Port Moresby (The National) – THE Pukpuks Sevens train-on squad played their final trial matches over the Easter weekend during round 3 of Capital Rugby Union matches at Bava Park. The 20-man squad was divided into two teams, Red and White and played each other over three games. The games were played on Saturday. From…
Suva (Fiji Times) – IT’S Hong Kong Sevens, the mother of all the sevens tournaments and the most exciting of them all. Most of Fiji’s famous rugby victories were on Hong Kong dirt and who would forget that controversial semi-final loss to Australia in the inaugural 1976 tourney and first victory in 1977 coached/managed by…
Port Moresby (The National) – PAPUA New Guinea weightlifter Morea Baru won the best male lifter of the Australian International Open in Brisbane. Baru was among the 12 lifters (10 men and two women) from the Oceania Weightlifting Institute residing in Mont Dore, New Caledonia, who competed in the event from March 18-20. In the…
SUVA, (FBC NEWS) — Fiji’s weightlifter Manueli Tulo has won a gold medal in the 56 kg category at the Australian Open Championships. Tulo lifted 108 kgs in the Snatch and 134 kilos in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 242 kgs. Also in Australia, Fijian duo Sally Yee and Grace Yee bundled…
PORT MORESBY, ( THE NATIONAL) — Cricket Papua New Guinea officially launched the Girls Empowerment Through (GET) Kriket programme for the year at Amini Park this month on International Women’s Day. After a successful first year of the GET Kriket programme last year, CPNG will once again join forces with the Australian Government and the…
Port Moresby (The National) – “WE love a challenge and this is fantastic,” was all Sports Minister Justin Tkatchenko could say after he picked Brazil to face Papua New Guinea in the opening match of the FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup on Nov 13 in Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea faces a series of intriguing…
Suva (Fiji Times) – BA football is having a reinforcement in their team for the remainder of the season with few of the top footballers deciding to join the camp. Joining the side is former Amicale football club of Vanuatu striker Osea Vakatalesau and Shameel Rao who spent a short stint in New Zealand last…
Port Moresby (The National) – LAE City Dwellers are reluctant to release their players for national duties after six members of their squad were named in the PNG side to tour the Solomon Islands this week. Coach Peter Gunemba said the timing of the announcement for the two friendly internationals with Solomon Islands served as…
Port Moresby (The National) – LAE City pulled off the upset of the ages, beating Hekari United 2-0 to defend their Telikom National Soccer League title on Saturday. Having been hammered 5-0 by the Reds in the NSL Champions League series in their previous encounter only last week, few gave the visiting team from the…
Suva (Fiji Times) – YEARS on from having donned the nationals jumper William Ryder is fighting for a ticket back in with the national squad. Representing Tokatoka Westfield in the Matintar 7s, Ryder said he was working hard to prove critics wrong after he was claimed to be unfit upon returning to the field of…