FOOTBALL COMPETITION CALENDAR UNVEILED

THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has unveiled the 2025 Competition Calendar on Wednesday in a press conference at the SIFF headquarter in Honiara. This follows the finalisation of SIFF’s 2025 competition schedule, setting the stage for an action parked football landscape this year. Unveiling the 2025 competition calendar, the SIFF Competition Director Jerald Oiaka…

SIFF working to develop stars

THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) is making big moves in developing future football stars. Following FIFA’s 2020 ecosystem analysis, which reviewed strengths and weaknesses of football structures worldwide, SIFF identified key areas to improve on, including national teams, talent identification, domestic competitions and academies. SIFF Technical Director Moses Toata said with support from FIFA,…

SIX FOOTBALLERS TO AUST

A NEW chapter has unfolded in Solomon lslands football arena as six of the country’s young footballers have secured moves to play for clubs in Australia’s National Premier Leagues (NPL) for the 2025/2026 season.  This marks a crucial step forward for the development of the sport in the country and highlights the growing influence of…

ANOTHER TRIO JOIN AUST’S NPL

FOLLOWING the departure of the first three Solomon Islands young footballers Raphael Le’ai, Rovu Boyers and Javin Wae to Australia last week after securing moves to various clubs in Australia for the Australia National Premier League (NPL) 2025/2026 season, another three Solomon Islands footballers have followed suit. Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) confirmed this upon…

ONLY THREE REGISTERED

ONLY three national sport federations have registered with the Solomon Islands National Sports Council (SINSC) to date. SINSC Chief Executive Officer Alison Burchell stated that the total number of national associations of sport yet to register is challenging to determine.  “This is because some associations are operational and should register, some appear to have become…

Hockey U-21 teams undergo awareness sessions

WITH the 2025 Oceania Junior World Cup Qualifiers (OJWCQ) coming up, the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) Wellbeing Lifestyle Performance (WLP) Department has conducted engaging education awareness sessions for the country’s national Under-21 Hockey Teams at the SINIS High-Performance Centre. The Wellbeing Lifestyle Performance (WLP) education sessions for the national hockey teams were…

SI TO FACE TONGA, A/SAMOA

SOLOMON Islands U-19 Women’s National Team will compete for a qualifying spot at the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2025 – Qualifying – in Tonga, scheduled for March 7 to13.  The official draw for the tournament was conducted yesterday by the OFC in Auckland, New Zealand, and it determined that the Solomon Islands U-19 Women’s Team…