SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – Last year’s semi-finalist AS Pirae of Tahiti crashed out of the Fiji Airways OFC Champions League after going down to debutants Gaitcha of New Caledonia 5-2 at Govind Park in Ba Tuesday night. Gaitcha showed a lot of improvement in the second encounter after the opening 3-0 loss to Ba. The…
Football clubs in Honiara are gearing up preparations for the resumption of the Honiara Football Association (HFA) league which is set to kick off in two weeks time. The HFA administration has revealed the kick off date will be on Saturday April 25th. This year’s games is a completion round two of 2014 and 2015…
Solomon Islands Athletics Federation has revealed the names of 16 athletes that will represent the country at the coming Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The runners are grouped under two categories, the sprinters and the middle and long distance runners. For the sprint category, there are new faces who are in for their…
Western United FC’s hope of advancing further into the second stage of the Fiji Airways Oceania Club Champions League has diminished after they lost 3-0 to the defending champions, Auckland City FC of New Zealand on Tuesday. United after the match still has a glimmer of hope remaining as it awaits the result of the…
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) high school rugby 7s has completed its pool games yesterday at the Panatina Rugby Oval. The competition kicked off on Easter Monday and continued yesterday with pool games while play offs and the finals will be played today. SIRUF development officer Fredson Soaki said, the tournament is part…
Two World Rugby certified trainers will be in the country this week to run a rugby 7s workshop for coaches, players, students and any interested individuals in Honiara. They are Osea Umuumulovo and Eddie Waqa from Fiji rugby union and they will be co-delivering courses with the help of the SIRUF Coaching and MO Educators.…
Our Telekom Company has donated its own branded umbrellas and flags to Malaita Football Association (MFA) last Friday to support the current soccer league. The presentation was conducted at the Telekom head office in Auki, Malaita province. Telekom Auki branch manager Mike Selaga said, as the major sponsor of Our Telekom Malaita capital league which…
PORT MORESBY, (INSIDE THE GAMES) – Port Moresby 2015 has signed up 144 local community groups to provide an array of services during the Pacific Games, as part of its engagement programme. The programme gives an opportunity for all different levels of non-profit groups to be involved commercially in the multi-sport event, which is set…
SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – Hekari United with a 3-2 win over Tafea leads Group C of the Fiji Airways Oceania Champions League. The Papua New Guinea team, which has three points are equal level on points with New Zealand team Wellington FC but Hekari has a better goal forward meaning they are in the lead.…
OFC: As far as football in the Pacific is concerned, Scott Gannon has seen his fair share of airport lounges. The Lupe Ole Soaga midfielder was brought into the side this year to offer some experience to the Samoan champions as they embarked on their first OFC Champions League campaign. And his impact was near…