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Fiji Athletics headhunts for new coach

Fiji Athletics will have a new coach going into next year. The 2011 team Fiji Athletics performance was below the standard that many followers have expected from them. They returned from the Pacific Games with only fo

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Rush to launch Uprising Fiji International 7s

Sevens rugby legend Eric Rush will be chief guest at this Friday’s official launch of the 2012 Uprising Fiji International Sevens. “Rushie”, as his friends call him, last visited Suva 12 years ago when

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More applications expected for head coach position

The Fiji Rugby Union is expected to receive more applications for the post of Flying Fijians coach in the coming days. The closing date for the applications has also been extended to next Tuesday. So far, Former Flying

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Tough pool for Fiji Under 20 rugby team

The Fiji Under 20 rugby team has been grouped with New Zealand, Samoa and Wales for next year’s IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa. The tournament which will be played in June will feature the world&rsq

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Flying Fijians performance dubbed as worst ever

The Flying Fijians 2011 performance will go down as one of the worst ever in the history of the game. The Rugby World Cup disappointing loss in the pool game, finishing last in the Pacific Nations Cup, first ever defeat

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CFL wins Business house basketball championship

Communications Fiji Limited won the business-house basketball championship last night beating BSP 50-39 in the final. The Seruvatu and Ah-Yuk sibling combination's were instrumental in CFL's win last night. Fij

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Trust the new 7s system- Tikoitoga

“Lets trust the system we have in place “ Before the Digicel Fiji 7's departed for the opening leg of the IRB 7's series, those were the words of Fiji Rugby Union Chairman, Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga i

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Poor ending for Fiji 7s team

This year's 7's season for the Digicel Fiji team concludes with a lot of bad memories than a happy ending. Since the NZ, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, England and Scotland 7s tournaments, Fiji has managed only 1 wi

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Fiji Fact to be played in 1st week of May

Next year’s Vodafone Fiji Fact will be played in the first week of May at Subaril Park. The five day tournament will start on Wednesday with pool matches to be played till Friday, semi-finals on Saturday and final

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Fiji and Wales in same pool for NZ 7s

The Digicel Fiji Sevens team will have an immediate chance to right the wrongs of South Africa when they face Wales in Pool C at the NZ International Sevens in Wellington. Fiji got hammered 48-0 by Wales in the Plate f

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Fiji wins Fair-Price Foundations Nations Cup

The Fiji Netball team has won the Fair-Price Foundations Nations cup. Fiji defeated hosts Singapore 131-102 to claim the cup. Earlier on Fiji beat Namibia 163-85 in the semi-finals. Story by: Dhanjay Deo

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Team left to contemplate dismal performance

The question, of what went wrong to Fiji’s open rugby game plan is now being asked by many today. For Fiji it was déjà vu against England losing 21-14 in quarterfinals with Wales adding further miser

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Netball team to face Singapore in decider

The Fiji Netball team will meet the host nation Singapore in tonight’s match decider for 1st place in the Nations Cup Netball Tournament. The Singapore team hopes it will be third time lucky against Fiji, after lo

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Labasa duo help Hekari Utd down Koloale FC

Labasa soccer team players Taniela Waqa and Pita Bolaitoga helped their PNG club Hekari United side win the O-league match against Solomon’s Koloale FC yesterday by 3 goals to one. Taniela Waqa scored in the 6th m

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Netball team thrashes Namibia

The Fiji Netball team thrashed Namibia 60-37 in the Nations Cup Netball Tournament’s in their last round robin match in Singapore last night. Tonight Fiji, who finished top of the log will now play Singapore to de

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FRU to hold Annual Special General Meeting next Saturday

The Fiji Rugby Union will hold their Annual Special General Meeting next Saturday. The agenda of the meeting will be discussions of the 2011 Rugby World Cup reports, the changes in the 7’s rugby structure and also

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Fiji Netball team favourites in Nations Cup

The Fiji Netball team is the favorites to walk away with a win in the Nations Cup in Singapore when they will play Namibia tonight. The Unaisi Rokoura side is unbeaten so far and will play the host again for the 1st and

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Matanavou stars for Toulouse

Former Fiji 7s winger, Timoci Matanavou showed his speed in scoring two tries for his Toulouse side in this morning’s 21-10 win against Harlequins in the Heineken Cup. Matanavou scored a try in each half as Toulou

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All systems ready to fire in SA by Fiji 7s

It is all systems go in the Digicel Fiji 7's team camp ahead of the opening pool game of the Nelson Mandela Bay 7's against Portugal tonight. Coach, Alifereti Dere with his assistant, Etuate Waqa remains confide

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Treu wary of Fiji and England

The mission in the Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens for other teams is simple - to stop Fiji and England from reaching the final. South Africa coach Paul Treu made his intention clear that in Port Elizabeth this weekend, the I

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