Old Kurukuru players acknowledged

FORMER Solomon Islands national futsal players received a token of appreciation from the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare at the Friendship Hall yesterday. The token, a sum of an undisclosed amount was handed over to the players before their exhibition match between the new and old Kurukuru players. Prime Minister Sogavare also took that time to…

Narrow defeat for Solo

SOLOMON Islands men’s basketball team was defeated by host Fiji in their second match of the FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup tournament in Fiji yesterday. The national men’s basketball team went down 66-57 to Fiji at the Vodafone Arena. It was an outstanding performance by Solomon Islands against the 2017 Melanesia Cup bronze medalists. By the…

HISTORY FOR BASKETBALL

Solomon Islands beat PNG in opening match SOLOMON Islands national men’s basketball team has made history by beating the Papua New Guinea (PNG) men’s team for the first time yesterday. Solomon Islands defeated the defending champions PNG 77-66 in their Melanesian Basketball Cup tournament opening match at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji yesterday. The…

Boxing showdown this week

THE much-awaited boxing showdown between Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set for Wednesday October 26th and Thursday October 27th at the Pacific Crown Hotel. Neighbors Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be bringing over eight boxers, six male and two female boxers. They are expected to arrive in Honiara before Wednesday. Solomon Islands…

Warriors tops round one

SOLOMON Warriors FC ended their first round of the Telekom S-league (TSL) season at the top of the table with 28 points. Warriors won their final match of round one defeating FC Isabel United 3-1 at Lawson Tama, Sunday. Standford Fakasori scored the opening goal 19 minutes from kick off. Tigi Molea extended the lead…

Waneagu move up on fourth

WANEAGU United FC moved up one spot to the fourth place with 19 points following their 1-0 win over KOSSA FC at the Lawson Tama Stadium, Saturday. U19 player Francis Paul scored the lone winning goal in the second half to give Waneagu United their sixth win out of nine matches. As anticipated, it was…

3×3 Challenge successful

The first stop 3×3 basketball challenge has been successfully completed on Monday at Holy Cross Basketball court. Rukiez scooped the men’s category top prize, Dragons second, Phila third and Jelly Fam on fourth. The women’s category was won by 71 Eclipse, Sunrise 2 second, El-Divas third and Sunrise 1 fourth. “Thank you to all participating…