THE Malaita Football Association (MFA) annual congress has ended in Auki last Friday at the Mala motel conference room, Malaita province. Speaking during the closing of the congress MFA president Eddie Omokirio thanked all the participants for their time and effort during the past two days. He said, all the member associations have presented positive…
Four of Solomons Islands best triathletes have traveled to Australia to compete and train with the region’s best. Boris Teddy, JadNalo, Rocky Donald and AndrianaTukuvia were selected from athletes across the region to participate in a 12 month program as members of the Oceania Triathlon Union “Team OTU”, involving support for training and competition for…
Western United FC’s striker Gagame Feni will be playing alongside fellow Solomon Islands player Tutizama Tanito for Hekari FC of Papua New Guinea (PNG) for the upcoming Oceania Club Championship. He is expected to join the club sometimes this month. His inclusion in the Hekari line-up will certainly be a boost to their campaign as…
West Honiara Football Club will be hosting a 7-a-side football code competition starting from March 24 to March 28. The competition is in line with West Honiara FC Vision 2020, This is a follow up on our community 7s Futbal Championship last year. Attractive prizes are up for grab with the first prize of $10,000,…
Members of the Kurukuru team has received an additional $5000 each payment reward for their recent victory in the Oceania Futsal Championship. This time it came from the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA), one of the main sponsors. This is apart from government’s $10, 000 per head. SIPA handed over $5000 cash to Kurukuru players…
Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) on Tuesday launched its U19 youth league in Honiara. The official opening was marked with a colourful parade from nine of the 10 teams that will take part in the competition at the Lawson Tama Stadium. Speaking at the Official launching ceremony, SIFF’s Vice President Edward Omokirio highlighted four important…
The Volleyball Solomon Islands Federation (VSIF) will be organising a 5-day Volleyball Coaching Course Level , with the support of the FIVB and Olympic Solidarity between 21-25 March 2016 in Honiara. The course will be run by FIVB instructor David Smith from Australia. “We will be inviting 20 teachers and additional 10 with some volleyball…
The Henderson HammerHeads (HHH) Rugby Club had postponed plans for the Day 2 of the Touch Day Out Touch Competition this weekend. In a statement yesterday HHH said, they apologised for the late notice. “Just on Tuesday night we found out that the Fiji Community in Solomon Islands have set their efforts to fundraise for…
THE newly introduced sport in the country Powerlifting has finally elected its office bearers to look after the affairs of the sport in the country. The election of the office bearers for the Honiara Powerlifting Association took place at the Multipurpose Hall on Sunday. The newly elected secretary of the association Peter Michael confirmed this…
Schmelling to rejoin Kurukuru The master minder of the Kurukuru’s fifth victory at the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship in Fiji, Juliano Schmeling will arrive back in Honiara this Tuesday to continue with his duties with Kurukuru. He confirmed this to Sunday Sports from New Zealand on Saturday. The Kurukuru Brazilian tactician said he will arrive…