10 players remain in Australia 

TEN members of our National Soccer Team are staying in Australia for the next two weeks for trials with some clubs in Queensland.  A statement from Solomon Islands Football Federation today said the trials will be with clubs in the Queensland Premier League, NPL and possibly A-League.  The players are:   Micah Lea’alafa  Ian Kalu  Don…

New running track ready for use

ATHLETICS athletes will soon use the country’s first ever synthetic training running track built at the King George Sixth School site, East Honiara. According to a recent report from the 2023 Pacific Games Stadium Project, the running track and football field is completed and ready to be used. “It’s more than thrilled to announce that…

SITAS LOGO UNVEILED

Kuper is winner of SITAS logo competition   LOCAL designer, Kurt Kuper is SBD$1,000 richer after winning the Solomon Island Tertiary Association of Sports (SITAS) logo competition. Solomon Island National Institution of Sport (SINIS) in a statement Friday announced Mr Kuper as the winner. This was after a careful screening by the SINIS & SITAS…

Squad starts journey home

AFTER failing to make it for the CONCACAF playoff, the Solomon Islands National Team is on their way back home. The team left Doha, Qatar yesterday to Brisbane, Australia where they will stay for six days before heading back home. The team is scheduled to return home on Friday April 15th and will go into…

RANKING 5 PLACES UP

Solomon Islands jumps to 137 in latest World FIFA ranking SOLOMON Islands football is now ranked 137 in the latest World FIFA ranking released Thursday. It is a jump of 5 places up, from 142, the recent position since the last ranking few months ago. The ranking was released after the grand-final of the OFC…

Rafa joins boot race

SOLOMON Islands young national striker Raphael Lea’i joins the golden boot race of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition in Doha, Qatar. The electrifying 19 year old forward sits on the second place with three goals prior to this morning’s semi final match against PNG. Lea’i scored his three goals in a single…

Easter Fun Run canceled

THE Rotary Club of Honiara has cancelled the Annual Easter Fun Run for this year.  In a statement yesterday, the Rotary Club of Honiara said this is due to the emergency health regulations currently in place.  The fun run is normally held on Easter Monday of each year and thousands of runners enjoy the 5k/m…