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Fijiana falter, through to quarters

Fijiana falter, through to quarters

By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Fijiana 7s side lost to New Zealand in their final pool game for the Oceania Women’s Sevens Rugby Championship 7-19 at Churchill Park, Lautoka, today. However, they are through to the quarters tomorrow and face Samoa at 12.44pm. Ana Maria Roqica scored Fiji’s lone try in the final pool game, which [...]

Fijiana win second pool match

By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Fijiana women’s 7s team has won its second pool match at the Oceania 2013 Rugby World 7s qualifiers at Lautoka’s Churchill Park. The Elenoa Kunatuba-coached side beat Tonga 45-0 after earlier scoring seven tries to beat the Cook Islands 36-7. Fiji meets New Zealand in their final pool game at 4.30pm. [...]

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Fijiana maul Cooks 36-7

By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Elenoa Kunatuba-coached Fijiana 7s side is well on the way to realising its plan to take part at the Rugby World Cup 7s in Russia next year. This is after the team beat the Cook Islands 36-7 in their first game of the Oceania Women’s Sevens Rugby Championship at Churchill Park [...]

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Sukuna ready to battle

By ANASILINI RATUVA The Ratu Sukuna Memorial School Under-17 rugby team is ready to take on Queen Victoria School in the semifinal at Prince Charles Park tomorrow. Team captain Atonio Baleicolo will lead the side in their first ever Tier One semifinal and is confident of an upset over the Victorians. “I know it will [...]

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Appreciate our effort, Levaci tells Reddy By LOSIRENE CHAND Epeli Levaci wants new officials to run the Labasa Football Association. And the Labasa soccer coach is pleading with the Fiji Football Association to set up a date for election as soon as possible. He made the comment after Labasa Football interim president Bhim Raj Reddy [...]

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Nasinu regroups

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Nasinu regroups

By ANASILINI RATUVA Nasinu Secondary School has limited time to prepare for the Coke Zero Deans Under-18 rematch tomorrow. The side plays Lelean Memorial School at 2.50pm at Prince Charles Park. Team manager Eremasi Lesu said after losing out in the quarterfinal against LMS, the team had to regroup quickly after they won the protest. [...]

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12-month jail term for Qarase

By JYOTI PRATIBHA Former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has been sentenced to a year in jail. High Court judge Justice Priyantha Fernando imposed the jail term before midday today. For the charges of abuse of office, Justice Fernando imposed a 12-month jail term and for the charges of discharge of duty, he imposed a six-month [...]

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Fijiana firm

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Fijiana firm

By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Fijiana team will treat every game as a final when they meet their island neighbours in the Oceania Women’s Sevens Championship in Lautoka today at Churchill Park. Alongside Tonga and the Cook Islands, the Fijiana squad is slotted into Pool B with heavyweight and Rugby World Cup runner-up New Zealand, one [...]

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Registrations pass 320,000

By Arishma Devi Current voter electronic registrations (EVR) now stand at 327,370. This was confirmed by the Elections Office yesterday, and all voter registration centers (VRCs) including the total registered on Wednesday of 12,999. Numbers broken down by division [X/Y]* : Central – [3935 /130,245] Western – [7939 /119,237] Northern – [838 /62,853] Eastern – [...]

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Security ALERT

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More Police presence today at Qarase’s sentencing By SITERI SAUVAKACOLO The Police Force is ready to provide extra security today during the sentencing of former prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, at the High Court in Suva. Director operations, Senior Superintendent of Police Rusiate Tudravu said they were mindful of the fact that the public were law-abiding [...]

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