The Vanuatu Tennis Federation has sent a big Junior Tennis Team that departed on Saturday for Lautoka in Fiji to take part in the West Pacific Qualifiers that will be played this week.

Vanuatu's Joe Carlo was awarded the ONOC Merit Award by the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) during their Annual General Meeting in Fiji last week.

Patrick IARUEL, who is running for 2013 AC PAITA in New Caledonia, participated to Benhacine trophy (10km) which took place on Sunday 17th March 2013.

Patrick IARUEL participation in the 5th edition of the Noumea international athletics meeting (in DALY stadium).

For the first time of his recent athletic career, Patrick IARUEL, licensee in "AC PAITA" , ran a 3000m men race in the big Numa DALY stadium (Noumea), Saturday, October, 6th.
He ran this race in 11mn 11 sec and 76. He finished in the 4th place behind 2 performance runners, who participated in the last Olympic Games,

Sunday, September 16, 2012, Patrick IARUEL, a Vanuatu student of "Aide aux Lycéens Vanuatais" (ALV) association, conducting studies in New Caledonia, made his first 10km race in the colors of his club the AC PAITA.

By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy
Vanuatu's Nazario Fiakaifonu tells The Reporters' Academy about his life as an Olympic judoka. Nazario trains hard numerous times a day whilst coping with work; he explains to us how he manages his lifestyle, and overcomes stress.

By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy
Anolyn Lulu, Vanuatu's table tennis player, is a Stop HIV Ambassador, her role being to help spread awareness of HIV and STIs. Anolyn tells us of her journey as an Ambassador, and how she is making an improvement on health in Vanuatu by focusing her programme with the sporting youth.

By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy
Table tennis has become a growing sport in Vanuatu, and Anolyn Lulu's Olympic journey has inspired many back at home to become engaged in the sport. She explains to us the impact that her coaching back at home has had on the initiative for table tennis, how it has inspired youth such as Yoshua Shing, who at the age of 12, became the youngest competitor in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Therefore, the legacy of table tennis in Vanuatu, inspired by Anolyn, will continue to pave a way for future athletes to compete internationally.

By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy
The London Olympic Games are now drawing to a close, and the athletes of Vanuatu take a trip to a theme park, Thorpe Park, to conclude their journey with excitement. The athletes tell us of their overall experience, their highlights, and about what impact this year's Olympic Games has had on their lives.

By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy
A tourism function held at St Katherine's Dock was held last week to promote the South Pacific nations. It was the turn of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Fiji to show the public of London their cultures and traditions.
Arnold Sorina and Nazario Fiakaifonu of Vanuatu tell The Reporters' Academy of their pride to represent Vanuatu, and to be a part of their community.

By Lewis of The Reporters' Academy 6.8.12

“When I was on the blocks I was thinking this is it, I’ve run miles and miles just for this 2 minutes of racing, and this is where everybody comes just to run fast.” The thoughts of Arnold Sorina from Vanuatu, just moments before he made his Olympic debut in the 800 metres here in London.

Vanuatu’s Prime Minister – Mr Sato Kilman, one of the few Pacific leaders attending the London 2012 Olympics says sport in Vanuatu has been neglected for too long.

This film was produced by Emma of The Reporters' Academy

Vanuatu's 800m runner, Arnold Sorina, updates us on his recent competitions in Manchester and training in Crewe as preparation for his Olympic competition. Also, Arnold lets us in on the excitement he was feeling before the Opening Ceremony.

By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy.
For months, if not years, athletes from all over the world have pushed themselves beyond their limits, training to be selected to represent their country in the toughest competition of their lives, the Olympics.

On Wednesday 25th July, it was the Oceania Welcome Ceremony for the Pacific athletes, held in London at The Scoop. The ceremony showed the unification of their athletes, The Scoop was filled with the most vibrant coloured uniforms. There was a buzz of excitement as it is only a few days before the beginning of the Olympic Games. Here, Nazario Fiakaifonu and Janice Alatoa of Vanuatu keep us updated on their thoughts on the Welcome Ceremony and their stay in the Athletes' Village.
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By Emma Cullen of The Reporters' Academy
The Welcome Ceremonies have been taking place daily in the Main Plaza of the Athletes’ Village, formally welcoming athletes from all over the world to the London Olympics. These Ceremonies have been hosted by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, with their energetic performances matching the glorious weather of the belated British summer whi

Vanuatu team in excellent spirits about to board their transport to London from MMU Crewe. Arrival in the Olympic village only hours away.

Team Vanuatu & Team Solomon Island farewell breakfast in Crewe with MMU, Cheshire East and BMW

The 14th World Conference on Sport For All came to a successful conclusion in Beijing on 23 September 2011 with 527 participants from around the world issuing a call to action in a unanimously approved final declaration.