ATHLETES returning from the Commonwealth Games are questioning why they are the only ones in quarantine since their arrival into the country. The athletes arrived in Honiara on Friday last week from Birmingham, England, However, in a recent statement, the athletes said they arrived and were told to go into quarantine while the rest of…
SEVENTEEN players are named in the Solomon Islands Futsal National Team, Kurukuru provisional squad for the OFC Futsal Cup 2022 to be held in Suva, Fiji, next month. A statement from Solomon Islands Football said only seven players from the last World Cup squad were selected in the current provisional squad. The seven players are…
OFC: Following the third and fourth play-off at the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022, there’s plenty more to celebrate for the Solomon Islands and Samoa who were included in the biggest movements made in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World rankings. The Solomon Islands leaped 15 spots to 105 ranking them sixth from ninth in the…
OFC: Central Coast FC of the Solomon Islands are through to the semi-finals of the OFC Champions League 2022 for the first time after edging a five-goal thriller over Papua New Guinea’s Lae City FC at Ngahue Reserve in Auckland. A brace from Clifford Fafale and a goal from Junior Fordney in the first-half secured…
SOLRAIS Company Limited and the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) have signed a three-year sponsorship for the Solrais Women’s Premier League (SWPL). Solrais Country Manager James Bradford confirmed the sponsorship starts this year and will end in 2024. He revealed the women’s premier league made Solrais very proud so when it came to signing for…
SOLOMON Warriors FC is back at the top of the Telekom S-league (TSL) table after thrashing Real Kakamora FC 9-0, the biggest goal margin since the start of the season at Lawson Tama, Sunday. Harrison Mala and Jerry Donga scored a brace each while team mates Jordan Lea’alafa, Alvin Hou, Tigi Molea and Norman Winford…
CENTRAL Coast FC made a crucial comeback defeating Galaxy FC 3-1 to keep their hopes alive for a chance to the second stage of the OFC Champions League competition in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday. Coast received an opening scare 13 minutes into the first half when Galaxy’s Kency Tangis bulleted home a close-range header to…
Schools receive $10K vouchers PRIME MINISTER Manasseh Sogavare has acted on the $10K pledge for sports equipment for schools he made during last year’s National Secondary School Games. Prime Minister Sogavare handed the vouchers to the 43 schools that participated in last year’s school Games on Friday after his brief visit to the Pacific Games…
THE name of the 2023 Pacific Games mascot is Solo. This was announced by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during the inauguration ceremony to name the country’s official Pacific Games 2023 mascot on Wednesday night. In his nationwide address on Friday, Mr Sogavare said the name of the mascot is simply Solo. He said this name…
SOLOMON Islands young tennis team returned home following a successful West Pacific Regional Championship campaign in Fiji in the past two weeks. Team Solomon competed against Team Fiji, Vanuatu and PNG in the U12, U14, U16 category. The team in overall competed well in all age categories despite being the first time for most of…