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Wales out to beat Wallabies

The Welsh side will walk out proud and confident at Suncorp Stadium tonight, firmly believing they will end 43 years of misery on Australian soil. Wales has never beaten the Wallabies in Australia since 1969 but the

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Tuqiri helps Tigers beat Storm

Namatakula flyer Lote Tuqiri scored an outstanding try last night to help the West Tigers beat points table leader Melbourne Storm by 10-6. In tonight’s games, Knights will face the Raiders at 9.30,tomorrow th

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Miller re-elected president of Fiji Athletics Association

Former champion athlete Albert Miller has been re-elected as the new President of the Fiji Athletics Association. Miller said that he is thankful to the board members for their confidence in him as he hopes to put i

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Ventures look set to defend title

Ventures women’s hockey team looks good to defend their title after defeating Marist 3-nil in the 2012 Valerie Manueli Daveta Memorial Trophy. In other results in the women’s category, Stingers Fusion de

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Male makes changes to Flying Fijians

Flying Fijians head coach Inoke Male has made several changes to the side that will play Samoa in their second Pacific Nations Cup match on Sunday. Brumbies prop Jeremaia Yanuyanutawa makes his debut at loose head with

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Super Rugby race still close

With three rounds to go, no team has so far confirmed its place for the Super Rugby playoffs. The Chiefs, Stormers and Brumbies are so far the conference leaders but the wild card teams are Crusaders, Bulls and Hurrican

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Ventures looks good to defend title

Defending champions of the Valerie Manueli Daveta Memorial hockey tournament, Ventures look good to defend the title in the men’s division this weekend. Ventures has national reps in the team with the likes of Hec

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Flying Fijians wary of Samoa

"We should be cautious of Samoa." That’s the statement from the Fiji fifteens team captain Netani Talei ahead of their Pacific Nations Cup match this weekend. The England based skipper said they

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Savea to debut verse Ireland

Bone crushing winger Julian Savea is looking forward to reuniting with Hurricanes teammate Conrad Smith when he makes his All Blacks debut against Ireland tomorrow. Savea is one of three rookies promoted to the starting

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Changes made for Samoa clash

Expect some changes in the Fiji 15s team for the Pacific Nations Cup match against Samoa this Sunday. One of the players who is still carrying a leg injury is halfback, Nikola Matawalu and team management will be ma

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Ba maintains NSL lead

The Ba soccer side still leads the National Soccer League points table after being held to a nil all draw by Nadroga yesterday. Ba has 19 points followed by Lautoka and Suva with 16 points while Rewa has 15 points.

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QVS to face Sila Central in Eastern Zone

The second round of the Eastern Zone competition continues today at the Nukuvuto Ground in QVS. The feature match will be between defending Deans trophy holders QVS versus Sila Central High School in the under 18 gr

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Discipline let soccer side down

Discipline let us down in the OFC Nations Cup. Fiji Football Association President Rajesh Patel said our national soccer players did not listen to the coach’s instructions and even some players were not communicat

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Fiji braces for brutal encounter

The Fiji fifteens team is bracing for a brutal physical encounter against Samoa this Sunday in the Pacific Nations Cup. Flying Fijians Captain Netani Talei said his forward pack needs to lift their game as he does not w

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OKC Thunder beat Spurs to reach NBA finals

Oklahoma City Thunder has reached the NBA finals for the first time ever after beating San Antonio Spurs 107-99 in the Western Conference finals.  Thunder led the series 3-2 and just needed to win game six.&nbs

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Wallabies name side

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has named his side to take on Wales. In the backline: Adam Ashley-Cooper, Joe Tomane, Rob Horne, Pat McCabe, Digby Ioane, Berrick Barnes and Will Genia. The forwards include Wycliff Palu, D

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Coach happy with backline performance

“Fiji’s new look backline that played against Japan put up a superb performance.” That’s the assessment of Fifteens coach Inoke Male. Setareki Koroilagilagi, Aisake Katonibau, Vereniki Goneva, W

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QVS to face Sila tomorrow

Defending under 18 Deans Trophy holders Queen Victoria School will face Sila Central in tomorrow’s Eastern Zone competition at the QVS ground. QVS won its first game last week beating Dilkusha High School 37-0.

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CFL official radio partner of Pacific Netball Series

Communications Fiji Limited, the parent company of Legend FM, FM96 and Viti FM, has become the official radio partner for the upcoming Pacific Netball Series. Fiji Netball Association president Wainikiti Bogidrau signed

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3 to make All Blacks debut

The All Blacks team to play Ireland in the first international test will have three new faces. Julian Savea, Aaron Smith and Brodie Retallick will make their All Blacks debut this Saturday. The whole team is Tony Woodc

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