Local signs up with PNG club

Gigira Laitepo United in Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Soccer League NSL has signed Patrick Miniti Jr as the club is looking to boost its campaign this year.  This was confirmed by Miniti Jr in an interview with the Star Sports from Port Moresby yesterday. According to Gigira team manager Thomas Taberia, the signing of…

Support hailed

The management of national U12 and 14 futsal teams have praised the support rendered by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) which enabled the youngsters to participate in the Australian State Championships. The boys jetted out of the country on Friday ahead of the competition which sets to kick off today. In a statement, the management…

Hockey training squad

The Solomon Islands Hockey Federation (SIHF) has released the names of players selected for the U23 national hockey training squad. SIHF president Nihal Seneviratne revealed this to Star Sports yesterday. “The selection of players was done by SIHF officials and the players were selected from recently completed Hockey School league and current club league in…

Tonga rugby to focus on sevens

AUCKLAND, (RNZI) -The Tonga Rugby Union says it will do everything it can to ensure the national sevens team is fully prepared for next year’s Olympic repechage tournament. Tonga impressed at the Oceania Championship in Auckland, thrashing Samoa 41-5 in the semi finals before a 50-0 drubbing by Australia in the title decider. Second place…

Frigates crowned champ

Frigates netball club was crowned the 2015 Auki netball league (ANL) champion after beating Rarasu 1 in the A division grand final over the weekend. The finale was staged at the Aligegeo netball court. The Auki netball league known as the “wakeup league” has ended its season with a knockout playoff for both A and…

Honiara High hockey champs

Honiara High School hockey team has once again proved their supremacy in sports competitions in the national capital. This came after their men’s hockey team added another title to their records for this year’s competitions. Honiara High finished top of the men’s High School hockey league with 17 points which is two clear points away…

Victory looms

Warriors coach confident of fourth victory Victory is just around the corner for Solomon Warriors FC and they need only two more wins to seal victory in the fifth Telekom S-league season. They now registered 31 points, 10 points clear from their runner up Malaita Kingz FC who sits on second place with 21 points…