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Tamanisau awaits release

National soccer team goalkeeper, Simione Tamanisau is keeping his fingers crossed that Hekari United will provide him with his International Transfer Certificate by this afternoon. Tamanisau is raring to feature for Rew

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Former reps to compete for spot

Former national netball reps are expected to be in the country by tomorrow to fight for a spot in the final 18 member team to the World Netball Championships. The World Netball Championships is six months away and Netba

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Fiji 7s team to be named on Friday

The final 12 member Digicel Fiji 7s team to the next leg of the IRB 7s series will be named on Friday. Earlier plans from the Fiji Rugby Union was for the team to be name today but yesterday they decided that the coachi

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3 Fijian boys named in NZ 7s training squad

Three Fijian boys have been named in the New Zealand 7s team for the world sevens series this year. The three include, returning 7s players Tomasi Cama and Lote Raikabula with David Raikuna the new face in camp. Raikun

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Labasa/Lautoka players dominate national beach soccer squad

Soccer players from Lautoka and Labasa have dominated the national team in the Fiji FA Beach Soccer team as Fiji enters the tournament for the first time. The two sides have an average of four players roped into the nat

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Red Rock wonder boy included in Fiji 7s squad

Red Rock wonder boy, playmaker Peni Gaunimeke has been included in the 18 member Digicel Fiji 7s squad and will now be vying for a Fiji jersey in the NZ and USA 7s. Gaunimeke has been brought in with Red Rock halfback,

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Savou called in as assistant coach

Former Digicel Fiji 7s rugby coach, Josateki Savou has been called in to become the assistant coach in the current team. Fiji Rugby Unions High Performance Unit Manager, Talemo Waqa confirmed that Savou will start off

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National soccer league winner to be decided in FFA meeting

The Fiji Football Association will hold its board meeting this Saturday where the issue regarding the declaration of the National soccer league winner for last year will be discussed. Fiji FA's Chief Executive, Bob

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Warriors gear up for Melbourne Rebels

The Fiji Warriors 15s rugby team is in for a big night when they will take on the newly formed Australian franchise, Melbourne Rebels this Saturday. The Rebels under the watchful eyes of former Wallabies World Cup winni

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Lautoka face problems over goalkeeper signing

Lautoka is facing problems in signing up a goalkeeper for the Champions league. Number 1 choice, Parmesh Prasad was caught napping a number of times in the Champions league match against Rewa on Sunday and apart from hi

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Netball Fiji remains in 5th spot

Netball Fiji remains in 5th spot in the latest International Federation of Netball Association ranking which was released this morning. With the World Netball Championship coming up in July, Fiji has to work hard to rea

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Hard work puts Bogidrau in contention for awards

Netball Fiji President, Wainikiti Bogidrau believes that it is the hard work they have put in place that got her the vote to be in the running for the FASANOC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Bogidrau together with

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FRU to meet with IRB executives

A decision on when the Fiji Rugby Union will hold its Special General Meeting will only be made after they meet with the executives of the International Rugby Board next week. Interim Chairman Rafaele Kasibulu has confi

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Kumar to miss Champions League

New Zealand based Navua soccer team player, Salesh Kumar will miss the Champions league matches due to work commitments. The deadly midfielder will surely be missed by the Southerners as Navua lacks depth in the mid-fie

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FRU to assess Tanivula’s performance

The Fiji Rugby Union will meet with Digicel Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula this week to assess Tanivula’s performance before the team to the New Zealand and USA leg of the IRB 7s series is named. Interim Chairman,

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Solomon midfielder arrives tonight

Solomon's based stylish mid fielder, James Naka arrives into the country tonight and will join the Rewa soccer team. Naka is expected to stay with the Delta Tigers till the start of the National soccer league and fo

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2010 Sports Personality finalists announced

The 5 finalist for the 2010 Fiji Sports Personality of the Year award were announced this afternoon with voting now open to the public to decide the winner. Lepani Naivalu from athletics, Jasmine Rafiq from Karate, Netb

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Tamanisau says no to Hekari

Rewa soccer team goalkeeper, Simione Tamanisau has confirmed that he does not wish to play for Papua New Guinea's Hekari United in the remaining O-league matches. Tamanisau is now waiting for his International Trans

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Davetalevu misses out on Hottest 7s title

Nadroga’s, Davetalevu went down to SRC Borneo Eagles 25-19 in the final of the Hottest 7s tournament in Darwin last night. In a game of contrasting styles, Malaysia based SRC Borneo Eagles used speed and clever st

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Good start for Ba in Champions league

The Ba soccer team has kicked off the 2011 soccer season on a high after beating Navua 2-1 in the first match of the Champions league yesterday. It was again Avinesh Swamy who got the hero’s tag for the Men in Bla

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