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Men in Black depart for OFC semis in NZ

The Ba soccer team left our shores this morning for New Zealand to play in the 1st leg semifinal of the OFC Champions League. So far the Men in Black are the only unbeaten side in the competition. The Ba and Auc

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Blues/Chiefs continue winning ways

The Blues and the Chiefs have reaffirmed their status as the two leading teams in the New Zealand Super Rugby conference with narrow wins. The Chiefs beat the Rebels 39-33 last night. Gareth Anscombe scored a ha

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Nadi and Suva aim to keep unbeaten streak

Nadi and Suva will be looking to continue their unbeaten run in the 4th round of the Digicel Cup competition today. Suva will host Ovalau at 3pm at Albert Park while Nadi will play Northland at Prince Charles Park.

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Cakau applauds successful season

Despite having their ups and downs in the current IRB 7s series, Digicel Fiji 7s captain, Setefano Cakau said they had a successful season. Cakau added they have been in good form in most tournaments and have also d

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Auckland City rest easy with Tiwa’s absence

The Auckland City soccer team is a bit relieved that stylish midfielder Malakai Tiwa will not play against them in the OFC Champions league semi-final on Sunday. Speaking to Legend FM Sports from Auckland, coach, Ra

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Savea back in starting lineup

Hurricanes wing Julian Savea is back in the starting lineup for this weekend’s Super rugby showdown against the Bulls in Pretoria. Savea missed last week’s match against the Stormers after standing down

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Auckland City wary of Ba striker

Auckland City soccer team coach said his defenders need to keep a close eye on Ba striker Sanni Issa who has been scoring in all games. Speaking to Fijivillage from Auckland, Ramon Tribulietx said they will do every

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Battle for 2nd place heats up in IRB 7s series

The battle for second place is heating up with just two rounds remaining in the IRB 7's series. With New Zealand the favourites to collect their 11th World Series in Scotland, South Africa currently sit second w

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ABs to begin RWC defense against Argentina

The All Blacks will begin the defense of their 2015 Rugby World Cup title at Wembley Stadium with a game against Argentina. They play on September 21st, two days after hosts England open the tournament against an Oc

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Ragamate expected at playmakers position

After missing the last leg of the IRB 7's series, Joji Ragamate is expected to return to his play maker's position for tomorrow's first pool match against Spain in the Scotland 7's. Sakiusa Gavidi who st

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ACS still has what it takes-Tuicakau

Former Adi Cakobau School athletics coach Komera Tuicakau believes that ACS still has what it takes to successfully defend their Coca Cola Games title. Speaking to Fijivillage Tuicakau said with the right training and c

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Auckland City looks to home support against Ba

The Auckland City soccer team is doing its best to make sure that they have good home crowd support when they take on Ba this Sunday in the Oceania Football Confederation Champions League first leg semi finals in Aucklan

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Stormers captain labels Blues match as a big game

Stormers Captain Jean De Villiers has labelled his team's clash with the Blues as the big game of the year and praised the character and defence that has emerged under new Blues coach Sir John Kirwan. Both teams are

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Fiji Bitter Marist 7s launched today

The tournament that started with six cartons of beer as the first prize has now become an attractive tournament with major changes also to its format. At the launch of the Fiji Bitter Marist 7s today, President of t

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New stars expected in Coke Games

New stars are expected to come out of the Coca Cola Games as a number of renowned names are not part of this year’s games. This year’s games will see the absence of many of the star athletes like Banuve Taba

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All Blacks determined to end season on a high

The All Blacks sevens team is determined to end the season on a high and are looking for top performances which will hopefully seal the IRB World Series for them. A win for the All Blacks 7's team this weekend will

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Dagg dropped to bench

The Crusaders have dropped All Blacks fullback Israel Dagg for the match against Super Rugby leaders the Brumbies. Tom Taylor, who scored 20 points in kicking seven from eight kicks at goal against the Rebels, has

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Kahui out indefinitely

All Blacks and Chiefs back Richard Kahui will be out of action for an undetermined amount of time, after he injured his shoulder during a training session yesterday.   The injury was sustained during training whe

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Stiffest Coca Cola Games this year-organisers

The man behind the Coca Cola Games for the last 30 years said we are lining up for one of the stiffest challenges ever in the history of the secondary schools athletics meet. Chief Organiser, Vuli Waqa who has been orga

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Fiji 7s coach works on players’ slow start

Digicel Fiji 7s coach Alifereti Dere is working on getting the right mindset of the players from the start of their first match against Spain. Fiji have been traditional slow starters of the IRB World Sevens Series and

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