By ANASILINI ATUVA Fiji won the first game in the LICI Fiji-Singapore test series defeating Singapore 66-23 at the Vodafone Arena last night. The first quarter was equally contested but the Singapore shooters flunked their opportunities earlier on. And this allowed the Fijians to capitalise and build on the momentum denying the visitors and keeping [...]
By MERE NALEBA Since the announcement of the Play Fair Brazil Soccer tour to Fiji this week, there is quite a buzz and anticipation amongst the soccer loving public for some high quality and worldclass soccer. For the first time, a Brazilian side of some sort will be playing on our turf. Vodafone has come [...]
Continue reading …By ANASILINI RATUVA The Singapore national netball team knows there is a lot of work to be done in their second game against Fiji today. The two teams meet again in the LICI Fiji-Singapore test series at 4pm today at the Vodafone Arena. Assistant coach Yeo Mee Hong said their game plan did not work [...]
Continue reading …By MERE NALEBA The Tebara Bus Tailevu rugby team put on a stellar performance recording a 24 – 3 win against Rewa in the eighth round of the Digicel Cup competition at Ratu Cakobau Park in Nausori last night. Although Rewa chased a 5-3 lead halftime, three tries in the second half resulted in a [...]
Continue reading …Source: Denarau Game & Sports Fishing Club The 2012 Fiji Islands Classic Game Fishing Tournament will be held on July13-15 at Port Denarau in Nadi. The tournament is been organised by the Denarau Game & Sports Fishing Club, and offers offshore sport fishers a chance to experience the rush of screaming reels and bent [...]
Continue reading …Source: Fiji Outrigger Close to 360 paddlers will take to the water today as the first of two Connect Unifi Fiji Outrigger Business-house Regatta start off Laucala Bay. With 36 teams competing, this year promises to be biggest and best business-house competition ever! This year’s event has a wide cross section of business houses and [...]
Continue reading …By MERE NALEBA The Fiji Boxing Commission yesterday announced the dissolution of the Boxing Fiji Association (BFA), the body which runs amateur boxing in the country. This is after the association failed to meet certain regulations in the Fiji Boxing Commission constitution. In 2008, Government had asked that the BFA to be abolished. The previous [...]
Continue reading …Apia: Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele has launched an astonishing attack on the officials who controlled Scotland’s Test match against his country last month. He called them “idiots” and claimed during a broadcast on Samoa’s state-run radio that they had “an attitude of racial discrimination”. The weekly Samoa News, based in Pagopago, said Tuilaepa’s anger [...]
Continue reading …Source: Planet Rugby London: Aviva Premiership heavyweights Leicester Tigers have confirmed the arrival of six new players in preparation for the 2012/13 campaign. While the acquisitions of former London Irish duo Dan Bowden and Adam Thompstone, and former Worcester Warriors wing Miles Benjamin have long been public knowledge, the nine-time Premiership champions have also confirmed [...]
Continue reading …By ANASILINI RATUVA Ratu Sukuna Memorial School aims to win the Southern Zone rugby semifinal at Suva Grammar School grounds today. The Under-16 will play against Marist and the U17 meets John Wesley College. The U17 team defeated Nasinu 12-9 in the quarterfinal in sudden death. Team manager Ralifo Nasario said the U17 team has [...]
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