THE country’s athletics coach has expressed excitement over the current training program undertaken by the local athletic squad under the watchful eyes of Australian athletic coach. Terry West has been engaged following an invitation from Solomon islands Athletic Federation to help prepare the country’s athletic team for the upcoming Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua…
Football clubs in Honiara are gearing up preparations for the resumption of the Honiara Football Association (HFA) league which is set to kick off in two weeks time. The HFA administration has revealed the kick off date will be on Saturday April 25th. This year’s games is a completion round two of 2014 and 2015…
Solomon Islands Athletics Federation has revealed the names of 16 athletes that will represent the country at the coming Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The runners are grouped under two categories, the sprinters and the middle and long distance runners. For the sprint category, there are new faces who are in for their…
Western United FC’s hope of advancing further into the second stage of the Fiji Airways Oceania Club Champions League has diminished after they lost 3-0 to the defending champions, Auckland City FC of New Zealand on Tuesday. United after the match still has a glimmer of hope remaining as it awaits the result of the…
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) high school rugby 7s has completed its pool games yesterday at the Panatina Rugby Oval. The competition kicked off on Easter Monday and continued yesterday with pool games while play offs and the finals will be played today. SIRUF development officer Fredson Soaki said, the tournament is part…
Two World Rugby certified trainers will be in the country this week to run a rugby 7s workshop for coaches, players, students and any interested individuals in Honiara. They are Osea Umuumulovo and Eddie Waqa from Fiji rugby union and they will be co-delivering courses with the help of the SIRUF Coaching and MO Educators.…
Our Telekom Company has donated its own branded umbrellas and flags to Malaita Football Association (MFA) last Friday to support the current soccer league. The presentation was conducted at the Telekom head office in Auki, Malaita province. Telekom Auki branch manager Mike Selaga said, as the major sponsor of Our Telekom Malaita capital league which…
SOLOMON Islands has continued its drop in the FIFA ranking once more, hitting its lowest ranking ever since 1993. In the previous FIFA Ranking released in March, Solomon Islands moved a spot down from 183 to 184, now it has dropped by eights spots to settle on 192th place making it the worst rank the…
WESTERN United FC made a dull start to their Oceania Club Champions League campaign, losing their opening match 0-1 to Vanuatu’s Amicale FC last Saturday in Fiji. The chances of advancing to the second round of the competition are slim, putting them in a much tougher position. United are now in a position where they…
KETTLE Base soccer team won the Kobito 1 Easter seven-a-side soccer knock-out in east Honiara. The tournament started on Easter Monday and ended on Thursday. One of the organisers, Silas Suali said Kettle Base beat Ulahu 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out to claim the top prize of $1,000 and a live pig. Ulahu settled for…