SYDNEY, (BBC SPORT) – England beat Samoa 85-34 to finish top of Pool B at the Netball World Cup. The world number three side eased to their third win of the group stage on Sunday to set up a meeting with holders and hosts Australia in the next round. England were expected to avoid the…
SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – The Fiji National 7s side is keen on defending their World Sevens Series title but their focus will be projected towards procuring a gold medal at next year’s Olympic Games. National coach Ben Ryan said the focus will be on getting a gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games next year.…
SYDNEY, (SMH) – Leading ANZ Netball Championship coach Roselee Jencke, a key figure in Australia’s last home world title success 24 years ago, rates Jamaica ahead of New Zealand and a much-hyped England as the biggest threat to a repeat Diamonds triumph in Sydney. Jencke, a two-time premiership coach with the Queensland Firebirds who, as…
Breeze netball team regained some pride last Saturday despite their last week’s loss to mighty Police Netball team. Last Saturday, they restored their pride after coming from behind and narrowly edging one of the hot contenders in the tournament Gold Ride 1 in a nailing biting battle in front of a good crowd at the…
Malaita under-16 women’s soccer team will appear in red when they arrive in Honiara for this week’s invitational championship. Auki business LF & Sons Enterprise sponsored the t-shirts and match uniform. Owner of LF & Sons Levi Filualea said his business was pleased to assist in this way to ensure the girls are ready for…
THE Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey will host an inter-division volley ball competition for its workers. The competition will start Wednesday next week. Leading up to the competition on Friday, Goldsing Enterprise stepped in to support the “Orange Juice” with one set of uniform. The uniform was handed over to the team management at…
Players told to make their marks Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) kicked off the 2015 womens Under 16 Invitational championship yesterday at the SIFF Academy in East Honiara. The official opening program started with a colourful parade from the participating teams within Honiara and provinces. The championship was officially launched by the OFC Womens Football…
Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) last Saturday received a number of the football gears from OFC to boost women football development in the country. OFC Women’s Football and Grassroots Development Officer Nicolar Demaine delivered the gears to the SIFF Women Development officer Diane Justice at the launching of the 2015 women U16 Invitational Championship yesterday…
RNZI: Fiji and Samoa are looking to bounce back today after opening round defeats at the Netball World Cup. The Fiji Pearls were beaten 59-52 by Wales in the first game of the tournament. Fiji had led by three goals after the opening period, and actually won three of the four quarters, but a horror…
The 2015 Honiara Netball Association (HNA) League enters round eight today with another 13 exciting matches scheduled for Lawson Tama Netball Courts. According to HNA President Shalom Akao, three matches have been set down for the Premier Division, two for the Premier Reserve Division and four matches for both Division A and B. Matches will…