THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) acknowledged the participation of nine Provincial Football Associations (PFAs) in the recent 2022 Solomon Power Iumi Plei National U14 Championship. SIFF Vice president Marlon Houkarawa delivered his words of acknowledgement during the awards presentation of the Iumi Plei U14 championship at the Lawson Tama after the finals. “Thank you…
MAKIRA Ulawa U14 girls and Malaita U14 boys are the champions of the Solomon Power Iumi Plei U14 National Championship. Makira Ulawa U14 girls defended the title as the 2022 champions after defeating Guadalcanal U14 girls 2-0 in the girls’ grand finale at Lawson Tama Stadium on Saturday. Two first half goals and impressive defensive…
SIFF: Solomon Islands Women’s national team finish second behind Australia at the Pacific Women’s Four Nations Cup 2022 in Canberra after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Fiji today at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Solomon Islands started the match on the front foot showing an attacking flair which led to a…
SOLOMON Islands women’s football team has created history by defeating Oceania champions Papua New Guinea (PNG) women’s football team for the first time. Solomon Islands defeated PNG 3-0 in the historic win in day two of the Pacific Women’s Four Nations tournament in the Australia yesterday. Jeminah David was on the score sheet again scoring…
SOLOMON Islands national women’s football team was narrowly defeated 2-1 to the Australian national women’s U20 team in their opening match of the Four Nations tournament in Australia on Tuesday. It was a tough match for the women’s team as Australia dominated possession and territory. This however did not deter the team spirit as Solomon…
THE Solomon Islands national men’s Rugby 15s team departed yesterday for Papua New Guinea (PNG) the host country for the 2022 Oceania Rugby Championship. The Oceania Rugby Championship will start today and will end on November 10th. Solomon Islands will play host PNG on Sunday November 6th at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium. Their second…
THE new Friendship Hall Futsal Complex has been officially open for futsal tournaments following the official opening, Tuesday. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare officially opened the futsal complex court. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Sogavare announced that this is the futsal home the Kurukuru team and everyone in the country has been longing for.…
FORMER Solomon Islands national futsal players received a token of appreciation from the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare at the Friendship Hall yesterday. The token, a sum of an undisclosed amount was handed over to the players before their exhibition match between the new and old Kurukuru players. Prime Minister Sogavare also took that time to…
SOLOMON Islands men’s basketball team was defeated by host Fiji in their second match of the FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup tournament in Fiji yesterday. The national men’s basketball team went down 66-57 to Fiji at the Vodafone Arena. It was an outstanding performance by Solomon Islands against the 2017 Melanesia Cup bronze medalists. By the…
Solomon Islands beat PNG in opening match SOLOMON Islands national men’s basketball team has made history by beating the Papua New Guinea (PNG) men’s team for the first time yesterday. Solomon Islands defeated the defending champions PNG 77-66 in their Melanesian Basketball Cup tournament opening match at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji yesterday. The…