Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko finished the Women’s Australian Open with a frustrating one-over 73 during her final round yesterday as she claimed a share of third place. Starting the day two back from overnight leaders Chella Choi and Australian amateur Minjee Lee, Ko made a double bogey at the par-four sixth, which meant she was…
TEN men Rewa held defending champions Ba to a scoreless draw in the Fiji Sun/Skipper Tuna National Football League at Govind Park on Saturday. The Delta Tigers played the last 25 minutes without Luke Lomasalato who was sent off by referee Rakesh Chandra for a second bookable offence. Both teams failed to capitalise on the…
Last Thursday between 8:30 and 9:30am people arrived for the opening of the Mary Mzzarello Development Centre (MMDC) in the Laura Vicuna Hostel-Henderson. Sr. Sesilia Sala was the MC for the day and at 9:30am she introduced Sr. Sialei Paupuaga, the FMA community leader, who gave the welcoming address and extended a warm welcome to…
It would be very good if qualified women could enter politics, both on national and provincial level. There are many well qualified women working in the civil service, as administrators, teachers, etc. who would be qualified to run. Culturally it is an uphill struggle but still women should try. Some women politicians are brilliant, smarter…
The Solomon Islands Basketball Federation (SIBF) has released the names of 50 men and 36 women for the basketball training squad for the country’s national basketball team. The men’s training squad comprises of 46 Honiara based players and four overseas based players, while the women’s squad comprises of 34 Honiara based players and two overseas…
The Solomon Islands Basketball Federation (SIBF) has announced the men’s and women’s national training squad last week. Following that announcement the federation has called on the selected players for a meeting next Monday 24th February. SIBF has confirmed putting a national youth team (under 19 boys and girls) and the national squad (men’s and women’s)…
Western United FC yesterday suffered their first loss in round two of the Telekom S-league (TSL) competition after being edged 2-1 by X-Beam FC yesterday. Kidston Billy got the scoring underway for X-Beam followed by a second by Karol Kakate just before the half time break. Western United replied with two quick goals by Himson…
The management of National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) last night confirmed that fifteen (15) federations have submitted their final training squad list by the deadline on Friday. In a statement NOCSI management applauded all those sporting bodies who have responded positively to their final notice last week. NOCSI also sends best wishes to…
The Solomon Islands has experienced a drop in the recent FIFA ranking. The recently released rankings show Solomon Islands dropped by two spots from 172 to 174 in the world ranking. Solomon Islands are the only side which saw any downward movement in the Oceania ranking but remain fourth ahead of Vanuatu. This is the…
Dear Editor – I would like thank the government, if its true that scholarship award has been increased from 99 to 400. We should not deny the rights to education for our young children. They deserved to be awarded scholarship. However, its important to be strict in selecting those students who deserved to be awarded…