The Solomon Islands National U19 squad might not have won the Oceania U20 Championship but they did brought back some pride returning home with two top awards, the OFC Best and Fair Play Award and the Golden Boot Award. The tournament’s Golden Ball was won by Solomon Islands midfielder Atkin Kaua who bagged five goals…
The Solomon Islands Swimming Federation (SISF) is set to start trainings for interested swimmers here in the capital Honiara. The SISF president Sade Belo said training is scheduled to start next week and it is an initiative towards breeding young swimmers for future regional and international competitions. Belo revealed the program also includes awareness programs.…
AUKI Futsal champions, the Auki Eels along with Honiara’s Parramatta Kings have been invited to attend and participate in the Fiji Futsal championships next month. The invitation from the Fiji Futsal association requested that Parramatta Kings and another club from the Solomon Islands can take part in the lucrative Futsal champs. Recently being crowned champions…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has rejected claims that the selection of players for the national U19 squad was done only for Honiara based players. This was in response to criticisms from members of the public who blamed SIFF for conducting a one-sided selection process targeting only Honiara based players which resulted in the…
Solomon Islands national U19 team has registered their first win of the Oceania U20 Championship by defeating American Samoa 5-0 yesterday. The win gave them four points from four matches played. Two first half goals and three in the second half was enough for the Mamulas to bring back some pride after they failed to…
Physical education (PE) teachers from more than ten schools and rural training centres operated by the South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) have undergone a training to improve their skills and learn about first aid. The training was held at Maoro community high school. Reports said most of the schools which have participated in the training…
A rugby league match between two Honiara select sides will kick off this afternoon. The match will be staged at Panatina oval starting at 4pm. All interested players, officials and supporters of the code have been invited to come out in numbers to watch the match. Solomon Islands Rugby League which is organising the event…
Alako and Fiu futsal clubs will be representing Malaita province in the upcoming Russell islands futsal championship in the Central Islands province. This tournament will take place on the 23rd to 27 June 2014. This was confirmed by the president of Auki futsal association Terry Oiaka yesterday. Mr Oiaka said, the competition is being organized…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) technical department has finalised the thirty participants of the FIFA youth coaching course scheduled to take place next month. The course was originally planned for April but was postponed following the disastrous flooding in Honiara. SIFF decided then that it was not appropriate to hold the course at that…
Goalkeeper Philip Mango remains ambitious despite his dreams of reaching the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand ending on Tuesday. But the Solomon Islands U-20 skipper and goalkeeper remains proud of his side’s efforts despite the results. He can hardly contain his joy at leading his national team. “It’s a privilege for me and…