AUCKLAND/SUVA, 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 (RNZ PACIFIC)—The push for a Pacific Island Super Rugby team has been decades in the making and finally, in February, it will come to fruition with not one but two new teams, Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua. After being awarded a conditional licence back in April, the wait for confirmation…
KOLOALE women’s football club is the champion of the Solrais Women’s Premier League (SWPL) Championship. Koloale defeated Frigates United FC 4-1 in penalty shootout following a scoreless 100 minutes of play at Lawson Tama, Thursday. They made history as the second team to have won the SWPL championship since it started last year. Koloale has…
RNZI: The Oceania Paralympic Committee is calling on Olympic committees in the Pacific to do more to support their Paralympic counterparts. This comes after five Pacific Island nations were forced to withdraw from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Last month the International Paralympic Committee announced Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga and Vanuatu couldn’t attend because of travel…
SUVA, (FIJI SUN)—The Fiji Football Association President, Rajesh Patel, extends his sincerest congratulations to Laurel Vaurasi on her appointment to the FIFA Football Tribunal in the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC). Vaurasi is a member of the Fiji FA Appeals Committee who was elected in the 82nd Ordinary Congress in Lautoka last year. The DRC is…
Inaugural ‘Solomons Airlines Peace Marathon’ to start, October THE Inaugural Solomons Airlines Peace Marathon is set for October 23rd. This was confirmed by the Commercial Manager for Solomon Airlines, Colin Sigimanu yesterday. The Inaugural Solomons Airlines Peace Marathon was officially launched yesterday by the Minister for Culture & Tourism, the Hon. Bartholomew Parapolo. “The…
FOOTBALL fans and supporters have come out to encourage the country’s national futsal team, Kurukuru following their first defeat of the FIFA Futsal World Cup yesterday. Kurukuru went down 6-0 to Morocco in their opening group match of the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania. Football fans sent words of encouragement to the Kurukuru team…
THE Solomon Islands National Paralympics Committee (SINPC) has released the names of the National Para Sports Squad for upcoming International, regional and domestic Para sports events. Seventeen men and women were selected from recent training camps organized by the SINPC. The first sports event these selected athletes will take part in is the upcoming Solomon…
Our National Futsal team Kurukuru will miss the services of our youngest futsal player Raphael Lea’i after he fractured his right arm in their last game against Italy. Solomon Kurukuru updated on their Facebook page that Raphael will be sidelined for up to three weeks for recovery. This means he will not be playing for…
THE country’s national futsal team, Kurukuru will kick off their Futsal Week Summer Cup campaign against Costa Rica in Pore, Croatia today. This is the first of four pool matches of the Futsal Week Summer Cup. Their second pool match will be up against Italy tomorrow September 2nd, Finland on Friday September 4th and Azerbaijan…
Central Coast Football Club (FC) and F-Ridge FC walked away with a point each after a 1-1 draw in the round three match of the Auki Langa Langa Football Association (ALFA) League over the weekend. The two teams failed to find an opening goal in the first half as they went for the half-time break…