The visiting FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour will be here for less than four hours. That’s according to the program released by Media Partners on Tuesday. The plane carrying football’s most coveted trophy will arrive in the early hours tomorrow morning in the FWCTT plane at the Henderson International Airport. Starting from 8am to 8:30am…
THERE will be tight security in place when the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola arrives in Honiara on Thursday the 1st of February 2018, giving Solomon Islands fans the chance to experience football’s most coveted prize. This was revealed by Coca-Cola officials who are in the country at the moment sorting out program…
KOSSA FC departed on Monday for Vanuatu for their upcoming friendly matches. KOSSA FC will play two pre-season friendlies with Vanuatu champions Erakor Golden Stars and OFC Champions League debutants, Nalkutan FC. The team comprises mostly of KOSSA players and some guest players from other clubs. The guest players became part of the touring team…
The number of women taking up archery sport has increased. This was according to the president of Solomon Islands Archery, Nihal Seneviratne Seneviratne said this promotes gender balance in sports, a must in every sport. “The number of females attending archery training has now increased. “When archery was revived the number was around six now…
THE Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) team led by Sainimili Talatoka the Coordinator of the Oceania Sports Education Program (OSEP) held an eye opener workshop for national federations (NFs) in the country this week. The workshop called Readiness Assessment Tool (RAT) conveyed to NFs executives, coaches, team managers and athletes for the first time was…
Darwin: Award a boost in my career By CARLOS ARUAFU The award winning goal-keeper for the Renbel U19 boys in the recent Youth Solomon Cup tournament Darwin Aomatangi says the ‘Golden Glove’ award is a boost to his football career. Speaking to Star Sports after being awarded the U19 Youth Solomon Cup Golden Glove Award…
Western province U16 team has won the Youth Solomon Cup tournament for the U16 category. They sealed victory after they won their final round robin match over Renbel 3-1 at the SIFF Academy field on Tuesday. Western drew two matches and won three matches to give them 11 points. Yesterday’s match was tough against the…
A SPORTS Journalist Association will be setup in the country by the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) as part of their task to strengthen the industry in the country as well as to link sports journalists in the region and internationally. As part of their visit in Honiara ONOC Media Specialist Matai Akauola has met…
Football has always circulated well amongst the Solomon Island provinces but the development of the game in the Renbel Province has always been indelible. The recent Solomon Cup and the current Youth Solomon Cup has definitely been a platform for Renbel Province football to shine as players from the remote Province continued to improve in…
The Archery Federation of Solomon Islands (AFSI) has officially kicked off their training session for this year over the weekend. Senior archer Andrew Lano has revealed AFSI official training session has commenced over the weekend at the Rove Police ground, west Honiara. “We’ve kicked off our training over the weekend,” he said. “It’s quite interesting…