On Easter Monday 28th March 2016, the Bellona Rugby Union Association (BRUA) led by their president Lungu Kiloko and his vice Andrew Batangi kick start their season with the successful roll out of the new rebranded Get Into Rugby (GIR) initiative at Gongona village on Bellona island in the Renbel Province. The program started around…
Twelve basketball teams have been confirmed to take part in the Super Six-Gender Parity basketball competition which is set to kick off this weekend. The 12 teams comprises of six male teams and six female teams. The teams are Gunners, Marist, Crusaders, Blazers, Bullets, SOSA for the male category and SOSA, Defenders, Andel, Lakers, Sunrise…
Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has rescheduled the 2016 ordinary congress set for early this month to May 2016. SIFF’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO ) Neil Poloso confirmed this to Star Sports in a statement. “Please be informed that following SIFF EXCO meeting in late February 2016, the SIFF Ordinary Congress 2016 which was scheduled…
The men’s quarter final matches of the 10th Easter annually volley ball championship in Honiara has successfully ended on Thursday. Gizo Kolo was the second team to advance to the top four finalists after edging Mix Boys in a stunning showdown yesterday at the Multipurpose Hall. The provincial side has to work extra harder before…
Port Moresby (The National) – PAPUA New Guinea’s boxers all bowed out of competition at the Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifiers in Quian’an, China, with welterweight Andrew Asaiga losing to Iranian Sajjad Kazemzadehposhtiri on Monday. Jonathan Keama, lost his middleweight (75kg) bout to Australia’s Jason Lewis via a unanimous decision on Sunday. Keama, after a courageous start…
SIPA and SIFF sign biggest deal THE Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) and the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has finally signed the $2 million dollar pledge made by SIPA early last month to support Kurukuru’s preparation for the World Cup. The FIFA Futsal World Cup kicks off in Colombia in September. The signing took…
Eight secondary schools have been confirmed for the 2016 Our Telekom Kakamora inter-secondary schools Athletics carnival to be held at Waimapuru National Secondary Athletics track from 11th April – 15th April. They are Santa Ana CHS, Namuga CHS, Waimasi CHS, FMC CHS, Pawa PSS, Ramah CHS and Waimapuru National Secondary School. Waimapuru will host this…
THE 2016 3×3 Basketball Series, Game 1 has made a great start on Easter Monday, with Marist team 1 registering their determination to take out this whole three game series by beating Pinoy Slashers in the grand final, with a nail biting 21 – 18 finish. Marist A fielded their highly experienced team which comprised…
The annual High Schools Easter Rugby 7s Championship 2016 got underway in Honiara on Monday 28th March with a good turnout. A total of sixteen teams representing eight schools registered and competed in the tournament that was held at Panatina oval on Easter Monday. Nine teams (St. Joseph, White River 1 & White River 2,…
The Honiara Football Association (HFA) pre-season league has entered its round three matches. After the round three of the competition Breeze Land United and Sa’a United has topped the league with two impressive wins also with six points each. K. United FC are on third spot with a single win and two losses while Honiara…