval, has nominated Tahiti’s AS Pirae…