A leatherback turtle named Solo after the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games mascot has migrated more than 1,000 kilometres to Vanuatu.

The Organising Committee for the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games is looking to recruit over 2,500 volunteers for the delayed event scheduled to take place in November and December.

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) have launched an athlete development initiative which they claim will be "the starting blocks" for helping identify talent in the future.

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Oceania director Amanda Jenkins has predicted that  basketball and 3x3 competitions at the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands will provide "very high quality and the very best event possible."

Solomon Islands Postal Corporation (SIPC) is the latest sponsor of this year’s Pacific Games, it has been announced.

A $1 million (£809,000/€924,000) project has been launched in the Solomon Islands to continue to help clear unexploded bombs from World War Two in time for this year’s Pacific Games.

A late bid from the Northern Mariana Islands to be added to the basketball tournaments at this year’s Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands has failed.

Solo, the mascot for this year’s Pacific Games, is set to resume its nationwide tour of the host country Solomon Islands this week.

Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) President Makarita Lenoa has said that the nation has to "dare to dream" in order to achieve sporting goals for 2023.

World Bowls has announced the launch of the inaugural Oceania Challenge following the sport’s exclusion from this year’s Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.

Washington D.C. has announced plans to reopen the United States Embassy in the Solomon Islands in a bid to counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the region, which has seen them fund a number of infrastructure projects for this year’s Pacific Games in the country’s capital Honiara.

Representatives from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has met with Chinese Embassy officials and the China Police Liaison Team, to visit the 2023 Pacific Games stadium, which is still under construction.

The Solomon Islands Ambassador to China John Moffat Fugui has died in Beijing at the age of 61.

Organisers have confirmed the eight team line-ups for basketball tournament at this year's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands where the men’s team from Guam will bid for a third consecutive gold medal.

The Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games Organising Committee has secured a SBD1 million (£100,000/$120,000/€116,000) sponsorship deal with Solomon Breweries.