Culture and fireworks: Pacific Games 2023 Opening Ceremony has ...

20 Nov 2023
Pacific Games 2023

Pacific Beat, co-hosted by Agnes Tupou and Richard Ewart, are in Honiara for the Pacific Games

This is what was on the program today:

The 17th Pacific Games are officially underway in Solomon Islands following the Opening Ceremony in the new national stadium on Sunday night;

Tuvalu's men's soccer team were a no-show at the Pacific Games on Friday as their players hadn't made it to Solomon Islands in time and the game was forfeited;

Guam and Fiji have shown why they're favourites in the men's basketball at the Pacific Games after making an unbeaten start at the tournament, but Tonga is giving them a run for their money;

Packed crowds watched the opening matches of the indoor volleyball competition;

A Honiara view of the Pacific Games, as Solomon Islands hosts the Pacific Games for the first time in their home city by reporter Hugo Hodge.

And, even though the Honiara games have just started, speculation is already rife about which country will host the Pacific Games in 2031, after Tahiti has their turn in 2027.

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