Gigira Laitepo United in Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Soccer League NSL has signed Patrick Miniti Jr as the club is looking to boost its campaign this year. This was confirmed by Miniti Jr in an interview with the Star Sports from Port Moresby yesterday. According to Gigira team manager Thomas Taberia, the signing of…
The management of national U12 and 14 futsal teams have praised the support rendered by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) which enabled the youngsters to participate in the Australian State Championships. The boys jetted out of the country on Friday ahead of the competition which sets to kick off today. In a statement, the management…
The Tongs Corporation sponsored Malaita Subi Rugby Team kicks off the Inter Island Rugby Championship with a very convincing win over Temotu on Saturday’s main game. The team is a mix of Auki and Honiara based players started the game on a slow pace but stepped up the committing some basic errors. About 15mins into…
The Solomon Islands Hockey Federation (SIHF) has released the names of players selected for the U23 national hockey training squad. SIHF president Nihal Seneviratne revealed this to Star Sports yesterday. “The selection of players was done by SIHF officials and the players were selected from recently completed Hockey School league and current club league in…
Frigates netball club was crowned the 2015 Auki netball league (ANL) champion after beating Rarasu 1 in the A division grand final over the weekend. The finale was staged at the Aligegeo netball court. The Auki netball league known as the “wakeup league” has ended its season with a knockout playoff for both A and…
Honiara High School hockey team has once again proved their supremacy in sports competitions in the national capital. This came after their men’s hockey team added another title to their records for this year’s competitions. Honiara High finished top of the men’s High School hockey league with 17 points which is two clear points away…
Warriors coach confident of fourth victory Victory is just around the corner for Solomon Warriors FC and they need only two more wins to seal victory in the fifth Telekom S-league season. They now registered 31 points, 10 points clear from their runner up Malaita Kingz FC who sits on second place with 21 points…
Security will be beefed up for the fortnightly boxing bouts organized by the Honiara Amateur Boxing Association (HABA). According to the HABA executive they will be engaging the Honiara City Council (HCC) law enforcement officers to provide security during the bouts. The plan to step up security is due to complaints from spectators saying that…
THE Honiara Amateur Boxing Association (HABA) round two bouts has been set for this evening at the Multipurpose Hall. A spokesperson for the organising committee confirmed this to Star Sports in an interview yesterday. “We are expecting more exciting bouts tonight with more clubs expressing their interest to join the competition,’’ the spokesperson said. He…
THE much awaited Pikinini Football Development Program has been set to kick off on the second week to November 2015 in Honiara. Honiara Football Association (HFA) General Secretary Leonard Paia confirmed this to Star Sports yesterday. “The HFA Executive in their meeting last week agreed to launch the SWIRE PIKININI Football Development Program on Saturday…