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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three of American Samoa’s top junior tennis players are competing in the 2024 Annual Australian Junior Teams Championships which served off yesterday in Gold Coast, Australia.
They are Hermann Thomsen, Aifili Tamasoaali’i and Joelei Ioane.
Hermann Thomsen, a member of...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The road to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025 kicked off at Ngahue Reserve in Auckland with the first game of the three-match series to qualify a team for the Oceania Football Confederation Women’s U-16 Championship 2024 in Fiji this September.
Both sides lined up in a 4-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was ‘Game On’ for top tennis players from 11 Pacific island countries and territories yesterday morning, as the 2024 Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) Pacific Nations Cup Tournament served off at the Tafuna tennis courts.
Day 1 began with the grand opening ceremony...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is being represented in the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships which began last Saturday in Suva, Fiji and the Territory is already on the medal tally with one gold and one bronze!
The top athletes in the Oceania region were burning rubber on the tracks...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ifomailouao Sani is a force to be reckoned with on the football field, earning him the prestigious Offensive MVP Award for the 2013-2014 season Stacy K Danielson Middle School in Leander, Texas — a suburb just outside of Austin. And football isn't the only arena where...
Apia, SAMOA — The U.S. Embassy in Apia is thrilled to announce its collaboration with Lakapi Samoa for the U.S. Naval Academy Rugby Diplomacy Pacific Islands Tour taking place this weekend. The initiative aims to use the sport of rugby as a tool for promoting diplomacy and fostering stronger...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The journey of a hundred miles starts with the first step, as the saying goes.
The same can be said of the Football Federation of American Samoa’s (FFAS) long awaited and much anticipated facilities which include an artificial turf soccer pitch built to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With her family in attendance as No. 20/19 Mississippi State celebrated her culture on Samoan Heritage Day, Matalasi Faapito hit a two-run homer to lift State to a 2-1 victory to win the series against No. 14/12 Georgia.
Faapito has now homered on Samoan Heritage Day in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Governor Fai’ivae Iuli Alex Godinet was re-elected for his fifth term as president of the Football Federation American Samoa Ordinary Congress 2024, held at the Pago Field Office.
The Congress was attended by the officers of the 11 Club Members of the FFAS and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former gridiron star Manase Jesse Sapolu says he is happy to see more Pacific Island players in the NFL.
There are now around 115 players in the competition, much more than the four actively playing when Sapolu was on the field for the San Francisco 49ers as an offensive...

![The three junior tennis players from American Samoa competing in the 2024 Annual Australian Junior Teams Championships in Gold Coast, Australia 21-30 June. (l-r) Hermann Thomsen, Aifili Tamasoaali’i and Joelei Ioane. [photo: Joe Leuila Ioane] Hermann Thomsen, Aifili Tamasoaali’i and Joelei Ioane.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/5062.jpg?itok=-FbNf4nI)
![Center forward Leone S. Pritchard has ensured a first victory for an American Samoa side in any Oceania Football Confederation competition since 2018, with her second half goal enough to secure a 1- 0 win over Papua New Guinea in the OFC Women’s U-16 Championship Qualifying opener in Auckland. [courtesy photo] American Samoa women](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/american_samoa_women.jpg?itok=rRPdEjSj)
![Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga gets the 2024 OTF Pacific Nations Cup Tournament underway with a spectacular ace after the opening ceremony yesterday morning. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga serves opening ball](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_serving_off_.jpg?itok=CiTAyeBS)
![The Iakopo clan flying the American Samoa flag high and proud at the ongoing Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji which ends on June 8th. (l-r) Stanley Iakopo and children Mametto and Filomenaleonisa. So far, they have bagged a gold and bronze for American Samoa. [courtesy photo] The Iakopo clan](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/5065.jpg?itok=893A2BQg)


![Heavy duty machinery belonging to the Hollister General Services Company leveling the terrain of the parcel of government land next to the Veterans Memorial Stadium, leased to the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS). It signals the beginning of the work on the much anticipated soccer facility, funded by FIFA. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] Heavy duty machinery leveling building site](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/2024.jpg?itok=_PP-gqta)
![Faapito has now homered on Samoan Heritage Day in back-to-back seasons, and her blast provided all the runs State (33-17, 12-12 SEC) would need. [Facebook photo] Faapito](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_matalasi_faapito_.png?itok=CCjL1uIL)
![The 2024 FFAS Executive Committee with re-elected for a fifth term, District Governor Fai’ivae Iuli Alex Godinet. The committee now includes newly elected members Ben Sauvao of Black Roses and Uikelotu Tua of Vaiala Tonga Clubs, and re-elected members Sandra Fruean of Pansa, Sen. Fano Mitch Shimasaki of Green Bay, Amio Mavaega-Luvu of Lion Heart and Silasila Samuelu of Pago Youth Clubs. [photo: FFAS-media] 2024 FFAS Executive Committee](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/2024_ffas_executive_committee.jpg?itok=845m_KBF)
![Manase Jesse Sapolu [photo: Facebook / Manase Jesse Sapolu] Manase Jesse Sapolu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/screenshot_2024-05-03_at_12.29.07_pm.png?itok=1_hizxQf)