Sol2023 Organizing Committee holds initial discussions with City Council The Sol2023 Games Organizing Committee (GOC) held a meeting with representative of the Honiara City Council (HCC) on Monday 7th March 2022 to have initial discussions on how the two organizations can align their operations in preparation for when Honiara City hosts the region’s biggest sporting…
NATIONAL men’s football coach, Felipe Vega Arango has hit back at critics following the team’s narrow 1-2 defeat to Caboolture SFC over the weekend. Many critics took to the social media expressing their disappointment in what many described as a performance below par. But Spanish Coach Felipe said most people do not understand that it…
The Government Services Integration Committee (GSIC) in the Office of the Prime Minister held a successful virtual zoom meeting on the preparations and planning process for the upcoming Pacific Games to be hosted by Solomon Islands in 2023. Government Ministries and other key stakeholders attended the meeting. A Statement from the GSIC Secretariat stated that…
CABOOLTURE Sports Football Club (CSFC) described the game with our country’s National Football team (Solomon Bonito) as “unbelievable”. In a statement over the weekend, CSFC said to have Solomon Bonito team play against CSFC while preparing for the World Cup qualifiers was unbelievable. It said the support from Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) fans was…
SOLOMON Islands Netball Federation (SINFED) has put pen to paper for a partnership with the SINIS High–Performance program on Friday 4th March 2022. In her remarks, SINFED President Joy Kere stated that through this Memorandum of Understanding her executive will utilize the opportunity to develop the sport. “There are a lot of opportunities there for…
Felipe: Clash with Roars Youth-side is good test for the team NATIONAL men’s football team head coach Felipe Vega Arango says playing against the Brisbane Roars youth team is a good test as far as the team’s preparation for the World Cup Qualifiers is concerned. Felipe said it helps his coaching staff to identify areas…
THE country’s top female long distance runner Sharon Firisua has thanked athletics athletes who came out to train during these challenging times due to the Corona virus outbreak. The recent Corona Virus outbreak has had an impact on every sports preparations and athletics being one of the country’s top medal prospect sport is one of…
The Government of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Solomon Islands Government (SIG) signed the implementation agreement in September 2021. This is for PRC to fund a Two Hundred and Sixteen room Games Village for Sol2023 and will be gifted to SINU as its dormitory to accommodate the university students. Jiangsu Provincial Construction (JPC) firm…
THE proposed first friendly match for the country’s national men’s football team against Australia’s A-league’s Brisbane Roars today is now postponed. Coach Felipe Arango confirmed the postponement yesterday. Felipe said this is due to the bad weather experienced in Brisbane where the team is camping for the next two weeks. “We have to postpone last…
The Solomon Islands National team began their journey this afternoon to the FIFA World Cup 2022 OFC preliminary tournament in Qatar. The 25-man squad and five officials departed today to Brisbane, Australia ahead of the three friendlies next week. Their first match will be against the National Premier League (QLD) side Redlands United FC this…