Tahiti recorded the highest-ever football score in Pacific Games history as they hammered debutants the Federated States of Micronesia 30-0 in the opening Pool A match at the Bisini Sports Grounds today.
The Oil Search Pacific Games Relay officially came to a close here today with the arrival of the Baton at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium ahead of the Opening Ceremony tomorrow.
The Closing Ceremony of the Pacific Games here will be held at the Sir John Guise Stadium after Bisini Sports Grounds and the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium were not deemed to be ready to stage the event, Pacific Games Council executive director Andrew Minogue told insidethegames.
Australian women’s rugby sevens captain Nicole Beck will be the flagbearer for her nation at the Opening Ceremony of the Pacific Games, it has been announced, as her country prepares to make its inaugural appearance at the event here.
Pacific Games Council (PGC) President Vidhya Lakhan has hit back at criticism from the New Zealand football team that the Athletes' Village is not of an acceptable standard to live in, claiming it is one of the best of its kind in the 52-year history of the event.
The team from Tuvalu competing in the the Pacific Games will not arrive here until two hours before the Opening Ceremony on Saturday (July 4) due to weather problems delaying their departure from Funafuti, insidethegames has been told.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill predicted today the Pacific Games gives the nation the opportunity to put itself on the sporting map, praising the organisers of the event ahead of the Opening Ceremony on Saturday (July 4).
Port Moresby 2015 have announced St John’s Ambulance as the latest partner of the Pacific Games, due to start here on Saturday (July 4), who will help with medical services throughout the event in the Papua New Guinea capital.
The Cook Islands have become the first country to arrive here and check into the Athletes' Village for the Pacific Games, due to start on Saturday (July 4).
Port Moresby 2015 have announced the Caritas Hall venue is officially open, while Steamships will be the title sponsor of the POM Racquets Club as preparations continue ahead of the Pacific Games, due to begin on July 4.
Port Moresby 2015 have staged a test event at the recently-renovated Sir John Guise Stadium ahead of this year’s Pacific Games, which is due to begin with the Opening Ceremony on July 4.
Venue packages for the POM Racquet Club and Caritas Technical Secondary School are close to selling out with less than a month to go until the Pacific Games get underway in Port Moresby, organisers have announced.
Port Moresby 2015 have announced three of the main venues for this year’s Pacific Games in the Papua New Guinean capital have been temporarily renamed.
The 2015 Pacific Games will be officially opened on July 4 by Duke of York Prince Andrew, Port Moresby 2015 have announced.
The Solomon Islands National Paralympics Federation (SINPF) has confirmed that five of its athletes will compete across three sports at this year’s Pacific Games in Port Moresby.
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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