Western United FC will soon reveal the final list of players that will represent the Solomon Islands in the Oceania Clubs’ Champions League. This was revealed by Western United club management yesterday. He said, the final team should be known next week. Currently United has 30 players on training but only 23 players will make…
Solomon Islands Athletics Federation (SIAF) has a new patron; he is former national athletics sprinter Francis Manioru. Manioru was appointed to be Athletics Solomon’s Patron after Athletics Solomon’s previous Patron Sir George Lepping died last year. Manioru represented the Solomon Islands in more than 10 international outings with some very impressive results. Manioru is no…
THE friendly match between Hekari FC of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands U23 training squad has ended in a two-all draw, Tuesday at the Lawson Tama stadium. It was a friendly, but both teams clearly came to play. Solympics were on the front foot early breaking the deadlock half way through the…
THE Olympic Solidarity FIVB Young Players Course for our national volleyball teams and upcoming players has now confirmed to kick-off today ( Wednesday) 11th March 2015 at the NOCSI conference room at 8.30am. Forty participants have been selected. The training will start with an opening ceremony to be attended by Ministry of home affairs (…
The National – PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill will officially open the 2015 Pacific Games on July 4 at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby. The Sports Minister’s office confirmed Monday night that O’Neill would take over the proceedings after the response to Papua New Guinea’s request for a member of the British Royal…
The National – PACIFIC Games Council president Vidhya Lakhan, who was in Port Moresby for a week, left on a happy note, confident that everything will fall in place come the Games on July 4. His mood was not the same less than a month ago when he left after checking out venues. He described the…
Fiji Times – It will be an all-Pacific affair when Tonga A and Samoa A clash in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge at the ANZ Stadium in Suva. Both teams play a similar type of rugby where hard hits will be expected so there will be no love lost between two Polynesian sides. Tonga A…
OFC: The Papua New Guinea women’s national team have made great ground since returning to action following last year’s OFC Women’s Nations Cup, making their international debut outside of Oceania as they build for the Pacific Games and Olympic qualifiers. The side kicked off their return to the international stage with a two match series…
Solomon Warriors star midfielder and Solomon Islands sensational futsal star Micah Lea’alafa will join Amicale FC of Vanuatu for the upcoming O-League. Reports reaching Star Sports the local sensation has been eyed by the top club in Vanuatu to boost their campaign in this annual Oceania football competition. Micah is one of the Solomon Warriors…
FIJI TIMES – The Pacific Games football competition could feature the under-23 sides from the region and double up as the qualifier for the Rio Olympics. Pacific Games Council (PGC) chief executive Andrew Minogue said the council would be meeting on this issue later this week and hoped to have a decision at that point.…