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TEAM NMI middle-distance runner Addalee Taflinger placed sixth in the women’s U18 1500m at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships on Tuesday afternoon at Arafura Stadium in Darwin, Australia. Competing in Heat 1, the 16-year-old clocked 5:28.32 in her second event of the championships. The tactic…

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Saipan, New Generations Day is an annual tradition highlighting the club’s youth-oriented branches — the high-school-based Interact Club and the young-adult-focused Rotaract Club.

THE global footprint of Saipan’s homegrown sport, Rocball, is about to get significantly larger.

TEAM NMI kicked off its campaign on Monday, the opening day of the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships at Arafura Stadium in Darwin, Australia, highlighted by a strong field performance from veteran thrower Maria Maelaine I. Quitugua and an international debut by middle-distance runner Addalee Taf…

THE NMI athletics team kicks off its campaign at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships today, Monday, at Arafura Stadium in Darwin, Australia, with two local standout athletes scheduled to make their highly anticipated debuts on opening day. Middle-distance runner Addalee Taflinger will be the f…

THE Capital Hill pickleball courts came alive Saturday morning as the Rotary Club of Saipan hosted its annual Rotary New Generations Day Pickleball Tournament, bringing together community members, Interactors and Rotaractors for a morning of fellowship, sport and much-needed relaxation. Organized i…

THE NMI Swimming Team made a thunderous statement at the 14th Oceania Swimming Championships, which concluded Wednesday in Suva, Fiji, rewriting the record books with a series of historic performances and medal finishes.

IN the wake of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the NMI has found a new symbol of resilience in brother-and-sister track duo Landen Taflinger and Addalee Taflinger.

THE Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Team shattered NMI records and secured a historic gold medal at the 14th Oceania Swimming Championships in Suva, Fiji, over the weekend.

FOR most people, a trip to Tokyo, Las Vegas, or the French Riviera is the vacation of a lifetime. For Joshua Santos, these iconic cities are merely the backdrop for some of the most intense mental and physical tests of his life.