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NMI’s Isaiah Aleksenko won the gold medal in the Men’s 50-Meter Backstroke event at the 14th Oceania Swimming Championship in Fiji. More details to follow.

(NMIFA) — In celebration of AFC Grassroots Football Day and National Prevention Week, the NMI Football Association, in partnership with the Tan Siu Lin Foundation and Saipan Soccer School After School Program and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation-Community Guidance Center, is hosting the Play…

WHILE Saipan continues to recover from the destruction left by Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the NMI National Swimming Team remains fueled by resilience and ambition as it competes in the 14th Oceania Swimming Championships, set for May 8–13 in Suva, Fiji, with hopes of returning with hardware against 161…

RUN Saipan’s community spirit remains strong amid recovery efforts, as its president, Edward Dela Cruz Jr., and a small group of runners hosted on Monday morning an unsanctioned group run with no timing and no formal setup — just plain running.

THE road to the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, Australia has not just been measured in meters and seconds for Team NMI — it has been measured in resilience.

FOR many athletes, the weight of the bar is the heaviest burden on the platform. But for the NMI’s very own Aiden Gimed, the greatest challenge was not the physical 112kg load — it was the mental battle within.

IN a display of community resilience and a nod to a galaxy far, far away, Run Saipan held its 6th Annual Star Wars Run: May the 4th Be With You group run on Monday morning at the Garapan Fishing Base.

THE CNMI continues to make international waves as Leowell Cristobal earned two separate medals — a bronze in the clean and jerk at the 2026 IWF Universal Cup and a silver medal at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships — in the highly competitive 65 kg weight class on Tuesday in Apia, Samoa.

WHAT began six years ago in Saipan on a single makeshift court in a dental office parking lot has officially reached the world stage. The Pickleball Federation of the Northern Mariana Islands has received an official invitation to compete in the 2026 Pickleball World Cup, set to take place in Da Na…

THE resilience of the Northern Mariana Islands continues to shine despite the aftermath of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, as Northern Marianas Athletics has announced its selection of athletes for Team NMI, which will compete in the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, Australia, from May 18 to …