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No National FMF Chow Games this year

There will be no National FMF Chow Games this year for the first time since its inception in 1987. This year the primary school athletics competition will be staged in three separate divisions. Fiji Primary Schools At

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Male names 18 overseas based players

18 overseas based players were named by Flying Fijians coach Inoke Male today in his 36-member extended squad for the northern tour in November. Some notable names are Timoci Matanavou, Waisea Nayacalevu, Vereniki Gone

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60 minutes soccer will be hard to adjust to-Ba

Ba soccer team officials say the team will have problems in adjusting to sixty minutes soccer in the Courts IDC. The Men in Black won the Champions League, Inkk Mobile BOG and the National soccer league title this year

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Carter set to resume starting role

All Black first five Dan Carter has had a good training session with the team and looks certain to start in this week’s Rugby Championship match against Argentina. Carter has missed the last two matches due to inj

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Fiji 7s players excused from Farebrother challenge

“No national rugby sevens players will be playing this weekend in the Farebrother Sullivan trophy challenge between Suva and Nadroga”. That’s the statement from Coach Alifereti Dere as he does not

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2 brothers in jail motivating factor for Sisa Waqa

Cleared of a knee injury, Melbourne Storm player Sisa Waqa said he never thought he was good enough to play in a NRL grand final. Speaking to news.com.au, Waqa said then again, he never thought his two brothers woul

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Aust schoolboys defeats Fiji U18

The Australian Schoolboys defeated the Fiji Under 18s, 29-12 yesterday. The visiting schoolboys dominated in all aspects of play and were leading at half time 10-5 compliments of a try by fullback Jonah Placid that

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Naka in doubt for Courts IDC

Solomon based player James Naka and Abraham Iniga may not play for the Rewa soccer team at the Courts Inter District Championship. The two players have failed to spark for the Delta Tigers in the recent Inkk Mobile

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Wild West Boxing Promotions registers

Wild West Boxing Promotions today registered with the newly established Boxing Commission of Fiji. Promoter Abdul Khan said he is planning to stage a program in Nadi this year and details will be revealed soon. To date

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Australian Schoolboys to feature best team

The Australian Schoolboys will be featuring their first grade side this afternoon against the President 15s which is a completely different team from the one that lost last week 9-18. Manager Paul Geddes said 10 pla

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Confusion in Labasa soccer camp

There is confusion in the Labasa Football camp on who is the current coach. Ivor Evans has been appointed Labasa coach but senior players say they are unaware of the new appointment as he has not been showing up for tra

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All Blacks expect torrid encounter

The All Blacks pack is expecting a whiplash of an encounter when they take on Argentina this weekend. With the Argentinean home ground advantage, Keven Mealamu said for the Pumas it is like they have grown another l

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Labasa soccer in crisis

Things are not looking good for the defending champions of the Courts IDC, Labasa as less than three weeks remain for the tournament to kick off in Ba.   Labasa has lost three consecutive matches in the National

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Fiji U18 ruggers to use running rugby

The Fiji Under 18 rugby side will try to successfully execute the game plans that they have mastered during their training runs when they take on the Australian Schoolboys this afternoon.   The team has promis

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Cooper in hot water over tweets

Quade Cooper is to be summoned to meet with Reds chief Jim Carmichael after the Queensland boss admitted to being “fed up” with his Twitter posts. Just days after twitting that the Wallabies will continu

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Historic win due to hard work

The historic win by the Fiji President’s 15s team against the Australian schoolboys on Saturday has come through the hard work that has gone through in the Milo Kaji and secondary schools rugby over the years. Thi

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Rugby is culture in Nadroga - Matawalu

The question now for every local rugby coach in Fiji is how to beat the Nadroga. As of last Saturday, the Stallions have managed to retain the Farebrother Sullivan Cup for a record of 100 times since the inception of th

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New faces for Taveuni at IDC

Northern Division Premier soccer champion Taveuni will be bringing a lot of new faces at this year’s Courts IDC. The team is laced with many secondary and tertiary school students and is being guided by former Sav

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All Blacks arrive in Argentina

The All Blacks face the language barrier for the first time during the Rugby Championship in Spanish-speaking Argentina. As the All Blacks arrived, coach Steve Hansen was invited to hold an inquisition into Los Pumas&rs

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Pressure on national under 18 ruggers

The pressure is on the national under 18 rugby side to deny the Junior Wallabies a win tomorrow. Junior Flying Fijians captain Sireli Misiwini believes the president fifteens team has laid the platform for the national

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