Team PNG - Promote PNG face painting
Team PNG athletes were all smiles with traditional paintings of their home provinces.
The PNG booth was a hit in the Youth Olympic Games Village square attracting athletes from different countries to test their skills in face painting.
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Vulia Twins showcase Madang face painting
Twin sisters Fiona and Maravai Vulia, proudly showcased traditional face painting of their home province Madang at the PNG Booth in the Cultural village at the Youth Olympic Games. Both sisters were members of the PNG Under15 Soccer Girls Team.
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Team PNG visits Cultural Booth dedicated to PNG
Team PNG paid a visit to our country’s cultural education booth in the Youth Olympic Village on last Saturday. A planned gift exchange between Chef de Mission for PNG Auvita Rapilla on behalf of the team and the students of host school (St Paul’s Primary) took place drawing smiles for all present.
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PNG Under15 Girls go down in penalty shoot out
The PNG Under15 Girls kicked of their final match against Trinidad & Tobago at the Jalan Besar Soccer Stadium. The game ended at full time with the scores 0-0 which forced them into the penalty shoot outs losing to Togo 4-2.
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Rivan and Team Oceania win bronze
PNG’s track athlete John Rivan was included in the Oceania team which won bronze in the medley relay last night (Monday 23rd of August).
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Tree dedicated to PNG
As part of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games legacy, trees were planted and dedicated to each participating country to commemorate the spirit of friendship at the games.
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Steven Kari impresses
Steven Kari, PNG’s strongest hopeful at the Youth Olympic Games powered to achieve fourth place in the 77kg category, missing out on the bronze medal by 15kgs. Russia took out Gold, Thailand Silver, and Kazakhstan.
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PNG Flag Bearer - Steven Kari
Up and coming weightlifter, Steven Kari was Papua New Guinea's flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Inaugural Youth Olympic Games.
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PNG go down 1-0 to IRAN
The Papua New Guinea Under15 Soccer Girls began their Youth Olympic Games campaign with a stunning performance at the Singapore Jalan Besar Soccer Stadium, unfortunately going down 1-0 to the ach-rivals Iran.
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First Youth Olympic Games Begins
Singapore city skyline lit up with a spectacular Opening Ceremony at the Marina Bay Floating Stadium. Papua New Guinea among 205 countries witnessed the opening of the first Youth Olympic Games.
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Youth Olympic Games workshop informative
Team PNG pioneers to the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore from 14 - 26 August were well informed on what to expect at these games.
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Coffee Connections takes out PM's Golf Cup in Lae
Coffee Connections from Goroka beat Lae and Port Moresby teams to win the PM's Corporate Golf Challenge in Lae, taking out the trophy and 4 return tickets Lae - Singapore
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From the field to the workforce
The Athletes Career Program Workshop wil be held for elite PNG athletes to help them make the transition from sport to the workforce.
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Gaming Board contributes to Team PNG
The National Gaming Control Board has contributed balance of funds given for the Pacific Mini Games last year towards Team PNG's participation at the Commonwealth Games this year.
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Athletes visit PNGSFOC
Athletics team gearing up for their trip to Los Angeles called into the PNGSFOC after paying for the Australian visas
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KIDS TRYATHLON
Children aged 7 -15 are all invited to participate in this inaugural event on Saturday March 13 at Ela Beach. For more information contact Stephen on upsouthevents@hotmail.commore -->
PNG's Young Ambassador announced
Young Shannon Andrew, captain of the Under 21 PRK Wantoks Football Club has been selected as Papua New Guinea’s Young Ambassador.
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Seeking sponsorship from Courts (PNG) Ltd
Courts (PNG) Ltd supported the PNGSFOC last year with K20 000 in kind and we have once again approached them to support Team PNG to the Commonwealth Games in delhi, India this year
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Softball wins Hebou Women's Battle of the codes
Softball beat Netball in a nail-bitter in the Grand Final of the Hebou Battle of the Codes Cricket 8s Cricket Trophy on Sunday the 7th of February 2010 at Amini Park.
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Nominations for Young Ambassador open
Papua New Guinea is one of 30 National Olympic Committees chosen out of the 205, to nominate a young ambassador to attend the first ever Summer Youth Olympic Games.
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Athletes Meet
PNG Athletes Commission is gathering athletes to discuss concerns.
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Red marks World AIDS Day
Staff of PNGSFOC joined their Committeee on HIV Prevention Through Sport and other organisations marching a kilometre to mark World AIDS Day.
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