Day: December 8, 2020
Wests Tigers recruit Gebbie
Kumuls flyer joins NRL club for 2021 By PARKER TAMBUA PAPUA New Guinea Kumuls speedster and former Lae Tiger Edene Gebbie has joined National Rugby League (NRL) side Wests Tigers […]
13-year-old steals show
By PATRICIA KEAMO PRIOR to the PNG Air National Athletics Championships, Chimbu’s top distance runner Jemima Mondo and East New Britain’s Monica Kalua were favoured to win the 5,000m women’s […]
Laybutt handed NRL lifeline
PAPUA New Guinea playmaker Kyle Laybutt has been brought into the North Queensland Cowboys’ pre-season camp in a bid to prove that he deserves another crack at Australia’s National Rugby […]
Spots open in Hunters squad as Amean withdraws due to work
PAPUA New Guinea international Stargroth Amean has withdrawn from the SP Hunters ahead of their relocation to Australia for the Queensland Intrust Super (ISC) next season. Hunters coach Matthew Church […]
Sprinter can lead next era, says Stone
By ROBINSON LEKA FORMER Papua New Guinea sprinter and Pacific Games gold medallist Nelson Stone has backed 100-metre national champion Leroy Kamau to usher in the next group of the […]
NCD’s Kamau reclaims crown
AFTER being edged in the 100m final of the West New Britain championships last month, sprinter Leroy Kamau reclaimed the title at the PNG Air National Athletics Championships in Port […]
Gunemba, Dabinyaba among six reps omitted
PAPUA New Guinea internationals Raymond Gunemba, Nigel Dabinyaba, Ishmael Pole, Ronald Warisan, Jacob Sabua and Langarap Samol have been left out of the national men’s football train-on squads for 2021 […]
Nines rugby league competition growing
By BRADLEY MARIORI THE Lae Biscuit Company Snax 9s has grown from a 16-team inaugural challenge to a 28-team tournament since its first edition in 2014. The tournament was initiated […]
Westpac sells Pacific business to focus on Aust, NZ
WESTPAC Group says the decision to sell its Pacific business operations in PNG and Fiji to Kina Bank is to focus on consumer, business and institutional banking in Australia and […]
Magistrate raises concern about outdated District Court Act
A MAGISTRATE has raised concern about outdated laws under the District Court Act regarding costs after a proceeding. Waigani Grade Five Court Magistrate Daro Kevau Frank raised the issue when […]