Solomon Islands National Junior Futsal teams have made another impressive performance on day two of the Australia National Futsal Championship. The local U12 Junior Futsal side has displayed to the Australians their full potential scoring another 17 goals against the Victoria Juniors after their…
The Solomon Islands National U12 Futsal boys have made an impressive start at the FFA Futsal Championship in Australia. Solomon Islands has sent two Junior Futsal teams, the U12 and U14, both of which have secured three points each in their respective opening matches.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is looking at securing coaches from Cuba to train the country’s local boxers for the 2023 Pacific Games. The Minister of Home Affairs Manasseh Maelanga says this is one of the benefits Solomon Islands will derive from its bilateral relation with Cuba.
An eleven-a-side soccer tournament is set to kick off next week in Bina, West Kwaio, Malaita province. A David Gosia reports from Bina today, pool matches begin next Monday.
Many sporting teams are flooding into Koloe Village, Northwest Choiseul to participate in a major sporting competition this week. This is in aid of Koloe Primary School fundraising activity.
The West Are’Are Peace Tournament has ended without setbacks in Uhu village yesterday. SIBC’s West Are Are Stringer Gabriel Riotarau says 20 football and 13 netball teams participated in the tournament which begun on boxing day 2016. Mr Riotarau has the winners of the soccer tournament.
And in Sports, the country’s National Football team is currently in camp ahead of its away match of the OFC 2018 World Cup Qualifiers against Tahiti on 7th November in Papeete, Tahiti. Team Manager Gideon Omokirio announced today a 24-man squad was selected and are currently in camp.
In Sports, the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) will stage a national sevens trial tournament in Honiara this weekend. A statement from the Federation said this is to select a national men’s and women’s rugby squad to represent Solomon Islands in the Oceania Sevens tournament.
Kurukuru’s Brazilian Head Coach Juliano Schmeling said he is very proud of the team’s performance at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia. He said Kurukuru has performed well at the world stage, representing Solomon Islands at the world game.
The recently established Scorpion Boxing Club has received a cash assistance of $5,000 from a local company, CT Holdings this week. The timely cash donation will go towards the purchasing of boxing uniforms and training equipment.
Kurukuru has bowed out of the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup after a 10-nil deficit to Kazakhstan this morning. The Kurukuru boys fought long and hard in their pool matches but were unable to secure a win or draw, though scoring against some of the world’s top Futsal teams like Argentina and Costa…
The Telekom Television (TTV) has confirmed, the FIFA Futsal World Cup opening matches will be live on TV from Colombia starting this Sunday. Group A and B are set to kick off their opening matches on Sunday while Group C and D’s opening matches will be a day later.
The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs volleyball league continues tomorrow at Town Ground. At 4pm Public Solicitors 1 will take on HQ Arrows. LRC Spikers will muscle up against Public Solicitors 2. There are 14 teams altogether in the league.
In football, the Solomon Islands National U-20 boys have beaten the Cook Islands 3 goals to nil today on Match Day 2 of the OFC U-20 Championship in Luganville, Vanuatu. The first half of the match was a trial for both sides as they ended in half time break a nil all. Meanwhile, Solomon Islands’
The Solomon Islands National U20 boys are looking forward to another tough action against Cook Islands in their second match of the Oceania U20 World Cup Qualifier tomorrow in Vanuatu. Tomorrow’s match will be the first Group B match before Tahiti takes on the All Whites in the afternoon.
The Oceania Futsal maestro ‘Kurukuru’ anticipate an arranged international friendly against the world’s favourites Brazil, coming Tuesday. The local side has been dreaming of this important leg of their preparation ahead of the 2016 FIFA Fustal World Cup Tournament in Colombia.
The Credit Corporation Rugby 15s Competition 2016 has commenced its playoff matches yesterday with a tough encounter in the junior division between White River and Selwyn College.
The country’s national Under twenty soccer team leaves today for the Oceanic Football Confederation Under Twenty Championship in Vanuatu. Media Officer for the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF), Joseph Boso says the team has been undergoing stringent training over the past five months…
Regional athletes from Fiji and PNG will be in Honiara this week ahead of the Pacific Triathlon Championship scheduled for third and fourth of September. The five weeks of extra training due to the postponement has paid off, with Solomon Islands athletes in peak form, ready for the competition.
In sports, Sharon Firisua and Rosefelo Siosi are quite rare as far as Pacific island athletes go. South Pacific Track and Field representation at the Olympics is predominantly in the 100 metres sprint events, but for these two Solomon Island runners, their appearance will last a little longer.
