GUADALCANAL Football Association (GFA) will host the Guadalcanal Cup (G-Cup) in September in a date yet to be set. According to GFA executive member, Patrick Miniti, it will use the tournament to select players to prepare for the Solomon Cup next year. Miniti said it is timely to organize this tournament to select a squad…
The Honiara Football Association (HFA) League will resume this weekend after having its break during the recent Solomon Games. HFA confirmed this to Star Sports, Thursday. Fourteen matches are lined for premier division and divisions 1 and 2. Premier matches for this Saturday will see Koloale FC taking on Realas FC at 2pm to be…
Solomon Islands is looking at engaging a new coach for the men’s senior football squad. This was revealed on Wednesday by the president of the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF), William Lai. Lai told local media during a press conference that former coach, Moses Toata has decided to step down from the post and allow…
The Oceania futsal Kings, the Kurukurus is set to start their journey for Colombia next month. Head Coach Juliano Schmelling confirmed this to the local media yesterday in a press conference. The team will be heading to Australia early next month to play their friendly matches against Australia national futsal team. From Australia they will…
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) in collaboration with Soltuna Company Limited will on Saturday 6th August host a pikinini rugby festival to coincide with the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. The games in Rio will officially open on Friday 5th August, however, the proposed Soltuna Pikinini pre-Olympics Rugby Festival will…
AN under 16 7-a-side soccer tournament is proposed to kick start 8th August 2016 for both boys and girls. In preparation for the competition the Honiara Football Association (HFA) is inviting schools in and around Honiara to register their under 16 school teams to compete in the upcoming HFA 2016 event. HFA in a statement…
Honiara Football Association has issued an open invitation to all interested individuals from HFA clubs, schools and general public to attend a 3-5 days referee workshop that has been organised from 1st to 5th August 2016 at the SIFF Conference room from 4.30pm to 7.00pm each day. In a statement yesterday HFA said they are…
The Pacific Triathlon Championships have been pushed back to 3-4 September to make sure the PNG team can make it after recent political events in PNG triggered flight disruptions. A strong squad of triathletes from across PNG have been planning to come to battle it out with Fiji’s top athletes and our spirited Solomon Islands…
A Malaita Eagles soccer fan Peter Wale says the coach should be blamed for the poor performance by the Malaita Eagles during the recent soccer competition at the Solomon Games.. “This is because coach was the one who looked after the team and whatever tactics they use comes from the coach.” He said the team…
Taiwan pledges to support 2023 Games TAIWAN has pledged to work with Solomon Islands to ensure the country successfully hosts the 2023 Pacific Games. Its Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr David Tawai Lee made the assurance when he met Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Taipei on Monday night. Mr Sogavare and a delegation of 14…