Sports

Local Para-Athlete, Otoa, Calls for Better Basic Facilities

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BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IT was an amazing feeling for young female para sprinter Jemina Otoa to win a silver medal at the XVII Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands, and to raise the national flag...

Miriam Bobby Expresses Optimism for Solomon Islands Women Hockey 5s’ Future

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BY JOY OFASIA THE XVII Pacific Games 2023 silver medal victory by the Solomon Islands Women's Hockey 5s Team has written a new chapter in the history of women's hockey in the country. The 18-year-old Miriam...

MUP Partners with SIFF to Promote Women’s Football in Makira

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BY CHRIS ALEX MAKIRA Provincial Premier Hon. Julian Maka’a thanked the Makira Ulawa Football Association and Solomon Islands Football Federation for their unwavering support and contributions to the development of women's football in Kirakira. Premier Maka’a...

Dianah Matekali Maintains Dominance in Women’s 10,000-meter Trial

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DIANAH Matekali Achieves Impressive time of 38:00.72 in Women’s 10,000m Trial held yesterday at National Stadium’s Day One Test Event. Tran Karen Amy Secures Second Place, Followed by Hilda Alavani in Third at the...

Koloale Clinches Runner-up Title in Women’s Premier League

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BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Solrais Women's Premier League is officially over, with the Koloale women's football team declared the runners-up of this year’s 2023 football season. After a prize presentation ceremony held at the Pacific Casino...

Koloale FC to Participate in the Inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League

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THE inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League, kicks off in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on June 1. In the buildup to the tournament, we are looking at the five teams competing to be crowned...

Pacific Games: Samantha Prepares to Smash Barriers

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SAMANTHA Rofo of Isabel province has been representing the Solomon Islands in track and field events for years, now she hopes to prepare herself to participate in the upcoming Pacific Games 2023 in Honiara. She...

Madeline Takes Pride Joining National Football Team

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BY JOHN HOUANIHAU AS part of the Solomon Islands Women's Football team, Madeline Arukau was recently part of the country’s national team that finished second behind Australia at the Pacific Women’s Four Nations Cup 2022...

Meet Esther Yates, Solomon Islands Va’a Athlete for the 2023 Pacific Games

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BY JOY OFASIA OVER the past years, the only sport that Esther Geidele Yates has personal attachment to was netball, however, this year she switched to the sport of Va’a –‘Outrigger Canoeing’. The switch of sports...

Solomon Islands Beach Volleyballer, Hanna Donga Making a Difference with Passion and Pride

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BY JOY OFASIA OVER the years, the participation of the Solomon Islands women's beach volleyball athletes in both regional and international competitions has made headlines on the back pages of local newspapers. This year’s Commonwealth Games...