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3 Fijians to feature for All Blacks 7s

Three Fijians will feature for the All Blacks 7s team this weekend at the South Africa 7s as 18-year-old Luke Masirewa will replace the injured Sherwin Stowers. Luke is the son of former Fiji and New Zealand 7s rep

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Suva lacking fitness

Fitness may be the main setback by the Suva soccer team against Ba in the Pillay’s Garment Champion versus Champion series tomorrow. Coach Gurjeet Singh said some senior players like Samuela Drudru and Samuela

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International hockey underway at National Hockey centre

Round one of the Federation of International Hockey league is starting this hour at the National Hockey centre in Laucala Bay with Australian taking on New Zealand Maori in the women’s division. Other games to

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Police win Sukuna Bowl in thriller

Police finally laid their hands on the BSP Life Sukuna Bowl trophy after a lapse of two years by holding off a late spirited rally from Army beating them 17-15 yesterday. Police scored two tries to Iliesa Ratuva an

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Suva confident with return of top duo

The Suva soccer team is breathing a sigh of relief as two of its top players are back with the team for tomorrow’s crunch match against Ba in the Pillay Garment Champion versus Champion series.   Sweeper, S

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Cooper agrees to 2 year contract with ARU

Quade Cooper has agreed to a new two-year contract with Australian Rugby, putting an end to speculation he could be set to leave the sport. Cooper, who began a tense stand-off with the ARU when he labeled the Wall

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Achari to ref again

The referee who controlled the drama packed final of the Courts IDC will again be the man in charge for the Ba and Suva clash this Sunday in the Pillay Garment Champion versus Champion match. The Fiji Football Assoc

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Fiji 7s team named for England game

Digicel Fiji 7s Coach, Alifereti Dere has finally named the team for their first match of the South Africa 7s. Dere has made some changes in the hope of a better performance from his team. Inia Tukere, Levani Bo

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Police determined to win

The Police rugby side wants to win the BSP Life Sukuna bowl this afternoon. The lawmen have ended up with the wooden spoon for the last two years as Army has been victorious on both occasions. Police coach Frank

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Unpredictable 7s heads to South Africa

Rugby fans are now waiting to see what happens next as the unpredictable IRB 7s series heads to Port Elizabeth. Nobody can honestly say there is a favourite to win the title, nor can they predict what is going to ha

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Third match on the cards for Suva/Ba

A third match in the Pillay Garments Champion versus Champion series is still on the cards. This may take place if Suva and Ba are equal in points and goal differences after the two match series. Fiji Football A

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Mealamu extends leave period

All Black hooker Keven Mealamu will extend his leave period for several weeks, and start his Super Rugby season in March. The 102-Test veteran, who has just returned home from the All Blacks end of year tour, plans

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Crunch time looms for two forces

“Whichever team plans to reign supreme in the much awaited Sukuna Bowl clash this afternoon will have to play till the final whistle.” That is the comment of former Flying Fijians coach Ilivasi Tabua as crun

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Positional changes expected for 7s team

The Digicel Fiji Sevens team is expected to make positional changes as many of the players did not perform up to expectation in the shock defeat against France last week. Manager Semi Rogoyawa said the team is ready for

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Suva and Ba battle in CVC this Sunday

For the seventh time this year Suva and Ba will go head to head in the Pillay Garments Champion versus Champion match on Sunday. 90 minutes of soccer play favours Ba as they have defeated Suva twice this year while a th

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Top US swimmer to hold clinics in Fiji

A top US swimmer, Lara Jackson is in the country holding swimming clinics for upcoming swimmers in Fiji. Jackson who is a former American record holder in the 50m freestyle set at 2008 Olympic trials was today teach

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Police name team for Sukuna Bowl

Former national sevens rep Etonia Naba will lead the Police rugby side tomorrow in the BSP Life Sukuna Bowl clash against Army. This was confirmed to Fijivillage by Coach Frank Boivert. Boivert said Flying Fijia

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Kenya boosted by former captains returns

World sevens series crowd favorites Kenya have been boosted with the return of former captain Humphrey Kayange for this weekend’s South Africa 7s. Kayange missed out on the opening two rounds of the Series as

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Suva to miss 7 players

The Suva Soccer team is expected to be without seven of their senior players for this weekend’s Champion versus Champion clash against Ba. Coach Gurjeet Singh confirms Raph Sherwin and Luke Ha’atarea hav

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Fiji likely to face relegation to bowl - Starmer-Smith

World renowned rugby commentator Nigel Starmer-Smith said the Digicel Fiji Sevens team will upset fans at home and is highly likely to be relegated to the bowl this weekend. After a dismal performance last week Star

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