Fiji is a major threat
South African rugby coach Peter De Villiers has come out and said that Fiji will be a major threat when the two teams meet in their World Cup encounter on Saturday night. De Villiers said the days when you had minnows
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4 NZ based players to feature for Rewa soccer
Four New Zealand based players will feature for the Rewa soccer team in their New Zealand tour. Stylish Mid-fielder, Pita Rabo, Aaron Singh, Shekhar Prakash and Waisake Sabutu will join the Delta Tigers in New Zealand.
Jones, Jenkins return for Wales
The Welsh Rugby team has received some good news to help soften the blow of their one point defeat by South Africa. 100th capped fly-half Stephen Jones and 76 cap prop Gethin Jenkins have overcome injury worries and loo
Sleeping with the enemy
Sleeping with the enemies. The Flying Fijians team is unaware the Wellington based hotel they have checked in also houses the South African Embassy. New Zealand Herald reports the Flying Fijians team to play South Afri
Flying Fijians want to repeat performance against SA
The Flying Fijians statement in taking defending Rugby World Cup champion - South Africa to the wire in their quarter final loss in 2007 is what they will use to motivate themselves ahead of Saturday’s second pool
Ioane out with a fractured thumb
The Wallabies have not lost hope of match winning winger Digby Ioane returning from a serious hand injury in time for the quarter-finals. Ioane has been tagged as the most dangerous winger amongst the 20 teams, and was
We were not targeting gold - Miller
As the whole of Fiji was expecting our swimmers to rake in gold medals at the Pacific Games, there is now word that Fiji was not looking to win any gold medals at all. Swimming Association of Fiji Board member, Dennis M
SBW to auction ripped jersey
Sonny Bill Williams will put his ripped jersey up for a good cause following his wardrobe malfunction in the opening match of the tournament at Eden Park. The All Blacks second five delighted the crowd when he changed h
Matfield, de Villiers out of Fiji clash
The Flying Fijians will meet Webb Ellis Trophy champions South Africa on Saturday without two of their key players. Springboks centre Jean de Villiers and second row Victor Matfield will miss the match against Fiji in
ANZ Pineapple Cup competition to get underway this Saturday
40 bowlers have registered so far to play in the 2011 ANZ Pineapple Cup Competition that starts this Saturday at the Suva Bowling Club. The prestigious singles tournament first commenced in 1928 will be attracting the b
Samoa names run on team for Namibia
The Manu Samoa coaching staffs have named their run on team to take on Namibia on Wednesday with all of the big names in the starting 15s. Hooker Mahonri Schwalger will lead the team with players like Daniel Leo, Kane T
Exert fear into the attacking team with our defense-Tabua
“Let us exert fear into the attacking team with our defense”. Those are the words of 2007 Rugby World Cup coach Ilivasi Tabua if the Flying Fijians want to match the South Africans on Saturday night. Tabua
Wales robbed of a win
The International Rugby Board said referee Wayne Barnes could have used the television match official to check Wales wrongly disallowed penalty goal against South Africa. James Hook’s controversial kick was denied
Full round of NSL matches to be played
A full round of National Soccer League matches will be played this week with some teams playing up to three matches. Navua is up against Rewa, Lautoka and Under 23 this week. Ba will travel to Sigatoka to play Nadroga
Sporting federations urged to get serious
Team Fiji Chef De Mission to the Pacific Games is calling on all sporting federations to get serious and aggressive in their work. This after team Fiji finished fourth on the medal tally with 33 gold, 44 silver and 53 b
Suva soccer upset Lautoka
Suva's build up to Courts IDC is on track as the Capital side beat Lautoka 3-1 in the National soccer league competition yesterday. Leone Damudamu was the toast for Suva as he scored all three goals. In other match
Second spell surge secures win for Wallabies
A strong second half has seen Australia surge by Italy in their Pool C Rugby World Cup clash at North Harbour Stadium today. The Wallabies scored 26 points in the second half after the sides were locked up at 6-6 at the
More consistency needed for Fiji
The Flying Fijians will need to be consistent in the way they approach their remaining three pool games in the Rugby World Cup after yesterday’s 49-25 win against Namibia. 2007 RWC coach, Ilivasi Tabua said it wil
Nadroga fight to avoid relegation
The Nadroga soccer team is facing a hard battle in trying to avoid promotion relegation as they are tied 1-all with Rewa. A win today or even a draw will help them to decrease the chances of playing in the Promotion Rel
Wales to decide on Jones after opener
Wales will decide after their Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa tonight whether to replace their Number 8 Ryan Jones, who aggravated a calf injury in training. Jones suffered a calf injury last month and was e