21 selected, four omitted NATIONAL football team head coach Felipe Vega-Arango has named his final 21 players for the home and away FIFA World Cup qualifiers against New Zealand next month. Speaking exclusively to Star Sports yesterday, the Spaniard said he has decided to make the final cut after weeks of rigorous training. “I am…
DEFENDING Telekom S-League champions Marist FC are dogged to retain their title in the new season. Marist head coach Juliano Schmelling said his lads are prepared to defend their title come next week. “I think it will be difficult for us but we will be ready for the new campaign,” Schmelling said. “Going into the…
BEING labelled King of Futsal in Oceania, veteran coach Dickson Kadau vows to defend the title in junior category in the upcoming (OFC) U17 Futsal Qualifiers in New Zealand. Kadau says the senior Kurukuru squad have stamped their mark by winning the OFC futsal title five times. The U17 are currently undergoing intensive training in…
THE Empire group of companies has agreed to be the major sponsors of the Telekom S-League franchise Guadalcanal FC for the 2017-2018 sessions. Guadalcanal club manager and player, Fabrizio Prattico revealed the deal to Star Sports on Friday in an exclusive interview. Prattico, who had a stint with Western United last session, struck the deal…
The Telekom S-league Board has revealed the names of football clubs who will be participating in the 2017-2018 TSL season. The competition is set to kick off on August 19 at the Lawson Tama Stadium. The eight franchise clubs for this season are; Marist FC, Solomon Warriors FC, KOSSA FC, Real Kakamora FC, Malaita Kingz…
The recent news of Elliot Ragomo has impressed all Solomon Islanders and many took their time to congratulate the Solomon Islands national futsal team captain. Amongst the many who congratulated Elliot Ragomo is one of the founding fathers of futsal in Solomon Islands, Eddie Omokirio. The futsal journey has started from a shared vision with…
The National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) Accreditation team for the upcoming Vanuatu Mini-Games has proposed a meeting for the coming Monday. The Accreditation team confirmed this to Star Sports yesterday that the meeting is very important for representatives of 13 national federations that will be attending the Mini-Games to attend. “To all the…
The Archery Federation of Solomon Islands (AFSI) will officially kick off training session for the upcoming Mini-Games for Vanuatu tomorrow – Saturday 12 August. AFSI president Nihal Seneviratne confirmed this to Star Sports on Thursday. “AFSI training session for the Mini-Games will kick off on Saturday at the Rove Police ground starting at 2pm,’’ he…
KING George Sixth School (KGVI) girl’s hockey team and Don Bosco boy’s hockey team are through to the semifinals of the high school hockey league. Both teams secured their semifinal spots without wasting their energy following the non attendance of Selwyn College’s boys and girls teams on Thursday for their respective quarterfinals. Organizers of the…
The Solomon Islands Volleyball Federation (SIVF) High School league will resume next week Wednesday August 12th 2017. SIVF Technical Director and chairman of the high school volleyball league Ricky Boso confirmed this to Star Sports yesterday. Since the league will resume, Boso is calling on all sport masters of interested schools to prepare their teams…