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Solomon Islands World Taekwondo Union (SIWTU) has written ‘history in the stars’ for winning the first ever Pacific Games Gold medal for men.

Round-up of sports stories from around the Pacific including wins for Solomon Islands and Samoa in football

Dear Editor, C’mon you ding-a-lings – you are sending a small sports team to the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago and we don’t even know who they are and what sports they are representing us and what is their level of performance and what chances they have to bring home a medal?

A group of Cook Islands Olympic team members are waiting to find out when they can return home, following the latest outbreak of Covid-19 in New Zealand.

Kirsten Fisher-Marsters, Wesley Roberts and Jane Nicholas in Tokyo. Photo: Facebook/Cook Islands Canoeing Association The Cooks are Covid-19 free but life in Japan is very different, with infections on the rise in the capital. Spectators have been barred from attending events after Tokyo declared a state of emergency which will run throughout the Olympic Games. Cook Islands Chef de Mission John Paul Wilson said the teams physio did not travel to Japan because he declined to be vaccinated, but ...

Press Release – Athletics New Zealand Dame Valerie Adams surged back to her vintage best this evening as she lit up the Sir Graeme Douglas International in Auckland by unleashing a world-class 19.65m to register her longest throw for five years. In a brilliant return to form, Adams added almost one metre on to her season’s best and four times surpassed the 19m mark with her best effort matching the world indoor lead of Portugal’s Auriol Dongmo. Adams has shown small incremental improvemen...

Sunday, 14 February 2021, 6:51 am In perfect summer conditions, the Porritt Classic served up a New Zealand resident record, six meeting records, a pair of national Para records and a slew of personal bests on a thrilling day of action in Hamilton. Led by Portia Bing’s blistering New Zealand resident record in the 400m hurdles, a formidable hammer throw by Lauren Bruce and yet another shot put victory for Jacko Gill over Tom Walsh, the day was chock full of outstanding memories on a great ad...

Sunday, 31 January 2021, 6:16 am Few athletics venues in the world are as synonymous with the mile as Cooks Gardens in Whanganui, and Camille Buscomb and Sam Tanner lived up to that rich tradition by claiming the New Zealand Mile Championship titles on a historic night of action at the Cooks Classic. After a 52-year absence, both national mile crowns were re-introduced with the men’s race following the script as the gifted 20-year-old Tanner added the national title over the ‘classic dista...