The sweltering heat, a thorn in everyone’s side on the final day of track and field events at Sol2023 on Friday, was not enough to stop the two Roses of New Caledonia from topping the podium in women’s shot put...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) athletes stamped their dominance on the 400m men’s events by achieving another podium clean sweep in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Sol2023 Pacific Games on Friday afternoon at Honiara’s National Stadium. Going into the final...
Loan Ville from New Caledonia secured the gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Sol2023 Pacific Games, held at Honiara’s National Stadium on Friday under the scorching midday sun. Ville, at the young age of 20, notched an...
Australia’s Samantha Dale won gold in the Sol2023 Pacific Games women’s long jump and broke fellow competitor Rellie Kaputin’s six-year-old record in the event at Honiara’s National Stadium on Friday. Dale smashed the record by 22 centimetres, jumping 6 metres...
Vanuatu’s Ken Kahu is ranked in the top 10 in the world in Paralympic javelin, but when he moved to Australia for seasonal work, he was forced to modify his training. The 24-year-old shares a similar story to that of...
Australia’s Calab Law won gold in the Sol2023 Pacific Games men’s 200m at Honiara’s National Stadium on Friday to go with his men’s 100m title collected on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Australian crossed the line in 20.60 seconds, just ahead of...
A young and determined Katie Pattie (aged 16) and Christian Rokoua (17) from Fiji claimed bronze in the inaugural triathlon 2×2 mixed relay at the Sol2023 Pacific Games on Friday, finishig in 1 hour, 27 minutes and 32 seconds. The...
Friendship Hall will come alive again on Friday and Saturday as the Sol2023 Pacific Games boxing competition runs down its final events. Thursday saw 11 boxers book their tickets to Friday’s finals showdown across six men’s and women’s weight categories....
The Sol2023 Pacific Games football action moves to the National Stadium on Friday and Saturday, with the women’s and men’s gold medal matches set to play out in front of huge crowds. The final of the women’s competition promises to...
Guam men’s basketball 3×3 team are back on track ahead of Friday evening’s crunch matches at SIFF Academy after a series of wins on Thursday. Guam bounced back from a surprising defeat to debutants Palau by notching a convincing 21-16...