FIFA development officer Glenn Turner believes Fijians are superb athletes who can be nurtured and developed at an early age to become world stars. Turner was facilitating a three-year development plan workshop for Fiji FA and district officials in Nadi Saturday. He said there needed to be a structure in place to monitor the development…
The Solomon Islands Futsal trio, who teamed up with the Victorian Futsal team, has led Bayside Victoria into the U19 finals grand finals of the Craig Foster Futsal Challenge yesterday. Unfortunately they were held to a 10-9 defeat to Sunshine Coast. The three were reportedly late for their opening game which Victoria lost 3-2 to…
The Honiara Football Federation (HFA) has called on the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) that it is a must to send an U20 team for this year’s U20 World Cup qualifiers. The HFA president William Lai yesterday made the call through the Solomon Islands Soccer page on Facebook which attracted a lot of support. Lai…
THE Solomon Islands national U12 and U19 futsal squad have been denied the chance to represent the country at the Greg Foster Futsal Championship in Australia. According to reports reaching Star Sports yesterday, the problem faced by the two teams was due to not enough funds and players’ visas delay. “Many of the players have…
MORE than 13 teams from Small Malaita have expressed their disagreement over the organisation of the Small Malaita Mini-Games over the festive season. Team manager of one of the teams said it was a disgrace to see more than 13 teams withdrew from the men’s seven a-side soccer competition. The team manager who wishes to…
Bad weather blamed for decision. THE much anticipated kickoff of the second round of the Telekom S-League season has been delayed due heavy rain in the capital over the past few days. Four matches are supposed to take place this weekend but the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) competitions department has confirmed that all have…
The Silver Ferns are finally in a position where they can consolidate their midcourt lines in their tests against Jamaica and England after two years of uncertainty and experimentation. Over the past couple of seasons retirements, pregnancies and injuries have seen a steady stream of players rotated in the midcourt, with wing attack being the…
Bellona Basketball Association (BBA) now has a new executive who will lead in the development of the sport for the next four years. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands National Basketball Development Officer, Moses Kivo who recently returned after a short visit to the province. The new members are President Mosley Taika, Vice President…
SECOND round of the Telekom S-League is scheduled to kick off tomorrow pending the improvement of the current bad weather condition. A statement from the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) said most of the clubs have utilised the December/January transfer window to strengthen their line ups as they anticipate tighter competition in the second round…
Western United Football Club will be marching onto the pitch this weekend with a slightly different line-up compared to that of the first round of the Telekom S-league. The club yesterday revealed they have signed nine new players. The players are Fredrick Dola, Jonathan Tonisi, George Stevenson, Timothy Bakale, Atkin Kaua, Michael Sira, Alfie Chacha,…