SOLOMON Islands Club Champions and O-league reps, Solomon Warriors were on Wednesday edged 1: 2 by Tahitian Club Champions AS Pirae in their nail biting encounter. Two goals inside 12 minutes in the first stanza were enough to seal all three points for the Tahitians over their Solomon Islands opponents who had fought back strongly…
The 2014 edition of the OFC Champions League is the largest we’ve seen in 12 years and potentially the most anticipated as 12 sides compete for the ultimate prize – a ticket to the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. The group stage, being held in Lautoka and Ba in Fiji, has seen the…
Fiji’s Tanoa Waterfront Hotel played host to a UN reunion of sorts as 12 different nationalities were represented on day one of the OFC Media Officers Workshop. Held annually since 2010, with a brief hiatus in 2013, the workshop works to build on the skills of each of the OFC Member Association media officers in…
Dear reader, welcome back to the April edition of Perspectives in Sports. A quarter of 2014 is now history, which also means there are only three more months until the Commonwealth Games are upon us. This week, the rain seems to want to impose itself upon many willing athletes and stop them from getting out…
ONE of the oldies fun soccer clubs around Kickaraon last week took on the might of Tetere inmates on the pitch. The inmates kept Kickaraon at bay until the final whistle. There were no scores. Kickaraon is a registered oldies club which is a fitness based team that has been around for for quiet sometime,…
Four football clubs have confirmed their participation for the Honiara Football Association (HFA) pre-season competition. This was confirmed by the HFA executive on Thursday. The four new Pre-season clubs are San Jorge Thunders FC, Rivantor Hunters FC, Henderson Eels FC and G FC. These four clubs will go into a round robin format of competition…
The influx of non-Oceania players in the OFC Champions League football competition just compliments the tremendous talent that is around the region. These are the words of OFC media and communications head, Gordon Glen Watson, who believes the 2014 edition of the champions league, will be no different. Team playing the in the group…
After round five of competition in the primary school netball competition, Panatina has taken off comfortably in leading the tally. They are second by Chung Wah B followed by Saint Nicholas B on the third spot. Honiara Netball Association (HNA) President Shalom Akao told Star Sports after two days of competition the primary school netball…
Central Islands province (CIP) on Monday kicks-off its 2014 futsal competition. It will run for over two weeks in Tulagi. Reports said about 17 teams around the province have registered to participate in the competition. The province’s sports department is organizing and support the competition. The initiative is part of promoting sports in the province…
The head coach of the Solomon Islands athletes with disability says, preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Scotland is going well. The duo, Janet Sipale and Noela has been under intensive training conducted by Topue himself and guided by the president of the Solomon Islands National Paralympics Committee (SINPC), Mrs Nina Davis. The duo…