JAMES NAKA LIGHTS UP DC PARK

Honiara – The Bilikiki Boy’s most famous son – James Naka, lit up the DJ Graphics-sponsored Beach soccer competition this weekend at DC park. Naka won the golden boot at the tournament, scoring nine goals to steal the limelight from two provincial recruits who made impressive debuts. Hickley Rence from the Western Province Turtles and…

Honiara – The Solomon Island Olympic side lost 3-2 to a Honiara Select side in its third warm up match on Saturday at the SIFF Academy field. The Solomon U’23’s had previously lost and drawn with O’league outfit Kossa FC and Saturday’s match provided a chance for players to impress the national coaches. The Olympic…

The OFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea has been changed from a home and away play-off to a single fixture to be played on Saturday, 8 March 2008 in Papua New Guinea. The change was requested and agreed by mutual consent between the two associations and approved by FIFA…

Waitakere United regained their winning form in the New Zealand Football Championship this weekend by thrashing Hawke’s Bay United 5-0 at Fred Taylor Park. But it was not enough to steal top spot from a very determined Auckland City side that fought off bottom placed Canterbury United 2-1 and maintained their three point lead at…

Fiji Under-23 soccer coach Juan Carlos Buzzetti is in a dilemma as he awaits the outcome of an assessment on injuries suffered by three key players during his side’s recent tour of Australia. Lautoka duo Seremaia Nadusitu and Manueli Kalou and Navua’s Rajneel Chand have all sustained injuries which could see them ruled out of…

HONIARA: An 18-strong Solomon Island Olympic Squad will be tested tomorrow against KOSSA FC in their second friendly match at the SIFF Academy. The national U-23 head coach Luke Eroi said the 18 players are amongst the final 20 who will represent the country at the OFC Olympic qualifiers in Fiji later next month. The…

Papua New Guinea Football Association released a trimmed down U23 men’s training squad for the Oceania Olympics Qualifiers yesterday. Coach George Cowie, trimmed the squad down to 24 after having a two day trial with 40 players from various associations, and after watching several NSL matches. Players that have made the squad are: Anton Pipi,…

Port Moresby glamour club Hekari United has regained the Telikom NSL lead after last weekend’s game. Hekari’s course was helped when last week’s competition leaders Inspac Rapatona went down to TL Morobe Kumuls 1-2 on Saturday in Lae. Hekari’s demolition of Madang Besta Fighters 6-0 on Saturday in Port Moresby added the extra bounce for…

A timely header by defender Cyril Muta one minute before full time saw Tuguba Laitepu Morobe Kumuls beat Inspac Rapatona 2-1 in the Telikom NSL competition on Saturday. It was a hard fought battle for the home team who were struggling for large periods of the game before clinching the winner at the death. After…

HONIARA – The DJ Graphics-sponsored Beach Soccer competition began last Saturday at the newly constructed David Chow Park in Henderson. Members of the current Solomon Island beach soccer training squad were divided into four teams who competed against each other for the DJ Beach Soccer Challenge Trophy. The Blue team emerged as champions of the…