Start your Independent Premium ... Rugby League Commission on a new programme to increase participation in the sport at all levels across Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today ... paid for by those who can afford it. Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today ... A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League from 2028 after officially being granted a license.

Start your Independent Premium ... leave shops with looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby on 10 January 2024. Following the riots, Papua New Guinea revealed that China had proposed ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister pledged on Tuesday to crack down on lawlessness in the country's troubled highlands, saying ...

The "soft power" aspect to this sports diplomacy initiative has never been a secret. But in the game of regional politics, ...