The national team head coach Filipe Vega-Arango has credited his skipper Henry Fa’arodo for playing a wonderful role against the All Whites in the final leg of the OFC FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Tuesday. “Henry played wonderful today, “He was the best player on the park today,” coach Felipe said after the match. The Spaniard…
SOLOMON Islands football coach Felipe Vega-Arango says the 2-2 draw with the All Whites of New Zealand at home on Tuesday feels like a win in the second leg of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifiers – OFC Stage 3 final at Lawson Tama Stadium. “Well for me it feels like a win because…
THE New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson gave credit to the home team after the All Whites sealed a place in the FIFA World Cup inter-continental play-off edging Solomon Islands 8-3 on aggregate after the 2-2 draw in Honiara on Tuesday. “The objective for us is to get to the final. So I think when you…
THE current Solomon Islands senior national football team will represent the country in the upcoming Pacific Mini-Games in Vanuatu December this year. That’s according to president of the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) William Lai. “But each player must fight for their place in the team,’’ he said. “Our coaches will be monitoring each player’s…
The final matches of the Top Eight futsal challenge will be played at the Multipurpose Hall today. Three final matches will be played to wrap up the two weeks of competition between eight strong futsal clubs in Honiara. First up will see Ngu Brothers and Sokamora at 2pm followed by Marist and Indo -Solo and…
THE much anticipated Auki premier league second season has kicked off on Saturday with two matches played at Aligegeo football stadium. The first half of the match saw Aimela FC receiving their first smile after defeating Ambu FC 3-1. The win made a difference for Aimela FC compared to first season when they suffered heavy…
NATIONAL coach Felipe Vega-Arango has called on the public to show good support in today’s match between the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. Felipe made the call when speaking to the media on Monday. “I want the people who show up for the game to show respect to our players and New Zealand,” he said.…
THE president of the Solomon Islands Sports Coalition (SISC) and the U17 Team Manager Pastor Nacanieli Seru was content with the players’ performance against the senior Kurukuru boys. Despite the young lads went down to the senior and the Oceania champions Seru says he was pleased with the way the U17 players take on the…
Coach says they were beaten by the better side By SIMON ABANA SOLOMON Islands road to Russia is now an uphill mission after the national side went down to New Zealand 6-1 away at the QBE stadium last night. Captain Chris Wood led by example with a hat-trick to put the hosts in the driving…
KOSSA FC joins Malaita Kingz FC and Solomon Warriors FC to register the first wins of the seventh Telekom S-league title following their win at the Lawson Tama Stadium, Sunday. KOSSA defeated a strong FC Guadalcanal side 3-0 in their opening match of the seventh Telekom S-league season. Obed Ofea, James Naka and George Suri…