VODAFONE Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan says lethargic play resulted in the poor performance of the national side in the final day of the Hong Kong 7s tournament at the Hong Kong Stadium on Sunday. Fiji lost in the Cup semi-final to England 7-17 Sunday night. Earlier the side struggled to beat United States in…
The Solomon Islands AFL season got underway last week with old and new rivalries igniting some fierce competition and exciting football. The stage was set on Thursday evening for the opening match with old rivals: White River and KG Sharks both keen to start the season off with a win. The Demons took full advantage…
Bethany community in North Guadalcanal has seen the impact of engaging youths in sports activities. Since male youths from the community formed their own football club (FC) sometimes ago, it brought the youths together, get busy while engaging in organised football competition that have been organised in North Guadalcanal. Bethany is located in the Ngalimbiu…
CONCERNS have been raised over the inactiveness of the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) governing body in not promptly finding sponsorship to help revive the women’s soccer league here in the country. Speaking to this paper, several former national women soccer players said that they standard and level of women’s soccer in the country was…
Winners of the recent Telekom S-league (TSL) season have finally had their hands on their respective awards over the weekend. The presentation of awards took place at the Pacific Casino Sea View area. The top three winners received trophies and medals according to their respective positions including consolation prizes for the coach of the year,…
QQQ Marist men’s basketball team still maintains their position as leaders of the Namson Tran Basketball competition after defeating a strong MMTM side at the Multipurpose Hall on Sunday. Marist finished off the match with a two point difference 35-33. Fully equipped with most of their players, Marist put in all efforts to make it…
Solomon Islands Football Club champions, Solomon Warriors have won their second friendly match against a tough TSL Select side on Sunday at the Lawson Tama Stadium. The match ended with a final score 4-1. It was a tough and equally contested match compared to their first friendly last weekend. After fighting out ninety minutes of…
A total of 25 new National records and personal best times were set during the three day TNT PNG swimming championship held at Ela Murray International primary school in Port Moresby at the weekend. There were many enjoyable moments as 252 personal best times were set as swimmers raced the clock to seize the opportunity…
As the group stages of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup come to a close today and New Zealand’s journey ends, we take a quick look at two more Oceania representatives making a name for themselves on the world stage. New Zealand referee Anna-Marie Keighley and Tongan assistant referee Lata Kaumatule are the region’s only…
Fijian sports are set to boycott the Commonwealth Games in support of rugby and netball which have been shut out from the July event in Glasgow, Scotland. Today, national sports organisations will meet in Suva, to decide whether to boycott or not. A disappointed Reg Sanday, president of the Fiji Association of Sports and National…