Solomon Islands Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela has pledged the Government's full support for hosting the 2023 Pacific Games.
The Solomon Islands Government have secured the land required to construct a national stadium for the 2023 Pacific Games.
Work should start on preparations for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands “immediately” if the country is to stage a successful edition of the event, the Governor of the Central Bank in the nation Denton Rarawa has warned.
The Solomon Islands have beaten off competition from Tahiti to secure the hosting rights for the 2023 Pacific Games, it was announced today.
The Solomon Islands have entered the race for the 2023 Pacific Games after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirmed the country's intention to launch a bid for the event in seven years’ time.
Tahiti will be “difficult to beat” in the race to stage the 2023 Pacific Games, it was claimed after the country formally expressed an interest in hosting the event at the Pacific Games Council (PGC) General Assembly here today.
French Polynesia Sports Minister René Temeharo has announced the island of Tahiti is interested in bidding again for the hosting rights to the 2023 Pacific Games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Fifty years ago this week Thomi Keller swept to the head of the body then known as the General Assembly of International Sports Federations, heralding an era of increased influence as sport’s metamorphosis into big business got under way.
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