THROUGHOUT 2023, over 800 Solomon Islands athletes will be training on the Gold Coast in Australia. This opportunity will help develop their talents and prepare them for the 2023 Pacific Games and beyond, including the upcoming Commonwealth and Olympic Games. On 20 April the Executive Director of Solomon Islands National Institute of Sports (SINIS), Aaron…
Lawson Tama stadium will come alive again this Sunday as the much awaited Telekom S-League 2023 round one kicks off. Featuring in the opening match at 12pm will see newcomer SOSA FC play their inaugural game against Real Kakamora. SOSA FC, under its head coach, Stanley Waita, will rely on supporters from the Selwyn Old…
TELEKOM S-league (TSL) champions, Solomon Warriors FC will take on Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Hekari United FC for their first friendly match, Monday. The match is set to kick off at 3:30pm at the Lawson Tama Stadium. Solomon Warriors will play two international club friendlies as preseason matches against the PNG champions Hekari United. The…
SOLOMON Islands national futsal team, Kurukuru maintained their undefeated run, securing their second win in the Melanesian Futsal Cup tournament in Fiji. Kurukuru defeated Vanuatu national futsal team 5-4 in a close encounter at the Vodafone Arena in Suva yesterday. Similar to their opening match of the tournament, Kurukuru once again came from behind to…
SOLOMON Islands High Commission Mission team in Suva, Fiji on Wednesday morning personally visited and met with the Kurukuru team members at their hotel in Suva. The visit was conducted by High Commissioner Joseph Ma’ahanua and his staff ahead of the team’s opening clash with New Caledonia on Wednesday night. The Kurukuru team is in…
A team from the Sol2023 Pacific Games Organizing Committee (GOC), accompanied by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) confiscated illegally printed and sold t-shirts from two Chinese shops in Honiara on Saturday. A total 50 t-shirts that featured, ‘Solo’ the official Games Mascot on it were pulled off the shelves of Bisi shop and…
THE Solomon Islands U15 team has made a positive start to their OFC Boys Development tournament campaign with an opening win against Fiji. The U15 team came from behind to beat the Fijian national U15 side 3-2 at Nagahue reserve in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday. The three goals were scored by Calvin Wane, Kennedy Sihiu…
The Honiara Football Association (HFA) will on Thursday the 6th of April, hold its annual congress in the exhibition space of the national art gallery. The new HFA executive council, which will oversee football-related matters in Honiara for the ensuing four (4) years, will be elected at the congress. The normalizing committee, which was put…
SOLOMON Islands young striker, Raphael Lea’i made a real impact for Velež Mostar in his second professional match – also his second for the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s traditional club. Lea’i was introduced in the second half of the match against FK Sloga, coming in at the 65th minute of play. Just one minute later, the…
THREE athletics athletes, Sharon Firisua, Rosifelo Siosi and Diana Matekali are gearing up preparations for a cross country race that will be held in Australia in two weeks time. Last week the trio joined Glenhuntly athletics club for a cross country race as a warmup towards the main event. Firisua finished second recording her seasonal…