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Two of Samoa's best weightlifters have kept the nation's dream of attaining their first gold medal at an Olympic Game by having an outstanding performance at the International Weightlifting Federation 2023 World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and grabbing spots for Paris next year.Samoa's ...

Bank South Pacific (BSP) will continue to support sports development especially among youths in Samoa, injecting an additional $18,000 sponsorship to the BSP Schools National 7s Championship.This additional sponsorship was announced after the BSP Schools National 7s Championship Under 18 division...

A special general meeting of the Samoa Triathlon Federation has been called according to the boycotting athletes and management.On the week of the Samoa Games, 12 athletes and management boycotted the national trials calling for the removal of the President Seti Afoa. The sighted the inability to...

A district has used funding from its SAT$1 million development project grant to purchase uniforms for a tag rugby team ahead of upcoming tournaments.The Bulldogs tag rugby team is the recipient of the new uniforms purchased through funding from the grant which comes courtesy of the Vaimauga No. 3...

Weightlifting came to a close at the Samoa Games with several Oceania and Commonwealth records broken and many new young Samoan talents discovered.The President of the Samoa Weightlifting Association, Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork, was very happy after seeing the athletes perform, putting them well on ...

Australian champion weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana has arrived in Samoa and is set to compete in the Samoa Games 2023 which is currently underway. She was accompanied by her coach Paul Coffa, who has had a long association with weightlifting in the region as a lifter, coach, and administrator for...

Athletes lined up and paraded at the Apia Park Stadium in a first of its kind celebration. Samoa Games was officially opened on Saturday evening with athletes, families and friends in attendance celebrating sports.All sports under the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SA...

Round-up of sports news from around the Pacific including the latest results from the Oceania Champions League

Members of the Samoa Table Tennis Federation (S.T.T.F.) have begun preparations for the upcoming 2023 Samoa Games and the Pacific Games with a walkathon and cleanathon on Monday this week.The table tennis fans and players as well as the S.T.T.F. membership converged on Apia's town area including ...

The Prime Minister's Cup tournament will kick off next week after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Education, Sports and Culture has confirmed.In an interview with the Samoa Observer, Seuula Ioane Tuaau stressed that the event is essential for young aspiring athle...