The Malaita Rugby Union Association (MRUA) together with Honiara-based Malaita Crusaders Rugby Club have confirmed that they are hosting a year ending rugby union 7s competition in the Provincial Headquarter, Auki. Games manager, Walter Baekalia explained that the much anticipated tournament, the SPOL-Solomon Power Crusaders Auki 7s, will feature mostly teams from rugby clubs in…
SINIS partners with MEHRD for talent identification in sports SOLOMON Islands National Institute of Sports (SINIS) High – Performance program had established a partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD). The partnership allows the ministry as one of its key stakeholders to assist with the identification of potential athletes from high…
SOLOMON Islands Tennis Association (SITA) has wrapped up their 2021 programs on Sunday. This year’s programs’ wrap up was marked with the presentation of awards for the winners of the doubles tournament. In the B Grade knockout competition, Free Stars finished top, Champions on second place and Dragons finished third. The A Grade knockout winners…
FIVE football teams that will be participating in the inaugural Presidents Cup tournament are able to include national players in their campaign. The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Competition’s Director Gerald Oiaka confirmed this in a recent Press Conference. This is aimed at boosting the performance of all participating teams. “In this competition, all national…
AFTER missing a few days of training, the country’s national men’s football training squad is back on the pitch with their daily training. The squad had to cancel all trainings as of Wednesday last week due to the recent protest which turned violent. Following assurance of peace returning to the city, the team wasted no…
MAJOR sports events in Honiara have been called off since last week following the civil disturbance in the city. The disturbances had led to rioting, looting and burning of shops. Because of safety issues and fear many sportsmen and women have decided to take a break from sports games. Many just remain at home and…
Felipe says all teams will be tough HEAD Coach for the men’s national football team, Felipe Vega Arango says all other teams in group A of the OFC preliminary competition on the road to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will be tough. Solomon Islands are drawn into Group A alongside Tahiti, Vanuatu and the…
CENTRAL Roviana team is unlikely to participate in the upcoming Western Cup (WC) in Gizo, Western Province on 8TH December next week. This is due to the disrupted New Georgia and Vonavona Cup that was held in September this year. According the Chairman for the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) under Western Football Association (WFA), Frank…
THE Malaita Football Association (MFA) will hold an extraordinary meeting on December 10th at Auki. The MFA confirmed in a statement yesterday that the three main agenda are to present the Annual Activity Report, Financial Report and other relevant documents. “The MFA has organized an extraordinary congress meeting for all its Constituency Football Associations around…
MARTIAL Art students of M.P Quan Wing Chun School Solomon Island in Honiara are yet to resume training after part of the Honiara High School was burnt down last week. The students usually conduct their evening classes and training session at Honiara School’s Hall. Part of the school was destroyed by criminals and hooligans on…