Latest Sports news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Fiji will need to work overtime in Dubai this weekend as other teams like South Africa also want to win the tournament. South Africa has won three times in Dubai since the series started in 1999. Coach Paul Treu told i
French rugby club Racing Metro has denied claims it tried to prevent Fijian players from competing at the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. The denial follows claims made by former All Black Simon Mannix that Fijian player
"We will knock him out this time" Those are the words of Napoleon Stanley the trainer of Samoan Boxer Akafasi Pele Faumuina after arriving in the country earlier this morning. Faumuina will take on Abhay Chan
The Fiji men’s under 19 basketball side recorded their second win after defeating Papua New Guinea 97-56 yesterday. Earlier they defeated New Caledonia 81-76. The men’s next game is against New Zealand at 7
The pressure is on the Digicel Fiji Sevens team to end a 13 year drought in Dubai. Captain Setefano Cakau said over the past few weeks they have been reminded of the winless ghost that has been haunting them. He added
Soccer striker Jone Salauneune could be featuring for Ba again in the new season in the Pillay Garments Champions League. Salauneune, who has been playing in New Zealand this year, has applied for his release along with
Dan Carter is expected to be fit to play England in the final match of the All Blacks European tour. Carter sat out the match against Wales because of a calf muscle problem. He said he got through a light training sess
The Fiji under 19 Men’s Basketball team is currently leading Papua New Guinea 75-39 in its second game of the Pacific Youth Basketball Championships in Melbourne. Fiji beat defeated New Caledonia 81-76 last ni
Australia will take an under strength team to the Dubai 7s as a number of top players have been ruled out due to injuries. Australia Sevens coach, Michael O’Connor who toured Fiji recently for the Coral Coast
The Fiji Men’s and Women’s Under 19 Basketball teams will be out to continue their winning form today. The Men’s team will meet PNG at 3.30pm while the Women’s side will play New Zealand at 8
Defending Dubai 7s champion, England is aiming to make it three consecutive title wins this year. England will try and equal New Zealand’s record title wins and have announced four changes to the team that app
All Blacks star Dan Carter and his wife Honor are expecting their first child. The first-five tweeted the good news this morning saying Honour is 21 weeks pregnant and that they are both very excited. Carter is
Defending Dubai Sevens champion England is aiming to make it three consecutive title wins. England will try and equal New Zealand’s record title wins and have announced four changes to the team that appeared in th
The Fiji under 19 men’s basketball team started their Pacific Youth Basketball Championship in Melbourne on a high after a come from behind win over New Caledonia 81-76 last night. The Fiji under 19 men’s se
Former All Black and Racing Metro backline coach Simon Mannix has backtracked on comments he allegedly made that Fijian players were paid to miss the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. Mannix had claimed that Racing Metro m
Our Digicel Fiji Sevens team players were the first team to reach the United Arab Emirates. Coach Alifereti Dere said the players have settled in well especially the new ones. Speaking from Dubai, Dere said they have o
New Zealand has been Fiji's nemesis in the Dubai 7's for some years now preventing us from winning the title in the United Arab Emirates. The last time we beat New Zealand in Dubai was in the 1998 Cup final. Si
Former National soccer team goalkeeper, Simione Tamanisau is moving to his home town team, Rewa in this transfer window. Tamanisau has applied for his release from Lautoka and is in negotiation with two Rewa clubs, Raym
The Fiji Under 19 Women's basketball team has beaten Guam by 64-31 in its first game of the Pacific Youth Basketball Championship in Melbourne. Fiji will take on New Zealand at 8.30pm tomorrow in the second game.
Barring any upset Fiji is expected to play New Zealand in the Cup final of the Dubai 7s this weekend. The two teams will not clash before the Cup final if they top their respective pools and win their quarter-final
