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England has not lost their status-McCaw

All Blacks captain, Richie McCaw has confirmed that England have not lost their status as the team the All Blacks most love to beat. Past players have often said losing to England was the most difficult experience of th

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Fiji U19 Basketball teams thrashed

The Fiji Under 19 Mens and Womens Basketball team got hammered by Australia in the semifinals of the Pacific Youth Basketball Championship last night. The Fiji Mens team was thrashed 99-53 by Australia while the Fiji Wo

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Fiji go for 3 in a row

Fiji will be out to win their third tournament in a row in the IRB World Sevens Series with the Dubai Sevens kicking off in the next hour. The national Sevens team has never won three consecutive tournaments since the s

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Fiji basketballers all geared up

The Fiji under 19 women’s and men’s basketball teams are all geared up in Melbourne to play in the semifinals of the Pacific Youth Basketball Championship. Both teams have done well so far registering two wi

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England 7s team worried

As the Digicel Fiji 7s team tries to win the Dubai 7s tournament for the first time, defending champion England is worried if they will progress into the quarter finals. England is in the pool of death with Samoa an

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U19 Women’s Basketball team confident

The Fiji Under 19 Women's Basketball team is confident that Australia can be toppled in the semi-finals of the Oceania Pacific Youth Basketball Championship. Speaking from Melbourne, Captain, Grace Taito said af

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Habana wins try of the year award

Springbok winger Bryan Habana has won the International Rugby Players' Association try of the year award for his score against the All Blacks in September. Habana, the 2007 IRB player of the year, scored from a chip

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Pocock included in Wallabies starting XV

Wallabies flanker David Pocock has been included in coach Robbie Deans' starting XV for the Wales clash in Cardiff. Pocock led Australia to a three-nil clean sweep of the Grand Slam winning Wales in June, but has no

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Fiji U19 Basketball teams to meet Aust in semis

Both the Fiji under 19 men's and women's basketball teams will meet Australia in the semifinals of the Oceania Pacific youth championship. The men's team defeated Samoa last night 88-65 and will meet Austral

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All Blacks ravaged by stomach virus

The All Blacks have been ravaged by a stomach virus just days before their final Test of the year against England. Nineteen players of the 34 man extended squad and some management staff have been affected by the bug wh

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3 new players named in starting lineup

Three new players have been named in the Digicel Fiji Sevens team’s starting lineup for the first pool match of the Dubai Sevens. Inia Tukere and Vilitati Sokiveta are in the forwards while speedster Maleli Bula w

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Campese apologizes for comments

Wallabies great David Campese has apologized after being reprimanded by Australian Federal Sports Minister Kate Lundy for questioning whether a female newspaper journalist should write about rugby. Campese tweeted that

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Women’s U19 team through to semis

The Fiji under 19 women’s basketball team is through to the semifinals of the Pacific Youth Basketball Championship in Melbourne. Fiji beat New Caledonia 41-33 in the quarterfinals this afternoon. The semifinal s

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400 to participate at Fiji Paralympic Games

Close to 400 Paralympic athletes from around the country will take part in this year’s Fiji Paralympic Games. Fiji Paralympic Committee president Sela Rayawa said they will try and identify athletes for future reg

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Teitjens says the Fijians are scary

“The Fijians are scary.” That’s the comment from the world’s best sevens rugby coach Gordon Tietjens before the Dubai Sevens kicks off tomorrow. Tietjens believes it will be now or never for the

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Sokiveta to be unleashed at Dubai 7s

Digicel Fiji sevens coach Alifereti Dere will unleash try scoring Suva Rugby winger Vilitati Sokiveta as one of the players to watch at the Dubai 7's tournament tomorrow. Sokiveta is one of the seven new players in

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Fiji U19 Basketball team suffer first loss

The Fiji under-19 men's basketball team suffered their first loss in the Pacific Youth championship in Melbourne last night after going down to New Zealand 66-47. Meanwhile our women's under-19 team recorded the

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$20,000 boost for CvC

The Champions vs Champions series between Ba and Suva received a major boost as Pillay Garments gave a $20,000 sponsorship for the organizing of the upcoming matches. Managing Director Narendra Pillay said they have nev

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13 can be a lucky number for Fiji-Serevi

World sevens legend, Waisale Serevi believes 13 can be the lucky number for Fiji in Dubai. The maestro is confident even with seven new players Fiji can still deliver as they did in Gold Coast last month. Serevi added

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Matson appointed Crusaders assistant coach

Former Fiji and All Blacks international Tabaiwalu Matson has been appointed as the Crusaders assistant coach for next year's Super Rugby season. Matson played five games for the All Blacks in 1995 96 and two games

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