Sports
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — South Pacific Watersports (SPW) Fitness hosted the 2023 American Samoa Marathon & Half Marathon last week, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, where more than 30 runners came from off-island to compete, according to SPW Fitness and Race coordinator Paula Stevenson McDonald in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After being gifted with 20 Microsoft Pro laptops and intensive instruction in a one-day football camp coordinated by the Polynesian Football Hall Fame (PFHOF) in conjunction with the Department of Education/ ASHSAA last week, local high school football teams will be...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Representing Polynesia and American Samoa, Stanley Iakopo and his children — daughter, Filomenaleonisa, and sons, Mametto, and Audiescott — competed in the 2023 Oceania Cup and Oceania Masters Championships on June 22- 26 at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field oval...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local high school football players and their coaches received intensive top notch instruction in a one-day football camp last Saturday facilitated by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame (PFHOF), the Hawaii-based non-profit organization established in 2013, to honor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Keia Mae Sagapolu Sanele not only made headlines for Central Washington University (CWU) in the sport of rugby — she received a Washington Athletic Club trophy and was recognized as one of the two best collegiate rugby players in the country.
She was a tighthead prop for...
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — Pacific Games facilities are expected to be ready for the official handover to the Solomon Islands government months before the opening ceremony.
Pacific Games Council chief executive Andrew Minogue confimed to RNZ Pacific they expect the handover of facilities to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the most explosive football athletes from American Samoa who made headlines in Seattle Washington is now counting down his final days of being an Eagle for Eastern Washington University.
After playing a huge part on the football field for Fife High School, Soli...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A select team of High School players from American Samoa will take part in the Marist Sevens under 19 Tournament in Samoa, this week.
The Team of 14 players representing many of the High Schools in the Territory will arrive today, June 5, 2023, in Apia.
Mata’u Valusia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Under the umbrella of the American Samoa National Olympics Committee (ASNOC), the local Volleyball Association has been very active and diligent in hosting national and international tournaments post pandemic lockdown.
In the past year alone, they have hosted the...
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA — Samoa News Senior Staff Photojournalist (and "Cool Stuff" columnist) Barry Markowitz, was pleased to learn some of his World Cup and HSBC 7s imagery will be prominently displayed at Orm's Pro Photo Warehouse camera shop in Cape Town, South Africa. The photo of local...