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New champion to be crowned at the Fiji Bitter Nawaka 7's

A new champion will be crowned at the Fiji Bitter Nawaka 7s tournament after defending champions Police National lost 7-14 to Army Green in the last hour. Army Green which has the services of players like Juita Tak

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Hurricanes aim to shut down the Waratahs

The Hurricanes will look to raise the defensive bar even further against Super Rugby's defending champion Waratahs today. Lock Jeremy Thrush's 100th match will serve as a motivating factor, but a more measu

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Ba not taking AS Pirae lightly

The Ba Football team will not take AS Pirae lightly in the final group match of the Fiji Airways OFC Champions League tonight. AS Pirae bundled out of the competition as the team has only one point. Ba coach,

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Police on track to retain title

Defending champions of the Fiji Bitter Nawaka 7s tournament Police National is on track to defend their title after qualifying for the quarterfinals this morning. Police beat Natabua 17-14 to keep their title

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Team Wellington through to OFC Champions League semifinals

Newcomers Team Wellington is the first side that has qualified for the Fiji Airways OFC Champions League semi‑finals after winning their third Group match against Tafea FC by 3-2 at the ANZ Stadium last night.&nbsp

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Digicel/Punjas Fiji defeats PNG

The Digicel/Punjas Fiji Netball defeated PNG 57-39 in their International Series match last night at the Vodafone Arena.  The series which features Fiji, PNG and Singapore has being eyed as the build up f

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Chiefs beat Crusaders

The Chiefs handed the Crusaders their second consecutive defeat at home beating them 26‑9 in Christchurch last night. It was a messy start by both sides, however it was the Chiefs that attempted to make the most

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Slight decrease in number of athletes in Coca Cola Games

There will be a slight decrease in the number of athletes and participating schools in next week's Coca Cola Games. Head Organiser, Vuli Waqa said 2400 athletes and 123 schools have so far confirmed their parti

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Tokatoka Westfield Babas team to beat in Nawaka 7s

Tokatoka Westfield Babas is the team to beat in the Fiji Bitter Nawaka 7's which is underway at Prince Charles Park. Laced with top players like Vatemo Ravovou, Josaia Wini and Samu Saqiwa, Tokatoka defeated PW

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Dausoko will be an athlete to look out for

After breaking Iliesa Keresoni's long jump record in 2013, Natabua High School's senior boy's long jumper Waisale Dausoko will be an athlete to look out for in the Coca Cola Games next week. Dausok

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Team Wellington may recruit some Fijian players in future

Team Wellington coach, Matt Calcott said they may recruit some Fijian soccer players in future as he is impressed with a number of Ba and Suva players. The New Zealand based team who have a good chance of qualifyin

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Ba expected to play Team Wellington in semis

Barring any upsets, the Ba soccer team is expected to play Team Wellington in the semi-finals of the Fiji Airways OFC Champions League. The Men in Black have registered wins in its last two matches in Group A and a

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Fiji netball team ready for PNG

The Digicel/Punjas Fiji netball team is ready to take on Papua New Guinea One in the grand opening of the Digicel/Punjas International Netball Series tomorrow. Fiji Netball coach Kate Carpenter said they have prepa

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Sili the lone SGS athlete in the Senior Boys Division

For the first time ever, Suva Grammar School will have only one athlete in the Senior Boys Division in the Coca Cola Games. Athletics team manager, Isikeli Senibulu said that the lone athlete is the long distance r

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Former boxing champion Pauliasi Ratu to coach Fiji Boxing

Former boxing champion Pauliasi Ratu has been selected to coach the Fiji boxing team to the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea. Boxing Fiji's secretary Asinate Nanovo said that Ratu was endorsed by AIB

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Ba keeping their feet on the ground in spite of wins

Ba soccer coach, Shalen Lal said the team is not riding high despite winning two group matches of the Fiji Airways OFC Champions League. Lal said the players know that they have not qualified for the semifinals of

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Chiefs name team to face Crusaders

Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has made five changes to the side that beat the Blues for this week’s match against the Crusaders tomorrow in Christchurch. Changes to this week’s starting line-up will see Nana

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