Lai praised stars

THE President of the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has commended the national futsal team for the successful victory over their hot rival, Fustal Whites on Wednesday in their third match of the 2016 Oceania Futsal World Cup Qualifiers in Fiji. In his congratulatory messages Lai thanked the Kurukuru’s including their coaching staff who are…

Toilet issue at airport resolved

Privacy concerns at the Honiara International Airport Arrival Rest rooms has been solved. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation and Communication Moses Virivolomo yesterday. Mr Virivolomo said over the past days the contractor had been working hard to get the job done which saw the men’s toilet fixed and…

Mission on target

THE Kurukuru assistant coach has reiterated that their mission for this Oceania World Cup Qualifiers in Fiji is to prove all critics wrong and make the nation proud. Jerry Sam stressed this to Star Sports from Fiji yesterday. “We have confident to prove all the critics wrong and make our nation proud not for the…

Touch Day Out Event This Weekend

The ‘Touch Day Out’ Touch Rugby Competition Day 1 has been re-scheduled for this weekend, Saturday 13th February. The event will take place at DC Park, Henderson from 12:00pm to 5:30pm. Organisers have apologised for postponing the event last weekend due to the condition of the field after the heavy rain and the risk of…

Three hunting for top honours

OFC: The Solomon Islands’ Kurukuru has moved a step closer to Colombia 2016 after seeing off New Zealand, but the Futsal Whites and Vanautu are still on their heels as the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship moves into day four of competition. The reigning champions have been clinical in their performances thus far. They’re improving with…

Fiji thrashed by Tahiti

SUVA, ( FIJI TIMES) – Vodafone Fiji futsal team was thrashed 1-9 by Tahiti in the 2016 Oceania Football Confederation Futsal Championship at the Vodafone Arena in Suva Wednesday night. Fiji was outclassed by Tahiti in most areas as they were too quick and smart for the home side. Fiji also got a few scoring…

Boxing action this weekend

The Honiara Amateur Boxing Association (HABA) will be hosting their second bouts for this year, this Saturday at the Multipurpose Hall. HABA confirmed this to Star sports in an interview, Thursday. “We will be  staging  our second bouts for this this weekend (Saturday night February 13, 2016) at the Multipurpose Hall,’’ HABA said. HABA strongly…

Rio Olympics positive impact

SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – The Telecom Fijiana’s qualification for the Rio Olympics will have a positive impact on the growth of women’s rugby in the region. That’s the view of Kylie Bates who is the development consultant and director of Game Changers an Australian based company which uses partnerships to make sport and communities stronger.…