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Learn from Fiji: Rikis. By ANASILINI RATUVA Papua New Guinea captain Lua Rikis says Pacific Island teams will need to learn from Fiji. This was after the Fijians defended the LICI 2012 Pacific Netball Series at the Vodafone Arena yesterday. Fiji beat Cook Islands 66-33 to remain undefeated in the three-day tourney. “Fiji have the [...]

By ANASILINI RATUVA Samoa netball coach Marcia Hardcastle said the 2012 LICI Pacific Netball Series was a new building ground for her team. “From day one we did not underestimate any teams,”she said. “I just reminded the girls to give their best performance and even though we failed to meet our target, we are satisfied [...]

By ANASILINI RATUVA Fiji defended the 2012 LICI Pacific Netball Series after defeating Cook Islands 66-33 at the Vodafone Arena yesterday. The Fijians dominated and delighted the home crowd with their performance. Tough Vaiti Waqatabu controlled well from the centre with the assistance from Ra native Alesi Raibevu in wing attack feeding quick balls to [...]

By ANASILINI RATUVA The Samoa netball team defeated Papua New Guinea Pepes 66-48 in the last day of the 2012 LICI Pacific Netball Series at the Vodafone Arena yesterday. The first two quarters saw the two teams tight on defence and attacking line. But they were continuously penalised by head umpire for committing basic errors. [...]

By MERE NALEBA The Lautoka local league games have been cancelled due to differences between the referees and a club affiliated to the Lautoka Football Association. SUNSports understands that a personal dispute between the president of the Yalandi Football Club and the president of the Lautoka Referees Association has seen Lautoka referees withdrawing from officiating [...]

By MERE NALEBA Methodist Church minister Reverend Emmanuel Reuben is now a new Fiji National Rugby League board member. Reverend Reuben said last night he has beeen involved with the sport for a number of years. “I’ve been with the Saru Dragons all these years,” he said. Reverend Reuben was also instrumental in the formation [...]

By LITIA MATHEWSELL Nadi beat all odds to trounce Lautoka 2-0 and clamber to the top of the Fiji Sun/GP Batteries National Football League standing at Prince Charles Park last night. A packed stadium witnessed an incredible display of skill from the Nadi team, who were forced to go a man down after Ratu Veresa [...]

Source: Fiji Police Force ‘If rugby is a game angels play in heaven, then they must be playing it the way Fijians do’ so wrote a rugby writer after Fiji’s famous victory in Hong Kong in 1990. Fijians are well known for their rugby prowess and rugby is the national sport here in Fiji. Combating [...]

Source: FPCL The Lelean Memorial School Under-19 soccer team has received soccer jerseys from Finance Pacific Corporation Limited. Chief executive officer Arveen Anand said coaches, schools and other such institutions implement very intense soccer programmes and are evidently very committed to the sport of soccer,”Anand said. “They understand players’ needs and what it takes to [...]