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Village celebrates Ratini’s hat-trick

Wainimakutu village in Namosi, the home of rising star Alipate Ratini, was alive with singing, dancing and celebrations until early this morning. Ratini is the first from his village to wear the national jumper and wen

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Dubai 7s pools released

The Digicel Fiji Sevens team has been pooled with Gold Coast semifinalist Kenya in the next round of the 2012/2013 HSBC Sevens World Series in Dubai later next month. Fiji is in pool A with Kenya, Spain and Scotland whi

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Suva makes clean sweep in hockey tournament

Suva has made a clean sweep of the MH Open Hockey tournament yesterday. In the men's division, it was an all Suva affair with, Suva one defeating Suva two 6-5 on penalty strokes as they were locked at two all at the

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Plans underway for celebrations in Capital City

Plans are now underway for celebrations in the capital city after the Fiji Bitter Suva rugby side successfully defended the prestigious Farebrother Sullivan for the second time. Suva rugby union chairman Commander Franc

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Labasa soccer suspends 18 players indefinitely

The Labasa Soccer Association has indefinitely suspended eighteen of its players. According to team officials they are now contemplating charges against these players as they attempted to boycott the match against Nadro

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Fiji-NZ final

Fiji is on track to retaining their Gold Coast sevens title after beating South Africa 21-10 in the semifinals and they will meet New Zealand in the final. This will be a repeat of last year’s final which Fiji won

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Fiji to face-off South Africa in semis

Fiji will play South Africa in the first semifinal of the Gold Coast 7s at 5:58pm after beating Samoa 19-7. The Digicel Fiji 7s team put up a courageous defensive game against Samoa in the quarter finals. Samoa threw

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Suva-Ba final

Suva will now play Ba in the Courts IDC final at 4:30pm in Govind Park. The capital city side defeated Lautoka 1-0 after super substitute Cedric Dutt scored in the 18th minute of the second half. Dutt said that he saw

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Suva One Women’s side retains hockey title

Suva One women's side retained their MH Hockey Open tournament title after beating the visiting Moorebank Australian Fijians team in the final 4-0. In the under 16 boys division, Suva beat Ba 4-0 in the final while

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Fiji to meet Samoa in quarters

‘It's good that Fiji played against a structured team earlier in the tournament’. Those were the words of former Flying Fijians coach and former Wallabies flanker Ilivasi Tabua ahead of the Digicel Fiji

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Ba through to IDC final after extra-time

Osea Vakatalesau scored the winner for Ba in the 5th minute of second extra spell to force its way into the Courts IDC finals at Govind Park. The hosts managed to escape the southerners strong come back and pulled a 2-1

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Plans for Farebrother win celebrations

There are plans for celebrations in the capital city after the Fiji Bitter Suva rugby side defended the prestigious Farebrother Sullivan trophy yesterday after beating Lautoka 19-16. Suva rugby union chairman Commander

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Suva to keep Farebrother trophy for the year

The Fiji Bitter Suva side will keep the Farebrother Sullivan Trophy in the capital for the year after coming from behind to beat Lautoka 19-16 yesterday. Despite the sugar city's 8-0 lead in the first half Suva came

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Navua-Ba, Suva-Lautoka in IDC semis

The Ba soccer team forced its way into the last four of the Courts IDC at Govind Park after the hosts thrashed Savusavu 8-0 and the Rewa-Nadi match result went in their favour. The Rewa soccer team had to defeat Nadi by

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Ba to play Lautoka in U16 hockey final

Ba will play Lautoka in the final of the under 16 division of the MH Open Hockey tournament at the national hockey center after beating Lautoka 3-2 on penalty strokes. Meanwhile the Moorebank Australian Fijians are cur

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Suva retains Farebrother trophy

The Fiji Bitter Suva team has managed to retain the Farebrother Sullivan Trophy after coming back in the second half to beat Lautoka 19-16. Lautoka was leading at first half with a penalty form Rawaqa at the fifth

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Fiji wins both pool games

The Digicel Fiji 7s team have won their first and second pool game where they beat Scotland by 31-14 and Tonga 37-5. The tries from Fiji were scored by Osea Kolinisau, Alipate Ratini, Apisai Domolailai, Joji Ragamat

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Rewa/Nadi match to determine Ba’s fate

The Ba soccer team is just a step away from qualifying the semifinal of the Court IDC tomorrow. Ba thumped Savusavu in their last pool match by 8 goals to nil just a while ago. Osea Vakatalesau who scored three

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Engineers crowned new champions in Army wives netball finals

Engineers is the new champions for the Army Wives A-Grade netball finals this afternoon beating 3FIR 26-12. In the Veteran Grade, Head Quarters beat 3FIR by 11-9 while LCU beat Engineers in the B-Grade finals 16-9.

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Fiji 7s team beats Scotland

The Digicel Fiji 7s team has won their first pool game match against Scotland by 31-14. The tries from Fiji were scored by Osea Kolinisau, Alipate Ratini, Apisai Domolailai, Joji Ragamate and Samuela Saqiwa. E

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