HIGH court judge Ronald Bei Talasasa Jr has won a gold medal at the recent Oceania Regional Powerlifting Championship (ORPC) 2024. The championship was held in Nauru, from 28 October to 2nd November 2024. A lawyer by profession Talasasa Jnr represented Solomon Islands during the competition and was up against other top athletes at the regional…
THE President of the World Taekwondo Solomon Islands Philip Afu has slammed the Solomon Islands Taekwondo Federation (SITF) Executive members who were elected recently as unconstitutionally elected. The SITF-affiliated Taekwondo clubs in Honiara on Sunday 27 October elected the new executive based on the SITF Constitution that was passed in 2023. The story of the…
The Solomon Islands national team returns to action for a qualification slot at the FIFA World Cup 2026 – Oceania Qualifiers in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea next week. After weeks of training, a the final squad was named with few latest inclusions joining the team. With two crucial matches against New Caledonia on Thursday…
SOLOMON Islands National Football team are set to take on Papua New Guinea (PNG) next Thursday for their second group A match in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Oceania qualifiers. Solomon Islands will play PNG for their second group A match following their first defeat to Fiji 1-0 last month. This leaves Solomon Islands with 2…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has officially launched the FIFA Football for Schools (F4S) program to mark its membership in the F4S Program. The three-day of intensive training run from Wednesday 30th and concluded on Friday with the official launched at the SIFF Academy Headquarters in Honiara. Newly certified F4S coaches, that will be culminating…
Gunnerz Basketball Team was crowned the winner and champions of the 2024 Solomon Power and Solomon Submarine Cable sponsored Honiara Basketball Leagues (HBL) of the Men’s A Division. The team walked away with their hard cash prize during the Basketball League’s competition awards night held on Tuesday evening at the Heritage Park Hotel. Speaking to…
The Farmers Cup Volleyball competition for women and young girls in the highland of Central Kwaea’ae, Malaita has concluded last week with a prize giving ceremony. The Farmers Volleyball Competition successfully brought together all the ladies from the Busurata region. Many of these women and girls involve those who actively engage in farming activities within the Busurata catchment. The prize-giving ceremony was held at…
SOLOMON Islands National Football team is confident to defend their Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Prime Ministers (PM’s) Cup Champions title in Honiara in December. This was announced during the signing ceremony of the MSG PM’s Cup Host Agreement at the Ministry of Home Affairs headquarters in Honiara last week. The annual Melanesian sub-regional tournament is…
THE National Men’s soccer team had undergone a ‘Team Building’ training session with the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) Wellbeing Lifestyle Performance (WLP) Department on Monday. This was revealed by the SINIS media on their official facebook page. The program was held at the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Academy in East Honiara…
SMASH Down Barriers (SDB) Table Tennis, a program targeting people with disability has introduced a Coach of the Month Award to recognize its coaches for their hard work and dedication in rolling out the program and the first recipient of this award is Rodney Satini. Honiara Table Tennis Association (HTTA) is the active association that…