THE USP Touch Association will host two more competitions following the successful business house competition last month. The business house competition ended on April 2 at Albert Park where USP won. Competition organiser Tevita Mau said the interest in the competition had grown and they wanted to capitalise on it. “USPTA will be running a…
Samoa is not a country generally recognised for its soccer prowess, but the country’s top football official is not letting that stand in the way of her goal to see the so-called world game become Samoa’s top game, too. The chief executive of Football Federation Samoa, Sarai Bareman, has taken on the job of raising…
Melbourne’s Samoan community has held a tournament for their own unique version of cricket, known as kilikiti. Kilikiti is based on the well known game of cricket, which originated in England and was brought to Samoa by missionaries and seafarers in the 19th century, but the Samoans took this ‘palagi’ style of cricket and changed…
HEKARI United missed the semi-finals of the 2014 OFC Champions League after they drew with host Ba 1-1 at Govind Park on Sunday. With two draws and a loss, Hekari go back to the drawing board to prepare for next season provided they top the standings at the end of the National Soccer League. After…
It’s the last day of the group stage today and Group A rounds out the action at Churchill Park in Lautoka as AS Pirae and Waitakere United seek semi-final glory. Kiwi and Solomon Warriors are out of playoff contention after consecutive losses in the first two rounds of matches. The Samoans had an admirable run…
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge has formally handed over the IRB Junior World Championship trophy to hosts New Zealand yesterday, marking 50 days to the kick-off of Junior World Championship 2014 on Monday 2 June. Prince William, representing current JWC champions England, presented the trophy to All Blacks captain Richie McCaw at the…
One goal was all it took for Amicale FC to edge defending champions Auckland City FC out of the top spot in the the Match Day 8 marquee encounter which followed AS Dragon’s 5-0 drubbing of hosts Nadi FC earlier yesterday afternoon. It was a thriller from start to finish as 2013 semi-finalists Amicale FC…
Honiara Football Association (HFA) has kicked off its pre-season tournament over the weekend which featured matches. The competition kicked off at King George Sixth School North Ground with four clubs who had paid in their registration fees before the due date last week. The four clubs include Ghaobata Gwale FC from Guadalcanal province, San Jorge…
DEFENDING champion of the annual Ester Zomo Dart tournament, EDM Bullets would had to sharpen their arrows to defend their title this year. EDM Bullets is the current Zomo Easter dart champion and have promised to defend their title with zeal. On Sunday they travel down to Gizo to participate in the annual Easter Zomo…
International player Michael Fifi’i says Solomon Islands can produce best team in the O-league if club owners and players care about national interest than personal. Mr Fifi’i who is playing for Kiwi FC of Samoa in the current O-league learned that out of the eight clubs competing in the O-league five clubs are recruiting Solomon…