THE head coach for the country’s national U17 team Stanley Waita remains hopeful the team will step up in their second group match of the FIFA U17 World Cup currently underway in Brazil. They will take on Paraguay in their second group match tomorrow morning. The match will be televised. Solomon Islands lost 5-0 to…
OUR Men’s Sport Physique Mr Solomon, Moffat Mona is optimistic to take one further step up in the upcoming 25th South Pacific Bodybuilding Championships set to be held in New Caledonia this weekend. Mona retained his title as Men’s Sport Physique Mr Solomon for the second time during the Solomon Islands National Body Building Federation…
Mother applies self defense skills and saved a life By CROFTON UTUKANA A mother of two kids and student of the Yun’s Taekwondo Academy of Solomon Islands (YTASI) have rightly utilized the self defense knowledge and skills she learned. The 32 year old mother who wish to remain anonymous for various reasons recently joined YTASI…
THE country’s national men’s futsal team, Kurukuru has ended their second international friendly clash with another close match. Kurukuru were once again edged by a goal difference by the Australian national futsal team, Futsalroos 3-2 in their second and final friendly match at the Valentines Sports Park yesterday afternoon. Former Kurukuru star Jack Wetney was…
HENDERSON HAMMERHEADS (HHH) is the 2019 SPOL rugby 7s champions after defeating Islanders 39-7 at the Town Ground rugby stadium on Saturday. Hammerheads made an impressive undefeated run throughout the tournament to claim this year’s SPOL 7s trophy. They kicked off the grand final campaign with a comfortable 21-7 lead in the first half before…
Henderson Eels FC has maintained the top spot of the Telekom S-league (TSL) competition with 18 points. Eels defeated Real Kakamora FC 2-0 at the Lawson Tama Stadium, Saturday. Eels continued their winning streak and yesterday’s win makes their sixth consecutive win for this season. It was a tough match, not quite the result what…
U17 star-midfielder fails Medical check, say SIFF By ULUTAH GINAIn Gizo The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has clarified news of the omission of the National Under-17 star-midfielder Maxwell Keana that he has failed to pass a Medical test and not as an over-aged player as reported. This has forced him not to participate…
The Solomon Islands National U-17 men’s team has paid a special visit to Prime Minister Office (PMO) on Thursday. Head coach Stanley Waita and his team management led the boys for the courtesy visit. “Our boys paid a special visit to the Solomon Islands Government’s Prime Minister Office in Honiara today (yesterday),” a statement from…
National Sports Federations (NSF) have demanded Naoyuki Fujiyama to step down from the post as the Chair of finance commission of National Olympic Committee Solomon Islands (NOCSI). In letter cited by Star Sports on Tuesday, the federations wrote to the Japanese Embassy demanding Fujiyama to step down, claiming he has breached the NOCSI Constitution as…
THE Weightlifting Oceania Talent Identification Program (OTIP) scheduled to start on Tuesday was canceled due to the heavy downpour experienced in Honiara recently. According to the supervisor, the country’s top female weightlifter Jenly Wini Tegu the program should start on Tuesday but had to be canceled. She said they will start tomorrow at White River community high…