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Liku targets top 8 finish

Fiji weightlifter Maria Liku is targeting a top eight finish at the London Olympics. The 22-year-old won gold at last year’s Pacific Games in Noumea but has moved up from the 58kg to 63kg class in the London O

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Chiefs use painful 2009 final as motivation

The Chiefs are using painful memories of the 2009 Super Rugby final against the Bulls as motivation for this week's Super Rugby final against the Sharks. All Black flanker Liam Messam said that what happened in

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QVS setup game plan to beat AOG

Defending Deans champions Queen Victoria School knows Assemblies of God are the underdogs of this year’s competition. QVS assistant coach Tana Dianirova said they will have to come up with a new game plan to o

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90 minutes of soccer to continue

90 minutes soccer is the way forward and will definitely continue in the Vodafone Fiji FACT and Inkk Mobile Battle of the Giants soccer tournament next year. Fiji Football Association President, Rajesh Patel also co

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Tulo bows out of Olympics

Manueli Tulo has finished 13th in the 56kg category at the London 2012 Olympic Games. This is the equal third best finish by any Fiji athlete at any Olympics however he is now out of the competition. Tulo lifted

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SBW could get bonus All Blacks games

Departing All Black second-five Sonny Bill Williams will get a couple of bonus games in the black jersey. The All Blacks 28-strong wider training squad was named today minus the Chiefs Super Rugby finalists, but coach S

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Tikoirotuma ready for biggest game

It will not get better than this as Fiji born Asaeli Tikoirotuma will play the biggest game of his career this Saturday. This is his first season for the Chiefs and Tikoirotuma will be playing in the final after a s

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4 of the best schools will battle it out

Four of the best schools will battle in five different grades for the top two spots in this weekend's secondary school's rugby semifinals. The Deans Trophy is the top prize of the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby wh

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Spain out of Olympics football competition

Spain is out of the Olympic men's football competition after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat to Honduras. This is Spain's second defeat after suffering a 1-0 loss to Japan last week. In other results Brazil beat B

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Ba wins thrilling BOG encounter

Ba has won the 2012 Ink Mobile Battle of Giants tournament in penalty shootouts 4-2 against Labasa at Churchill Park. At the end of normal time it was nil-all with play then going into 30 minutes of extra time. Dra

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Ba and Labasa players dominate Fiji soccer team

The Ba and Labasa players dominate the 25 member Fiji soccer team announced by Fiji Football Association yesterday to play the Fair Brazil Tour Team next month. The squad includes BOG Champions Ba team defender Romuero

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Tulo finishes 6th out of 7

Fiji's weightlifter Manueli Tulo finished 6th out of 7 last night in the men's 56kg snatch and clean and jerk in group A. Tulo lifted 105kg in the snatch, 128kg in the clean and jerk with a total lift of 233kg.

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Chiefs to host Sharks in Super Rugby final

The seventeenth Super Rugby Final will be played at Waikato Stadium, with the Chiefs hosting the Sharks. This comes after the Chiefs finished second in the competition before the playoffs so they are the higher ranked t

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AOG ready to create history again

They created history by being in the Deans quarter finals for the first time but now they have gone a step further in the semifinals. Assemblies of God High School will face a mammoth task when they take on defending ch

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Fiji Football disciplines Levuka

The Fiji Football Association has announced they have relegated Levuka Football Association to associate membership. This moves comes after Fiji FA decided that the Levuka Administration were not functioning well. Two

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BOG heats up

Things are heating up in Lautoka like the weather, as we are only hours away for the Labasa and Ba final in the Inkk Mobile Battle of the Giants tournament at Churchill Park. History shows that Ba has the upper hand whe

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Sharks stun Stormers

The Sharks have accomplished mission impossible, have made a mockery of the travel factor again by defeating the Stormers on their home turf 19-26 this morning. This means the Sharks will take the road again and travel

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Elder finishes 63rd in Archery rankings

Fiji's, Robert Elder has come in 63rd out of 64 qualifiers in the Men's individual Archery rankings. With the given rankings of all archery participants, this means Elder will face 2nd ranked qualifier Kim Bubmi

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Labasa in BOG final

Labasa soccer team is the first team to qualify for the Inkk Mobile Battle of the Giants soccer tournament after defeating Nadi 1-0 in the first semifinal at Churchill Park. It was Nadi applying tremendous pressure time

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AOG stuns Natabua

Assemblies of God is through to the Deans semifinals after beating Natabua 15-9. In the Under 18 semi-finals next week AOG will face Queen Victoria School while RKS will meet Lelean. Ratu Kadavulevu School under 18 bo

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