Sports Minister says PNG will produce world champions within the next decade

The Minister for Sport in Papua New Guinea, Justin Tkatchenko, is predicting that PNG will produce world champion athletes within the next decade, on the back of the government's huge investment in the Pacific Games.

He has also given an assurance that the successful High Performance Centre set up for the Games. Something which PNG has never had before, is here to stay.

And with the Games' opening ceremony less than four weeks away now, Mr Tkatchenko says he has no doubt that PNG will deliver.