SOLOMON Islands women’s football team has created history by defeating Oceania champions Papua New Guinea (PNG) women’s football team for the first time. Solomon Islands defeated PNG 3-0 in the historic win in day two of the Pacific Women’s Four Nations tournament in the Australia yesterday. Jeminah David was on the score sheet again scoring…
SOLOMON Islands national women’s football team was narrowly defeated 2-1 to the Australian national women’s U20 team in their opening match of the Four Nations tournament in Australia on Tuesday. It was a tough match for the women’s team as Australia dominated possession and territory. This however did not deter the team spirit as Solomon…
THE Solomon Islands national men’s Rugby 15s team departed yesterday for Papua New Guinea (PNG) the host country for the 2022 Oceania Rugby Championship. The Oceania Rugby Championship will start today and will end on November 10th. Solomon Islands will play host PNG on Sunday November 6th at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium. Their second…
THE new Friendship Hall Futsal Complex has been officially open for futsal tournaments following the official opening, Tuesday. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare officially opened the futsal complex court. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Sogavare announced that this is the futsal home the Kurukuru team and everyone in the country has been longing for.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
THE recently completed Western Province Inter-Island Champion had raked in more than $31, 000 in cash through gate takings during the two weeks competition at JFK stadium in Gizo, Western Province. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) Kalwin Aquillah in an interview with Star Sports in Gizo this on…
Vella United is the newly crowned champion of the Western Province Inter-Island Soccer Championship (IISC) 2022 that ended tonight at the JFK Stadium in Gizo Western Province. The grand final match saw Vella scored the winning goal by Andrew Tiazi, a former Western Cup player. Both teams fought hard during the full 90 minutes but…