At just 19 years old, Bauro Martin Jr has become one of the most remarkable stories of the 2026 FMF Inter-District Championship. The Kiribati forward has scored five goals in three matches, helping his country secure its first recorded senior football victory and reach the Premier Division final in its debut appearance at the traditionalContinue reading “From Butaritari to IDC history: meet Bauro Martin Jr, Kiribati’s 19-year-old goalscoring sensation”
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A win 47 years in the making: Kiribati thrash Nadroga 6-0 at Fiji’s IDC to claim first-ever senior national team victory
Kiribati have finally won a football match. Forty-seven years after the country first appeared in senior international football, the Kiribati national team produced a result that will have a permanent place in its history, demolishing Alfraaz Security Nadroga FC 6-0 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva and booking a place in the semi-finals ofContinue reading “A win 47 years in the making: Kiribati thrash Nadroga 6-0 at Fiji’s IDC to claim first-ever senior national team victory”
