An injury hit Ba came back from the dead to take out the 69th Courts Homecenters Inter District Competition as the side retained its title beating Nadi 2-1 in the final yesterday. The Vodafone Ba side showed that they can never be counted out by coming back from 1-0 down in extra time to get…
Guadalcanal beat Isabel 5-0 in Womans Solomon Cup Action at the weekend, with goals from Betty Maenu’u (2), Jacinta Labacha, and Audrey Jack. In the other match Western drew 1-1 with Honiara after taking an early lead through Mary Dongai in the 21st minute. The teams struggled throughout the first twenty minutes to create chances…
HONIARA – Western Turtles striker Nathan Kera proved a real thorn in the side of the Temotu Arrows by scoring a goal in each half of an action-packed match at Lawson Tama last night. Kera scored his first after using his blistering pace to outstrip the Arrows defense and latch onto a through ball. He then…
Suva is hoping to break a 24 year old drought in the Inter District Competition heading into the semi finals today. The Uro Fiji/Fiji Bitter Suva side will meet Vodafone Ba in the first semi-final at 8am today followed by the other semi between Navua-Shop and Save Nadi at 9.30am. Standing in the way of…
SUVA – Suva’s Alvin Prasad scored a classic goal as the hosts beat Nadi 1-0 at the 69th Courts Homecentres Inter District Competition (IDC)at the Post Fiji Stadium last night. Prasad curled in a wicked shot which Nadi and Fiji international goalkeeper Ben Amino failed to judge and it sailed past him into the goal….
TAHITI – The Oceania Football Confoederation (OFC) Television Seminar concluded at the Radisson Hotel with Solomon Islands and Vanuatu member associations and television stations named in a pilot project designed to train and upskill local people to film domestic football in what is a first for OFC. OFC President/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii was joined by…
HONIARA – West Honiara is back to winning ways after recording two wins so far in Our Telekom Cup competition. Their win today over Central Shields put them back in contention for the playoffs following their loss to Guadalcanal Hornet in their opening match on Saturday. The goals were scored in either half of their…
TAHITI – FIFA World Cup winner Christian Karembeu has committed himself to promoting football in Oceania since retiring as a player in 2005. Karembeu was joined by France’98 team-mate Lionel Charbonnier at the Radisson Hotel in Tahiti to talk about the prospect of the 1998 world champions reconvening in Oceania in six months time for…
HONIARA – The SIFF women’s national soccer competition entered its second day yesterday with Malaita and Western winning their matches respectively. Malaita had to dig deep to earn their win against a stubborn Makira outfit. Rising teenage star Layda Samani scored her first goal just before halftime in the 39th minute to give her team…
MAKIRA – Ulawa (Our Kakamora) coach, George Harisimae was disappointed with his side despite winning 1-0 over Frigates in the Telekom Cup yesterday at Lawson Tama. It was one of the poorest performances displayed by the Makira Ulawa in Pool B since their 3-1 victory over Central Honiara last Saturday. “I am not really happy…
