KURUKURU national coach Damon Shaw is leaving the country after completing his assignment to lead the national futsal side. He was appointed in March last year. In a final note posted online on Thursday he wrote; “Time to say goodbye to Solomon Islands. Another chapter closed and the biggest challenge of my career so far…
SOLOMON Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Academy President Donald Marahare underscored that the handing over of SIFF Facility to SIFF Academy has marked a new era of football development in Solomon Islands. He was speaking on Thursday at the official handing over of the football academy from the government. This new academy is much bigger than…
BulkShop has commended all athletes who have participated at the recent Sol2023 Pacific Games. In a statement last week BulkShop which is a strong supporter of sports in the country said, they are pleased to have supported Team Solomons through food donations. “Our regular donations of bread from the bakery team and Milk and Jam…
After a superb journey with the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) team and serving the country’s athletes and coaches, Australian Volunteers Program representatives Shaun Nemorin, Bianca Scurry, Sam Carr, Johnny Mulherin and John Tan got a farewell bid. A statement from SINIS said, the services provided by these volunteers through the past months…
The second edition of the invitational SIFF Junior International Futsal Challenge (SJIFC) which officially commenced yesterday is a good exposure for our young futsal players. That’s according to National Futsal Coach Damon Shaw who witnessed day one of the competition yesterday at the Multipurpose Hall. The competition featured seven teams from Australian academy futsal teams…
Team Leaders Paid contrary to social media claims ALLOWANCE for all team leaders looking after the volunteer groups have been paid and settled. This is contrary social media claims of none payment in the past days, a statement issued by the National Hosting Authority (NHA) yesterday confirmed. “All payments were made to respective individuals, which…
Taekwondo scoops 14 medals TAEKWONDO has raked in a total of 14 medals including one gold for Solomon Islands at the Sol2023 Pacific Games over two days of competition. Seven medals were won by female fighters on Tuesday and the other seven were collected by male fighters yesterday. The gold medal came from a male…
Gear up, fasten your seatbelts and get ready for an action-packed week of sports action at the Sol2023 Pacific Games from Monday 27 November to Saturday 2 December in Honiara. Sol2023, the biggest edition of the Pacific Games to date, will see a massive 400 athletes from 22 countries and territories taking part in 29…
SOLOMON Islands men’s football team humiliated American Samoa 11 goals to nil to advance to semi-final play off show-down in this Sol2023 Pacific Games. This final pool D match was held at Lawson Tama yesterday. Solomon Islands ledd A/Samoa 7 goals to nil in first half and add another four unanswered goals in the second…
THE Head Coach of Solomon Islands Men’s Basketball Team Bryce Masaea has expressed appreciation for his team’s performance in the Sol2023 Pacific Games against Guam despite their loss. The Solomon Islands Men’s Basketball Team was defeated by Guam in an 87-53 goal margin match at the Friendship Hall in front of a cheering home crowd.…