Solomon Islands only athlete to represent the people with disability at the coming Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 is looking forward to making her first ever appearance. Janet Sibale said she is prepared to make the country proud when she participates in the Games. “I’m very happy but a little shy while thinking of my first…
The Solomon Islands basketball federation (SIBF) has revealed the names of 33 young basketball players enlisted for the U19 training squad for the upcoming Oceania basketball championship. The number of the current listed players for both categories will be trimmed as time goes on until it reaches the final 12 players who will then represent…
As its ongoing support and commitment toward the development of sports in the country, Credit Corporation (SI) Ltd has once again stepped in to support the code of rugby union and is the 2014 major sponsor of the Honiara high schools rugby 15-a-side competition. The sponsorship covers prizes for the competition, official’s polo shirts and…
The Focus Taekwondo club has successfully held the first grading for its student for this year over the weekend. The grading was held at Multipurpose Hall conference room and attended by students, families and friends. There were 38 students being graded which comprised of both boys and girls. Beginners graded for yellow and some for…
The Avaiki rugby club is appealing to all members both old and new to take the first step of preparing for this year’s rugby league by attending their first meeting scheduled to take place today. The venue for the meet will be at the White River sports field at 5pm. The agenda of the meeting…
The Solomon Islands National U19 squad might not have won the Oceania U20 Championship but they did brought back some pride returning home with two top awards, the OFC Best and Fair Play Award and the Golden Boot Award. The tournament’s Golden Ball was won by Solomon Islands midfielder Atkin Kaua who bagged five goals…
The Solomon Islands Swimming Federation (SISF) is set to start trainings for interested swimmers here in the capital Honiara. The SISF president Sade Belo said training is scheduled to start next week and it is an initiative towards breeding young swimmers for future regional and international competitions. Belo revealed the program also includes awareness programs.…
AUKI Futsal champions, the Auki Eels along with Honiara’s Parramatta Kings have been invited to attend and participate in the Fiji Futsal championships next month. The invitation from the Fiji Futsal association requested that Parramatta Kings and another club from the Solomon Islands can take part in the lucrative Futsal champs. Recently being crowned champions…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has rejected claims that the selection of players for the national U19 squad was done only for Honiara based players. This was in response to criticisms from members of the public who blamed SIFF for conducting a one-sided selection process targeting only Honiara based players which resulted in the…
Solomon Islands national U19 team has registered their first win of the Oceania U20 Championship by defeating American Samoa 5-0 yesterday. The win gave them four points from four matches played. Two first half goals and three in the second half was enough for the Mamulas to bring back some pride after they failed to…