SUVA, ( FIJI TIMES) – Two out of the three swimmers from the Federate States of Micronesia participating in the Oceania Swimming Championships which starts tomorrow will use the championship to get qualifying times for the Rio Olympic Games. Swimmers Dionisio Augustine and Debra Daniel will need to clock 23 minutes to get a spot…
SUVA, (INSIDE THE GAMES) – Papua New Guinea’s former Commonwealth Games champion Ryan Pini will be among top swimmers competing at the Oceania Championships due to open in Fijian capital Suva this week. The biennial event, first held in 1993, will return to Fiji for the first time since 2004. Action will begin with open…
SUVA, (WORLD RUGBY) – Fiji come from behind to beat Samoa 26-16 and be crowned World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2016 champions. Fiji secured the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2016 title and remain on track to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2019 after a 26-16 victory over Samoa in Suva on Saturday. Fiji had…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) national U19 League has entered its round 16 yesterday with interesting results. In the opening match, Real Kakamora FC narrowly edged Malaita Kingz 3-2 while KOSSA FC defeated West Honiara 2-1. The wins gave both teams much needed points as the league heads towards its final stages. Following their…
The Honiara Football Association (HFA) continued yesterday with their round nine matches at the KGVI playing ground. Eight exciting matches were staged with two from the premier division while three matches each for division one and two respectively. Two former O’League reps, KOSSA FC and Koloale FC kicked off the premier division battle. Both teams…
President of the Renbel Football Association (RFA) Mark Victor Tekobi is urging his people of Rennell and Bellona to support Avaiki Chief in the upcoming Solomon Cup. Tekobi stressed this to Sunday Star in an interview. “I would like to appeal to my good people of Renbel to support our boys’ wheather it be in…
Rennell and Bellona Province has named its final volleyball squads for the upcoming Solomon Games in Honiara from July 2 to 14th. The squads named as Renbel Hardrock comprises of men and women’s teams. Both squads have 12 players, three reserves, Head Coaches and Team Manager for men’s team while Team Manageress for women’s team.…
If raw talented players with the likes of James Naka, Joe Lui and other players can make it to the national level, nothing is impossible for rural football players to follow the same trend. Our Telekom Marketing Manager Robert Szetu echoed this to Star Sports when he officially handed over Our Telekom support to Dekon…
CHILDREN of Hauhui village in west Are’are, Malaita, are dreaming big. Some of them wanted to represent the country in the future in the national soccer team. Others say they wanted to become professional footballers. This is why they are taking their soccer seriously. At this backway village, the children – both boys and girls…
RENNELL and Bellona Province has named their final soccer squad for the upcoming Solomon Cup set to be staged in Honiara next month. Oris Pongi Ma’ungatu’u and his team management named Avaiki Chiefs final squad yesterday following almost a month of intensive training and friendly matches held in Honiara. Avaiki Chiefs consists of two goal…