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Community leisure and sports for all and Cancer Concern Association (CCA)

To commemorate World Cancer Day celebrated internationally on February 4 every year the community leisure and sports for all unit within the National Sports Council in collaboration with the Cancer Concern Association will be hosting a fun run on Saturday at the Roche Caïman fitness trail.   For this year,

Football: SFF Beach soccer league

Undefeated Real Maldives lead standings with maximum points With the first leg of competition almost over, unbeaten Real Maldives who are also the defending champions, are sitting on top of the table in the Seychelles Football Federation beach soccer league, having collected maximum 30 points from 10 wins in as

Basketball: 11th Indian Ocean Island Games 2023 – Madagascar

Doubles winners Michel Malbrook and Lennon Shurman will lead Seychelles’ selections at 11th Games     After their outstanding performances last season where they achieved the doubles with their teams, coaches Michel Malbrook and Lennon Shurman have been chosen to guide the men’s and women’s national selections at the 11th

Football George Bibi retires, Denis Rose appointed new SFF chief executive

Former principal secretary for sports, Denis Rose, has been appointed the new chief executive of the Seychelles Football Federation.   The announcement was made following the retirement of George Bibi who has occupied this post for the past six years.   Mr Rose’s appointment takes effect on February 1, 2023.

Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) Cup

Big guns St Louis, Foresters progress to the next stage     Big guns St Louis and Foresters have progressed to the second round of the Seychelles Football Federation Cup by eliminating two powerhouses in local football ‒ St Michel and Côte d’Or ‒ on identical scores of 2-1.  

Donations of sports equipment under the Sports Trust Fund

Fitness and sporting clubs benefit     Nine fitness instructors and eight beneficiaries of the Sports Trust Fund for 2022 received sports equipment of their choice, during a short ceremony at the Family House, Bel Eau last Thursday afternoon.   The event hosted by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and

Rugby Union holds second annual general meeting

The meeting in progress   The second annual general meeting of the Seychelles Rugby Union (‘the Union’) took place recently at the Boardwalk, Eden Island and was opened by the chair, Luke Fonseka.   Mr Fonseka welcomed the participants to the meeting. He then thanked the National Sports Council (NSC)

Football: Total Energies Under-20 Afcon ‒ preparations of officials

Assistant referee Padayachy out to win a spot in final group     Young Seychellois Shaji Padayachy is among the 23 assistant referees who have made it to the pre-selection list for the forthcoming TotalEnergies Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations 2023 finals to be played in Egypt.   In total,

Football La Passe biggest winners in National Champions League

La Passe are the biggest winners so far in the National Champions League which started last week after the completion of the first round followed by a three-week break.La Digue-based La Passe beat Defence Forces 3-1 in their first match last Saturday a…

Spar Seychelles supports Seychelles youth rugby

On Wednesday afternoon, the Seychelles youth rugby team received training shirts that were presented to them by Spar Eden Island.Jade Suleman, part of the leadership team at Spar Eden Island, said: “Spar Eden Island fully supports the growth of youth r…