Day: August 22, 2016
New furniture retailer opens
A NEW furniture and electrical retailer known as FairPrice opened its doors in Port Moresby last week. FairPrice is located at Courts building in Gordons and sells furniture and household […]
Bmobile offers new scratch card
BMOBILE-vodafone is offering its grassroots subscribers in the Northern region a special way of topping up mobile phone credits. The “Hailens Spesol” kads gives subscribers 24-hour unlimited calls to any […]
PNG’s Rio bid ends
A LACK of experience and a significant height and reach difference were the telling factors behind Papua New Guinea women’s taekwondo athlete Samantha Kassman’s early exit at the Rio Olympics. […]
Tigers finally through
BY MELTON PAIS THE Snax Lae Tigers booked the first grand final berth of the 2016 Digicel Cup with a hard-fought 24-22 win over the Wamp Nga Hagen Eagles at […]
Pride humble Hunters in Barlow Park blow out
A CLINICAL Northern Pride side exposed the Papua New Guinea Hunters in a 40-16 thrashing yesterday in Cairns. The Intrust Super Cup Round 23 clash was the Hunters’ last away […]
All Blacks crush Wallabies 42-8
WELLINGTON: New Zealand cruised to their biggest victory over Australia in 20 years on Saturday, crushing the hosts 42-8 in the first game of the Rugby Championship to take a […]
Farah completes double, joins greats
RIO DE Janeiro: Briton Mo Farah, pictured, joined the ranks of the all-time distance greats on Saturday by becoming just the second man to retain both Olympic track long distance […]
Bolt wins 200m gold
RIO DE Janeiro: The incomparable Usain Bolt once again proved utterly unbeatable on the Olympic track on Friday, powering his way to a third straight 200 metres gold and remaining […]
Athletics is alive, strong, Coe says
RIO De Janeiro: IAAF President Sebastian Coe, pictured, gave a ringing endorsement to the Olympic athletics programme on Saturday, acclaiming a “remarkable week” that showed athletics is “alive and incredibly […]
Brazil win Olympic football gold
RIO De Janeiro: Neymar shed tears of joy after delivering Brazil’s first men’s football gold medal with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout triumph over Germany after a thrilling […]