Nestled in a pristine valley along the Neretva river is the city of Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina. It is also the home of Solomon Islands very first football professional in Europe, Raphael Ohanua Le’ai. Tweet
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19 dog years! Hell no!
19 goals is perhaps a fair assessment of our quality against a team like New Zealand, especially in an OFC U19 World Cup qualifier. But it shouldn’t take 19 years to recognise the way forward! Tweet
The Emirates Stadium’s Clock End experience
English Premier League. A Frenchman. A hat trick. Arsenal. Giroud. The Emirates. An electrifying atmosphere. Tweet
We are the Brazilians of the South Pacific
As Solomon Islands football makes a free fall on a downward trajectory, many fans rightfully feel we should no longer claim to be the Brazilians of the South Pacific. Indeed a country that neither has the medals nor glamour to match the Brazilians has no business glorifying itself in such fashion. History…
Forward is a direction that needs a plan and allies
The crowd started chanting “Kaka….Kaka….Kaka” and an overly enthusiastic female fan beside us was leading the chant occasionally shouting out in Portuguese perhaps hoping to spur Scolari to bring Kaka onto the field. And when he finally did, the Brazilian game changed dramatically. I was lost in the moment, I was cheering,…
The World Cup lost its flair but not structure
I must admit, I was a crazy Brazilian fan and then 1998 happened. That year after gracing the world with the Ro-Ro combination of Ronaldo and Romario, Brazil went to the World Cup in France without Romario. As a fan who stayed glued to the TV 4 years earlier when…