Minister for Youth and Sports, Laisenia Tuitubou confirmed that they have received a lot of submissions from various sporting bodies and is happy with the approach of assisting the teams that are participating in the Olympic Games in Rio next year.
Tuitubou said his ministry has received submissions from various sports bodies and FASANOC.
Tuitubou added that the tax rebates are on offer for corporate sponsors and they hope that this would ease the burden on many sports.
Fiji's best chance of an Olympic Gold Medal lies with the Vodafone Fiji 7s team and coach Ben Ryan has requested for $3 million to help prepare his side through the Fiji Rugby Union submission.
The Fijiana looks strong to qualify within three weeks-time.
If they do, they would be looking for at least $1.5 million for their preparation.
They will be playing in the Oceania 7s qualifiers on November 14th and 15th which is after the budget announcement.
FRU CEO Radrodro Tabualevu has already mentioned that the Fijiana would be assisted in all ways possible.
In soccer, Fiji Football Association CEO Bob Kumar said that they are requesting for $2.1 million to prepare and take the soccer team to the Olympics.
FASANOC has also asked for $2 million as well and their submission includes the minor sports which could qualify.
Athletics and swimming would be taking two athletes each while Pacific Games Gold Medalist in Shooting, Glen Kable is also looking to qualify.
Judoka Josateki Naulu is competing in various circuits in Japan and is also aiming to qualify for the Olympics.
Weightlifters have a chance when they host the Oceania Weightlifting in Suva in May next year.
This year, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was allocated $16.7 million.
The National Budget will be delivered by Finance Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum next Friday.
