INTERIM head coach for the country’s national men’s football squad, Eddie Marahare has announced the 42 provisional football squad, Wednesday. The provisional squad comprises four goalkeepers, seven centre-backs, four left-backs, four right-backs, eight central midfielders, four left flankers, five right flankers and six strikers. Most of them are players picked up from the Telekom S-league…
THE fifth edition of the Fletcher Man Up Rugby Challenge kicked off in Honiara over the weekend at the Town ground rugby stadium. Three matches were played for the first weekend of the competition. Diesel, Islanders, and Crusaders made positive starts to their campaign with wins against their rivals. The opening match saw Diesel defeated…
THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has signed a sponsorship agreement with JQY Company yesterday for the National Beach Soccer Championship this year. The signing was done between SIFF president William Lai, SIFF CEO Leonard Paia, and JQY Manager Yiang Jian Qing at the SIFF Conference room. The sponsorship is worth $50,000 and it will…
A FIVE kilometer marathon race was successfully held at the Barakoma airfield, ward 7 in Southeast Vella, Western Province over the weekend. The competition was organised on Saturday for runners of Gizo White Eye Club and Southeast Vella Athletics Club. Officials and trainers for both clubs witnessed the race as part at the upgraded Barakoma…
DEFENDING champions Solomon Warriors FC maintains the second spot of the Telekom S-league (TSL) after edging a young Central Coast FC side 2-0 at Lawson Tama, Sunday. As expected it was a tough clash as both teams aim to at least finish behind current leader Henderson Eels who is leading with 44 points. Jerry Donga…
THE Solomon Islands Archery Federation (SIAF) will kick off its program for this year starting this weekend. SIAF president Richard Toke in a statement on Thursday confirmed training will start on Saturday at the Honiara High School Ground from 9 am to 3 pm. The main aim for the upcoming training is to aid in the…
HCAA preparing for upcoming competitions HONIARA City Athletics Associations (HCAA) is preparing for the upcoming athletics competitions earmarked for this year. A statement from the HCAA yesterday highlighted two competitions, the inter-secondary school, and the national athletics championship to be hosted by the Solomon Islands Athletics Federation (SIAF). The HCAA team is back on…
CENTRAL Coast FC aims for a positive start to their Telekom S-league (TSL) campaign, Wednesday. Coast will take on Southern United FC at 4 pm at Lawson Tama for their first match following the resumption of matches last month. They sit at fourth place with 25 points with seven matches left. A win for them…
Date set for popular Rugby contest ORGANIZERS of the popular annual Man Up Rugby Challenge has confirmed the kick-off date for this year’s edition. According to a statement from the organizers, the Henderson Hammerheads (HHH) Rugby Club the competition is confirmed to kick-off on Saturday March 6th 2021. The Man Up Challenge is an…
DEFENDING champions Solomon Warriors FC maintains the second spot of the Telekom S-league (TSL) with 31 points. Gagame Feni and Alwin Hou scored a brace each while Dennis Ifunaoa and Jerry Donga scored a goal each to give Warriors another three points. Isabel United managed to get three goals against the defending champions with two…