Floyd Robinson Suva The cover page of the Fiji Sun (16/06/13) says it all, history in the making. Who would have thought, back 20 years ago that females would be in charge of competitive soccer matches, in a sport dominated by males. Good on you referee, Finau Vulivuli, for not hesitating to dish out the [...]
Continue reading …Tomasi Boginiso Nasinu This should be another for the Boys in Black . With an unbeaten run in the qualifying rounds of the OFC and the National League and the introduction of the 90 minutes, all looks good. They are the only team to have benched players with quality as good as the first lineup. [...]
Continue reading …Allen Lockington Mulomulo 13 cards were flashed in the first game of the Fiji FACT soccer tournament. Fiji Football Association director Paresh Kishore is quoted as saying that players should understand the rules of modern soccer in national tournaments. Then Navua coach Saiyad Ali, said that the inconsistent decisions by the referee had caused players [...]
Continue reading …Sukha Singh Labasa What really is the ‘Fiji FACT’? One fact is that Fiji Football does not know that they have killed club soccer in most districts. Labasa is such a big district but are still crying for five players who left them to play somewhere else a few years ago.
Continue reading …Ashneel Prasad Auckland, New Zealand Leaving all the current topics behind, I am putting on my blue shirt this weekend and coming to Fiji. I’m vouching for Lautoka to win the Fiji FACT. It’s been ages since Lautoka won a major title. I think the last one was way back in 2009. Even though I [...]
Continue reading …Misiada Sila Toga, Rewa It is quite confusing to distinguish the one dollar coin from the two dollar coin because they are of the same size. In my lifetime, the big change happened on January 15, 1969. Before that date the coins were different from each other. That was the two shillings coin with the [...]
Continue reading …Tomasi Boginiso Nasinu The Fiji Rugby Union centennial match between the Flying Fijians and the Classic All Blacks was a fitting occasion to mark 100 years of rugby in Fiji. The display by the Classic ABs was awesome. We were able to see some of rugby’s greats like Justin Marshall, Joe Rokocoko, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Jerry [...]
Continue reading …Allen Lockington Mulomulo A friend went on a cruise to the Mamanuca islands. He said he was amazed with the number of tourists who were on board the cruise. On the island the Fijian farewell song was sung when one lot landed on the island and a welcome song was sung 30 minutes later. And [...]
Continue reading …Samu Railoa Nadi On one of her arduous voyages from Rotuma to Suva last week, and just two hours before port, an extra passenger was announced on board MV Lady Sandy when mother, Akanisi Lusi gave birth to a sweet baby girl. Akanisi’s feat is a wondrous example of the women of this world who [...]
Continue reading …Savenaca Vakaliwaliwa Nasinu The other day, I thanked the Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) for erecting new power lines to move the old ones out of the newly widened Nadera to Vivrass Road. On Friday morning, as I was about to begin work using my home computer, the power went off and it was out for [...]
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