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Fiji to meet Japan in medal semifinal of Rio Olympics

The Fiji 7s team is through to the Rio Olympics Medal Semi Final after beating New Zealand in a nail-biting quarter final by 12-7 in the last hour. Fijians are celebrating everywhere in the world after this crucial

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Fiji to meet NZ in the Medal Quarterfinals

The Fiji Men’s 7s team will meet New Zealand in the Olympic 7s Medal quarterfinals this hour. Fiji beat USA 24‑19 in their last pool match this morning to end America’s hope of staying in contentio

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Fiji 7s team aiming to beat USA

After recording two wins on Day 1 of the Rio Olympics men's 7s competition, Fiji is now on a mission to beat USA in it's final pool match tomorrow morning to top their pool and meet the lowest quarter final qual

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Fiji men's 7s team qualifies for Medal Quarter Final

The Fiji men’s 7s team is through to the Medal Quarter Final of the Rio Olympics 7s competition after beating Argentina 21-14 in their second pool match. Argentina pressured Fiji throughout the match however

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Fiji 7s team thrashes Brazil in first pool match

The Fiji 7s team thrashed Brazil 40-12 in their first pool match of the Men's Olympic 7s tournament in Rio. Fiji led 7-5 in the first half with the host drawing first blood before Veremalua scored Fiji's fi

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Fiji 7s team gets ready for first pool match

Our Fiji 7s warriors are now just hours away from starting their final phase to win Fiji’s first ever gold medal in the Olympics. Fiji captain, Osea Kolinisau says the team knows that there is a lot of pressu

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Fijiana finishes in 8th place after losing to Spain

The Fijiana 7s team has finished in eighth place in the Women's Olympics Sevens tournament in Rio after losing to Spain 21-0 in the 7th place play-off in the last hour. Spain controlled the game in both halves

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Ryan knows they have to deliver outstanding performances

As the Fiji 7s men’s team gets ready for the Olympic 7s competition to kick off on Wednesday morning, coach Ben Ryan and the team know that they need to deliver outstanding performances to create history in Rio.

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Concerns raised about delayed coverage of Women's 7s

Fiji Television Limited is confident that they will have live coverage of the men’s 7s Rio Olympics competition. Concerns have been raised that all the women’s 7s matches were delayed on the free to air

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Fiji women’s 7s team through to the medal quarterfinals

The Fiji women’s 7s team has kept its medal chances alive and is through to the medal quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics women’s 7s competition. They thrashed Colombia 36‑0 in their final pool match ea

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Fiji 7s team proud to carry expectations of all Fijians

The Team Fiji Men’s 7s team is proud to carry the expectations of all Fijians at the Rio Olympic Games 2016. Captain Osea Kolinisau told ABC Radio that it is inspiring to feel the pressure of an entire nation

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Fijiana thrashed by Australia in Rio

The Fiji women’s 7s team will need to beat Colombia in their final pool match of the Rio Olympics women’s 7s competition to seal a spot in the quarterfinals. Fiji will face Colombia in their final pool

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Fiji women’s 7s team win first match against USA

The Fiji women’s 7s team has made a winning start at the 2016 Rio Olympics women’s sevens competition beating United States of America 12‑7 early this morning. Fiji scored two tries in the match th

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Nadroga beat Suva to win Skipper Cup title

BLK Nadroga is once again the champion of the 2016 Skipper Cup competition after a hard fought 17-12 win over RC Manubhai Suva at the ANZ Stadium. Fullback Apisalome Waqatabu kicked four conversions in the match wh

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Team Fiji highly acknowledged at Rio Opening Ceremony

It was truly a historic moment when Fiji’s largest ever contingent to an Olympic Games marched through Maracanã stadium this afternoon at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. As the Team Fiji

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Rabuka is the biggest oppressor of Fiji - PM

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Sitiveni Rabuka is the biggest oppressor as thousands of people left Fiji after the 1987 coups. Bainimarama has made this statement after Rabuka said that he is trying to free

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ESPN rates Fiji 7s team as the favorites

As the Fiji 7s men’s team arrived in Rio today, sports channel ESPN has rated Fiji as the favorites in next week’s Rio Olympics 7s competition and the Fijiana have also been rated as a major threat. ESP

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Fiji hammered 8-0 by Korea Republic

Team Fiji men’s soccer side was hammered 8-0 by Korea Republic in their first ever game at the Summer Olympics.  Fiji played well in the first half as the score line stood at 1-0 at half time, however it

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