The Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SASNOC) has partnered with the National Bank of Samoa (NBS) to support elite athletes' preparations for multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games.
Chinese state company China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has won a bid to build the seven major projects, including the main stadium, being funded by the Government in Beijing for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Melanesia Cup, which will serve as a qualifier for the next Pacific Games, has been delayed until 2022 because of the coronavrius pandemic.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Umar Kremlev has pledged to support boxing competition at the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games.
The Organising Committee of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has requested budget details from each of the six participating sports.
A key political committee has met for the first time in the Solomon Islands ahead of the country's hosting of the 2023 Pacific Games.
Samoa 2019 Pacific Games gold medallists Remi Rossi and Dgeniva Matauli have been named as regional ambassadors for the "i am badminton" integrity campaign.
The Fiji Volleyball Federation has begun its preparations for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.
Organisers of the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands have claimed the construction of facilities needed for the event is on track following concern over progress and potential delays.
Optimism is reportedly growing among organisers of next year’s rescheduled Pacific Mini Games thanks to the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in host country the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Papua New Guinea's athletics great Elanga Buala, who won three gold medals at the 1983 Pacific Games in Apia in Samoa, has died at the age of 56.
Shalom Akao Waita, a former Solomon Islands basketball and netball international, has become the first female chief executive of a Pacific Games Organising Committee, now overseeing preparations for the 2023 Games.
Organisers of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have held their inaugural meeting in the capital Saipan.
Oceania is enjoying a 3x3 basketball boom after the sport made its debut at the Pacific Games in Samoa last year.
The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Government have been praised for their commitment to hosting the Pacific Mini Games, even though the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to be postponed by a year until 2022.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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