KOSSA COACH Eddie Marahare will be organizing a football tournament in East Guadalcanal to select players for team Eastern Frigates as they gear up to defend the Guadalcanal title. Home based soccer players of East Guadalcanal will travel to town to play against town based Eastern Guadalcanal players. Preparations actually started kicked off last month…
SOLOMON Islands national futsal team, Kurukuru has made an impressive start to their Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Futsal Cup campaign in Fiji, Wednesday. Team Kurukuru opened their campaign defeating New Caledonia 9-3 at the Vodafone Arena in Suva. Kurukuru led the first half 3-1 before adding another six goals while New Caledonia another two in…
THE Solomon Islands national U19 men’s football team ended their group A matches as runner ups after they were defeated by New Zealand in Tahiti, Wednesday. New Zealand secured top spot in Group A at the OFC U-19 Championship 2022 with a comfortable 6-0 win over Solomon Islands at Stade Fautaua in Papeete, Tahiti. A…
THE country’s national men’s football team has settled in Port Vila, Vanuatu ahead of the MSG Prime Ministers Cup tournament. The team of 24 players and team officials departed yesterday for Vanuatu. The National Team Head coach Felipe Vega Arango recently told media the team is ready to compete. He highlighted that the team’s aim…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare who is also the minister of the 2023 Pacific Games has requested two additional futsal stadium halls for two provinces, the request was made to the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo. Sogavare revealed this when he took delivery of the new futsal multipurpose hall from the visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Honorable…
THE Solomon Islands National Institute of Sports (SINIS) on Tuesday started its first series of Sport Specific Foundation Coach Courses in Honiara. SINIS said courses began with taekwondo with support from its national federation with introduction to topics on basic methods of teaching, coaching and playing the combat sport with enthusiasm and confidence in a…
THE Auki Capital Football League kicked off last weekend at the Aligegeo field in Auki Malaita Province with big wins for GB United, Central United and South Siders United. In the opening match, Central United proved too strong for Aoke Football Club (FC) by defeating Aoke FC. Central United with the service of the Malaita…
THE Honiara Netball Association (HNA) has kicked off a League Competition in a bid to identify potential players for the national training squad. Speaking to Star Sports over the weekend, Honiara Netball Association (HNA) representative Margaret Talasasa said those currently competing are representing the Top 10 teams from each of the HNA Four Divisions. “This…
The Oceania Paralympic and Solomon Islands National Paralympic Committee training camps is currently underway at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport. The training camp commenced on Monday 5th of September 2022 which will run for five days at the SINIS-high performance centre. Around 30 Para- athletes representing four Para sports have joined the training…
BLUE Water Company supported the Oceania Paralympic Committees & Solomon Islands National Paralympic Committee – SINPC training camp at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport – SINIS with the contribution of 10 cartons of water. The company’s Financial Controller Raymond Sabio when handing over the donation said they are happy and looking forward to…