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The Marshall Islands finally make their soccer debut: ‘Such a statement for our tiny island’
The Guardian
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August 18, 2025
It was not the typical reaction to a national team going down 4-0. But, of course, this was not a typical national team match. After the Marshall Islands conceded a fourth goal to the US Virgin Islands, the crowd came to its feet, some waving...
Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international soccer match
The Jakarta Post
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he Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international soccer on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the US Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world's newest national team. The remote...
Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international football match
The Straits Times
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August 15, 2025
The Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international football on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the U.S. Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world's newest national team. The remote...
Marshall Islands plays its first international soccer match in Springdale
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 15, 2025
SPRINGDALE -- The Marshall Islands played in its first 11-per-side soccer match Thursday night, losing to the U.S. Virgin Islands 4-0 at Springdale High School's Bulldog Stadium. It was a historic occasion. The Republic of the Marshall Islands is...
Marshall Islands soccer team makes historic debut in Springdale
KUAF - Arkansas
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History was made in Springdale as the Marshall Islands men’s national soccer team took the pitch for their first-ever international match at Gerald Williams Bulldog Stadium. The team, representing the last nation in the world without an official...
Connections: Marshall Islands Team To Make Global Debut
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal
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August 16, 2025
The Marshall Islands, which was the only United Nations-recognized country without a national soccer team, will debut its men’s team at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup, hosted from Aug. 11-17 at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium in Springdale. The...
Marshall Islands soccer team made historic international debut in Springdale
KFSM - Arkansas
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August 15, 2025
The Marshall Islands became the last nation to complete their national soccer team and competed in their first ever match Thursday evening. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — For the first time in the nation’s history, the Marshall Islands will have its own...
Soccer-Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international football match
The Malaysian Star
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August 15, 2025
(Reuters) -The Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international football on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the U.S. Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world's newest national team....
Meet the Fijian female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 15, 2025
Thirty years ago, the presence of a female worker in the power plants in the Marshall Islands wasn't just unusual; it rarely occurred. Fast-forward to 2025, and five women engineers from Fiji are working for the Marshall Islands Energy Company in...
International Maritime Organization’s Zero Net Framework
Global Trade - Texas
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August 15, 2025
Introduction On 11 April 2025, the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) approved draft amendments to Annex VI (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (“MARPOL”). A...
Islands play first international match
Taipei Times
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August 16, 2025
The Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international soccer on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the US Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world’s newest national team. The remote...
PICRC celebrates its Outreach Director’s completion of Prestigious ELDProgram
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) is proud to announce that its Outreach Director, Ms. Adeeshia Imaderang Tellei—widely known as Imade—has successfully completed the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) as a member of...
Outrigger Cup Challenge kicks off in Springdale; Marshall Islands soccer team to make its debut Thursday
KFSM - Arkansas
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The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation is set to play its first international match at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup in Springdale. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The world’s newest national soccer team is hours away from making history. The Marshall...
The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international soccer match
The Irish News
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Marshall Islands assistant manager Justin Walley admits the actuality of kicking off the country’s first ever international football match still feels like a dream. The Marshall Islands have long claimed to be “the last nation on earth without a...
The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international football match
Express & Star
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August 13, 2025
Marshall Islands assistant manager Justin Walley admits the actuality of kicking off the country’s first ever international football match still feels like a dream. The Marshall Islands have long claimed to be “the last nation on earth without a...
Meet the Fiji female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands
RNZ
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August 12, 2025
By Eve Burns, of the Marshall Islands Journal Engineers from Fiji working for the Marshalls Energy Company in Majuro, from left; Vasiti Qolikoro, Lucy Tifere, Shannon Prakash, Alexandra Lutuni and Cheryl Shirley Photo: Eve Burns Thirty years ago,...
Youth ambassadors to visit Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam
Taipei Times
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August 11, 2025
A group of 40 Taiwanese students aged 18 to 35 is to visit the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Guam later this month, as part of an annual government-funded youth ambassadorship program, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said today. Department...
40 Taiwanese youth ambassadors to visit Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam
Focus Taiwan
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August 12, 2025
Taipei, Aug. 12 (CNA) A group of 40 Taiwanese students aged 18 to 35 will visit the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Guam later this month, as part of an annual government-funded youth ambassadorship program, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)...
PM Rabuka to skip Pacific Foreign Ministers meet today
The Fiji Times
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August 13, 2025
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka will not attend todays Pacific Foreign Ministers meeting in Suva. The Pacific Islands Forum has confirmed Fiji will be represented by Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Special Envoy of the...
New Marshall Islands soccer team to debut in Springdale
KFSM - Arkansas
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The Marshall Islands' national soccer team will take to the field for the first time at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup in Springdale this August. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The world's newest national soccer team will make its debut in Springdale this...