IRB: With two years to go until Rugby Sevens makes its Olympic Sevens debut at Rio 2016, Brazilian boys and girls are getting into Rugby in record numbers. Rugby participation has grown by 25 per cent since 2011 and, in 2013 alone, more than 9,000 boys and girls in Rio and Sao Paulo were introduced…
Tura the Kokomo will visit each province in the country to tell the people about the 2015 Pacific Games and how they can be part of the excitement. Tura has been busy meeting locals in NCD, Central and was in Kokopo, Rabaul and Tabubil in the last month. In the next four months, the rest…
OCEANIA Football Confederation (OFC) and Papua New Guinea Football Association president, David Chung, says finding suitable land in Port Moresby to build an academy is becoming a headache. During a press conference last week in Port Moresby, Chung said building an academy was important towards popularising the game. “If PNG wants to develop better skilled…
Champion Weightlifter Steven Kari has won Gold for Papua New Guinea in the Men’s 94kg in Day six of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The 21 year old from Hanuabada in Central Province won the second medal for PNG, lifting 149kg in the snatch and 195kg in the clean and jerk. Kari finished ahead…
The PNG Games Host Organising Committee (HOC) is planning for all refurbishments to be completed by this October. PNG Games CEO Materua Tamarua said that current renovations included: the Sir Ignatius Kilage Indoor Stadium with full refurbishments taking place including new flooring, improved lighting and ventilation, and increased seating capacity to hold up to 1000…
When you’ve been in boxing as long as Alex Morrison has been in boxing, you think you’ve seen it all. Then comes the call: “There’s a wee girl from Kiribati who’s competing in the Commonwealths and wants to train at your place. And have you got any women she can box? She’s never fought one…
When Dika Toua received her Silver medal a few days ago – she cried tears of bitterness for having being eluded by that Gold medal. But did she know something we didn’t? The little known Nigerian school girl, 16 year old, Chika Amalaha shocked the weigh- lifting community when she easily edged PNG and South…
Day five provided joy for the Fijian team The Men’s 50m Freestyle saw teammates William Clark and Meli Malani pitted against each other in heat six. Both swimmers beat their qualifying times by 0.75 seconds and 0.06 seconds respectively. Clark finished third in the heat with a time of 23.91 seconds just ahead of Malani…
Fiji Rugby Union’s new chief executive Radrodro Tabualevu has pledged to work towards a “winning culture in rugby and beyond.” A leading businessman with experience in a wide range of industries, Tabualevu says he wants to work towards improving rugby in the country. “As you know, rugby in Fiji is pretty much the pulse of…
The Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) is the official banking partner of the Fiji International. While signing the agreement at the ANZ House in Suva yesterday, ANZ CEO Pacific and Fiji Vishnu Mohan handed a cheque worth $115,000 to the general manager of the Fiji International Natalie Ritter. As a silver sponsor…