Solomon Islands Athletics Federation (SIAF) has a new patron; he is former national athletics sprinter Francis Manioru. Manioru was appointed to be Athletics Solomon’s Patron after Athletics Solomon’s previous Patron Sir George Lepping died last year. Manioru represented the Solomon Islands in more than 10 international outings with some very impressive results. Manioru is no…
THE friendly match between Hekari FC of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands U23 training squad has ended in a two-all draw, Tuesday at the Lawson Tama stadium. It was a friendly, but both teams clearly came to play. Solympics were on the front foot early breaking the deadlock half way through the…
THE Olympic Solidarity FIVB Young Players Course for our national volleyball teams and upcoming players has now confirmed to kick-off today ( Wednesday) 11th March 2015 at the NOCSI conference room at 8.30am. Forty participants have been selected. The training will start with an opening ceremony to be attended by Ministry of home affairs (…
Solomon Warriors star midfielder and Solomon Islands sensational futsal star Micah Lea’alafa will join Amicale FC of Vanuatu for the upcoming O-League. Reports reaching Star Sports the local sensation has been eyed by the top club in Vanuatu to boost their campaign in this annual Oceania football competition. Micah is one of the Solomon Warriors…
A former head coach for the Pepes National team in Papua New Guinea [PNG], Annie Iamo is in the country to prepare the local netball team for the Pacific Games. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands Netball Federation [SINFED] following upon her arrival on Tuesday. President for SINFED, Noelyn Luahiti said, Annie Iamo will…
SOLOMON Islands national U-16 team concluded their competition at the OFC U-17 Championship with an overwhelming result, 13-0 against the American Samoa on Thursday. Seven goals from Larry Zama, two from Philip Maeta and each goal from John Oge, Junior Hou, Benjamin Toata and Hendrick Jirah was more than enough to give back some pride…
THE National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) reveals that its annual funding it received from the Oceania Olympic Committee is US$85,000 which is equivalent to SBD$648,000. This was revealed by NOCSI Vice President Solidarity Joe Ramosaea and was also confirmed by NOCSI President Martin Rara. Ramosaea made the revelation after receiving complaints from several…
FOOTBALL fans and supporters will witness the first soccer actions for this year when the country’s biggest soccer league, the Telekom S-league (TSL) resume this weekend. As usual there will be four matches’ features down for this weekend, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. However the full fixtures for this weekend and all remaining…
THE Solomon Islands Body Building Federation (SIBBF) is considering of sending the team that have represented the Solomon Islands in the last year’s Body building championship held in Papua New Guinea for the upcoming Pacific Games. This was revealed to Star sport by the SIBBF president, Pius Maemae on Tuesday. Maemae said the federation considered…
SOLOMON Islands national U-16 team hopes of reaching the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile this year ended yesterday after they went down 3-0 to Tahiti at Pago Park Stadium in American Samoa on Tuesday. The young boys on their mission at the OFC U-17 Championship made a positive start with a convincing 10-1 victory…