SUVA, (FIJI TV) – The Pacific Games swimming competition will receive international recognition this year. The event in Port Moresby will be a qualifier for international events. Fourteen countries are expected to participate in the Pacific Games where 120 medals are up for grabs. Swimming is among other sporting events that will take place in…
POST COURIER – Athletics Fiji in the 2015 Pacific Games will be presented with a Papua New Guinean bilum bag to go with their medals instead of the traditional bouquets at the medal ceremonies. This is part of the Games Organising Committee’s vision to use the Games to showcase PNG’s classic and contemporary culture to…
THE NATIONAL – The Jackson International Airport terminal will be ready for international events including the Pacific Games in July, an official says. National Airports Corporation acting managing director Joseph Tupiri told The National that the international terminal should be ready this month and opened in June. The K100 million project undertaken by Matrix Construction…
SUVA, (FIJI SUN) – The Vodafone Fijian 7s team received praise from New Zealand parliamentarian Phil Goff. The former New Zealand Minister of Defence not only congratulated the Vodafone Fijians 7s for winning the Glasgow 7s last weekend. But said the game really brought together the Fijians and the NZ delegation who are in the…
PARIS, (AFP) – Free-scoring Fiji rugby sevens powerhouse Semi Kunatani has joined French Top 14 club Toulouse on a two-year deal, the club said on Tuesday. The rampaging 24-year-old can play as a lock, flanker or winger and with 37 international tries since his debut in 2013 he is seen as one of the best…
An array of colour, smiles and laughter from the school kids that descended on to Lawson Tama made the beautiful Saturday morning brighter than usual. Close to more than four hundred school children from Lunga in the East to Marara in the West flocked to Lawson Tama Stadium for the official launch of the 2015…
Hard work pays off with 10 medals The head coach of the Solomon Islands young tennis team to represent Solomon Islands in the West Pacific Tennis Championship, Johnson Taliki is impressed with the performance of his team after they won 10 medals. He said, the top performance by the players was due to the hard…
The proposed Womens rugby 10s competition which is scheduled to kick off this Thursday 14th May has been deferred for a week to give teams more preparation time. The new date for the opening will be on the 21st of May which is next Thursday. So far organizers have received confirmation from two teams and…
The national rugby 15s team will continue with the preparation training at Town Ground Rugby Stadium. Training kicks off at 5pm in the afternoon on Tuesdays and Thursdays to start off with and players are obliged to train with their clubs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The rugby 15s Mens training squad will train alongside…
The Solomon Islands Paralympics team will take part in three sports in the Pacific Games in July. The three sports are shot-put, table tennis and Javelin. Solomon Islands National Paralympics Federation (SINPF) has confirmed the team comprise of five athletes. Preparations for the Solomon Islands Paralympics team for the Pacific Games are going on well said,…