NOUMEA, ( NZ HERALD) —Moira de Villiers and Jason Koster have taken out the women’s and men’s titles at Oceania judo championships in New Caledonia as they continue an impressive start to 2015. It was de Villiers’ sixth consecutive title and Koster’s third in a row as the Christchurch couple both focus on qualifying for…
TALAMUA ONLINE – A double Olympian qualifier has opted to represent Samoa in the July Pacific Games in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea. Colorado based Jeremy Dodson whose mother is Samoan from the village of Malie, made his intentions known when he and his grandmother met with the Prime Minister before the Easter break. Jeremy…
FBC SPORTS – The Amicale football club from Vanuatu is dedicating its outing in the Fiji Airways Oceania Championships League to those affected by last month’s Tropical Cyclone Pam. The cyclone affected the entire of Vanuatu and it made the preparations hard for the team, just like its fellow club, Tafea, which is also in…
Fiji Sun – Western United t is leaving no stone unturned in the 2015 Fiji Airways Oceania Football Champions League tournament. It starts on Saturday at the ANZ Stadium in Suva and Govind Park, Ba. Western United coach Riccardo De Vivo said the team would try their best to win. “We have been pooled in a…
THE NATIONAL – Over 2500 security personnel will be deployed at July’s Pacific Games, Security and Safety Committee chairman, chief superintendent David Manning says. He said the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary would take the lead in ensuring the event is trouble free during its two-week duration. He said of the total number of men…
FIJI TIMES – The Suva football team is all geared up and ready to give their best shot at winning the Fiji Airways sponsored Oceania Football Confederation Champions League which kicks off at the ANZ Stadium this weekend. The team has been preparing for some time now and will be out to win the tournament…
POST COURIER – The Papua New Guinea Pepes final squad of 20 will be announced following the second phase of the training program. Coach Unaisi Rokoura said that the Pepes have one more phase to complete before they finalise the squad for the XV Pacific Games. “It’s positive to see that the girls are adapting…
FIJI TIMES – Fiji 7s coach Ben has rated the Vodafone Fiji 7s team’s statistics in the 2014/2015 HSBC World Sevens Series as one of the best in recent years. According to Ryan, Fiji has played in seven tournaments recording 21 group game wins which no other team had achieved. He said winning the Hong…
The National – PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill will officially open the 2015 Pacific Games on July 4 at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby. The Sports Minister’s office confirmed Monday night that O’Neill would take over the proceedings after the response to Papua New Guinea’s request for a member of the British Royal…
The National – PACIFIC Games Council president Vidhya Lakhan, who was in Port Moresby for a week, left on a happy note, confident that everything will fall in place come the Games on July 4. His mood was not the same less than a month ago when he left after checking out venues. He described the…