THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) is making big moves in developing future football stars. Following FIFA’s 2020 ecosystem analysis, which reviewed strengths and weaknesses of football structures worldwide, SIFF identified key areas to improve on, including national teams, talent identification, domestic competitions and academies. SIFF Technical Director Moses Toata said with support from FIFA,…
THE Prime Minister and Minister for the 2023 Pacific Games Manasseh Sogavare launched the 2023 Pacific Games tickets yesterday. Launching the tickets at Our Telekom’s Point Cruz Office, Prime Minister Sogavare said, “The XVII (17th) Chapter of the Pacific Games is coming to our shores in a few weeks.” He therefore encouraged Solomon Islanders to…
ELITE Taekwondo Academy Solomon Islands (ETASI) is open for interested people to register. ESTASI is a new Taekwondo academy registered at the Company Haus under the Charitable Act and founded by instructor Marlchom Zion Ro. “Registration is now open for any interested individual. “For more information call 73422918 or send us an email to [email protected],”…
THE country’s national women’s football team has secured a spot in the quarter finals of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup. This followed their 2-2 draw with New Caledonia at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji last night. The draw gives the women’s team two points, sitting on second place in group C behind hosts at…
OFC: New Zealand have won the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers after a Bill Tuiloma brace and goals from Joe Bell, Chris Wood and Matt Garbett secured a 5-0 win over Solomon Islands at the Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The result means New Zealand now advance to the next stage of…
OFC: The Solomon Islands have booked their place in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers final after a brace from Alvin Hou helped them win a 3-2 thriller v Papua New Guinea at the Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha. Solomon Islands head coach Felipe Vega-Arango sent out the same starting eleven that overcame…
OFC: The Solomon Islands have defeated Tahiti 3-1 at Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha today, meaning they take top spot in Group A of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. The game was played in unusual circumstances, with both teams assured of making the semi-finals, due to the Cook Islands and Vanuatu unfortunately…
NUKU’ALOFA,(LOVE RUGBY LEAGUE)—Tonga coach Kristian Woolf insists the squad he will pick for this year’s World Cup will be the strongest squad the nation has ever had in rugby league. The Tongan national squad have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the rankings in international rugby league in recent years. They reached the semi-finals of the…
PORT MORESBY, (POST COURIER)—Cricket Papua New Guinea (CPNG) for the first time in history will be sending a women’s Under-19 team to attend the East Asia Pacific qualifiers in Bali, Indonesia from 01- 07 April. The tournament will serve as a qualifier to the 2023 women’s U19 World Cup in Bangladesh. PNG is amongst two…
OFC: The Oceania Football Confederation can confirm that due to a number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the Vanuatu and Cook Islands squads, Match Day 3 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers will not go ahead. As a result of the vast majority of the squad testing positive to COVID-19, Vanuatu…