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…
WOMEN have echoed on the floor of Parliament that if the Rural Constituency Development Fund (RCDF) is utilised for developments in the rural it would put an end to poverty and poor standard of living. Debating the Bill most women which took the floor to speak expressed that use of this fund was only for…
Dear Editor – 2014 is the year of the horse according to the Chinese zodiac and the spirit of the horse is recognised by the Chinese as a year for making unremitting efforts to improve themselves. It is forecast that, in general,’ fortune’ in all aspects, will fluctuate so care is advised and people should…
Three local talented musicians performed for two nights at Voloa village, Ngella Central islands province last weekend. Sharzy, Devandeh and Taina Gee staged a show which was held over two nights from Friday to Saturday. The presence of the three popular musicians attracted many people around Voloa community to come out in numbers and enjoy…
NADI striker Uraia Loki has followed the footsteps of Ba duo Jone Ralulu and Malakai Tiwa by joining the Yoogali Football Club in Australia. The Yoogali Football Club which plays in the Griffith & District Amateur Football Association competition is coached by former Fiji captain Abraham Watkins. His sons Archie Junior and Sitiveni also played…
EIGHT associations have confirmed their participation at this year’s national softball championships in Kokopo in April. Papua New Guinea Softball Federation senior vice president Ralph Tarasomo confirmed yesterday that the host organising committee was all set to stage the tournament following a successful national club championships last September. The affiliates who paid their nomination fees…
American Samoa attorney Fiti Sunia, former Attorney General of American Samoa, has been appointed to sit on one of FIFA’s judicial bodies, the Disciplinary Committee. His appointment was made formal in a letter to Sunia by FIFA Deputy Secretary General Markus Kattner on 18 December, 2013. “I’m truly honoured by this appointment and I look…
DEFENDING Coca-Cola Games girls champion and the pride of Lautoka, Jasper Williams High School kick-tart their preparation to defend the title this year with their inter-house this Friday. The event to be held at the Lautoka Mission School ground, is a much anticipated affair as many want to represent their school come April in Suva.…
A lot of movements are expected in the month long Fiji Football Association transfer window which opens on February 24. Ba and Nadi are expected to strengthen their squads ahead of the Oceania Champions League play-offs in April. Lautoka, which is reeling at the bottom of the Fiji Sun/Skipper Tuna National Football League (NFL) has…