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Governor Arnold I. Palacios poses for a photo with Team CNMI before they departed to Guam to compete in the 2025 Little League Asia Pacific/Middle East Senior Regional Tournament from June 10 to 15, 2025. Contributed photo TEAM CNMI was off to a rough start Tuesday in the 2025 Little League Asia Pa…

The NMI’s Sylvina Simram, along with 19 other youth leaders from 11 countries and jurisdictions, pose for a group photo during the 2025 Oceania Youth Leadership Program held from June 2 to 6 in Suva, Fiji. Contributed photo NORTHERN Mariana Islands Basketball Federation member Sylvina Simram …

THE CNMI Women’s Golf Association’s newest member, Youngmin Choi, topped CWGA’s first tournament of the 2025 season on May 10 at Laolao Bay Golf & Resort’s west course. Choi played like a veteran golfer, shooting a gross of 46 on the front nine. Her performance on the back nine solidified her p…

TEAM NMI clinched the bronze medal at the VICTOR Oceania Junior Team Championships 2025 with a 4-1 victory over perennial rival Guam at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium on Tuesday. The host team’s Dave Odicta and Shaina Malonzo outscored Guam’s Yu Xia and Offeia Yordy in two straight sets. The NMI duo …

Christina Tudela, the first-place winner in the bikini category of the 2025 Dee Clayton Classic & Northern Marianas Bodybuilding Federation competition, poses for a photo with Miss Northern Marianas Earth Heavenly Pangelinan and Latte Built’s Derek Cutting at the Taga Hall of Saipan World Resor…

The NMI’s Marlon Bautista reaches for the backhand return during a VICTOR Oceania Junior Team Championships match at the Ada gym. Photo by James F. Sablan Jr. THE NMI edged the Cook Islands, 3-2, on Sunday in the VICTOR Oceania Junior Team Championships 2025, but was swept by Australia, 5-0, …

Seven NMI athletes and two officials will participate in the athletics event in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau from July 4 to 9, 2025. NMSA photos (NMA) — The Northern Marianas Athletics is sending a lean team with good medal chances in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, which will be held in Palau…

EVAN Choi and Shawn Fleming were the overall winners in their respective categories at the 2025 Dee Clayton Classic & Northern Marianas Bodybuilding Federation competition, held Saturday at Taga Hall, Saipan World Resort. This year’s competitors proudly displayed the physiques they worked hard …

EUCON President Dr. Christian Wei with Daniel Xu, the director, coach, and professor of Golf Management. Xu’s mentor on the course is none other than Tiger Woods’ former coach. IN a time when economic diversity and innovation are essential for the future of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana …

(Gold’s Gym Saipan) — It was an afternoon to remember this past Saturday at the Gold’s Gym Saipan 2025 Challenge Awards Banquet, where members, friends, and fitness fans gathered to celebrate the incredible grit, gains, and goals crushed during the 12-week Challenge. And what a journey it was…