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Media focus not on Fiji 7s in Dubai

The media focus in the opening leg of the IRB 7s series is not with the Digicel Fiji 7s team and manager Sale Sorovaki believes it is the best possible start to their campaign. Sorovaki who attended an official Dubai 7s

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Fiji to unleash new talent during Dubai 7s

It is the unknown quantity in the Digicel Fiji 7s team that Coach Iliesa Tanivula hopes to unleash in the Dubai 7s this weekend to catch other team by surprise. Tanivula said his former mentor, Gordon Tietjens has alrea

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Heavy weight title up for grabs

The Boxing Commission of Fiji’s vacant heavy weight title is at stake on the 18th of this month when former champion Mosese Kavika fights the upcoming Petero Qica at Prince Charles park in Nadi. Promoter Abdul Kh

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Fiji needs to take control early-Tanivula

"We need to start well and show our opponents that we are in control." Those are the words of Digicel Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula ahead of the opening game of the IRB 7s series in Dubai tomorrow. Tanivula s

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Fiji 7s wants a good start in Dubai

It might be Digicel Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula’s worst hunting ground but the reality remains that if he is to do well in the IRB 7s series than it will have to start in Dubai this weekend. With Fiji’s po

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Bati in pool of death

The Fiji Bati rugby league team is in the pool of death for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup in the United Kingdom which has been expanded to include 14 nations. The Bati are drawn with former champions Australia, host E

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Rokocoko to feature for Barbarians

Joe Rokocoko is among the ten New Zealand based players who will feature in the Barbarians side against the Springboks at Twickenham on Sunday.   Australia has the second highest number of representatives with six

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Australia/South Africa likely for quarters

The Digicel Fiji 7s team will face either Australia or South Africa if they reach the quarter finals of the Dubai 7s this weekend. Fiji is in Pool D and will have to beat England, France and Portugal to secure a quarter

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Kiwis want World Series title back

Gordon Tietjens has one goal in mind when his New Zealand team steps onto the turf at the Dubai Rugby Sevens this weekend, to get his hands back on the World Series title. The Kiwis got last season off to the best poss

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Fiji says NZ is team to beat in Dubai

The Digicel Fiji 7s team has rated New Zealand as the team to beat in the opening leg of the IRB 7s series in Dubai this weekend.   After New Zealand 7s Coach Gordon Tietjens labelled the Fiji team as the sleeping

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Flying Fijians return today

The Flying Fijian 15s rugby team will arrive back in the country today after a three test match tour of the Northern hemisphere. A tour which most rugby followers describe as a success after they also held Wales to a 16

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Fiji 7s to unleash new faces

The Digicel Fiji 7s team is ready to unleash some of the new faces in the IRB 7s series when the competition gets underway in Dubai this weekend. After successfully defending the Sri Lanka 7s, the Fiji team touched down

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NZ tips Fiji as favourite

It has been 12 years since the Digicel Fiji Sevens Team lifted the trophy at the Dubai Rugby Sevens, but this year defending champion New Zealand are tipping them as one of the strong contenders for the title. Coach Gor

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Successful European tour for island teams

The Flying Fijian, Manu Samoa and Ikale Tahi Tonga teams have completed successful European tours which bodes well for their hopes going into the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Fiji though claimed the result of the Island nation

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Winning start vital for the season

South Africa Sevens coach Paul Treu believes that winning the IRB Sevens Series depends on how well a team starts in the opening leg in Dubai this weekend. Treu said current defending champion Samoa and New Zealand set

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7s team has a lot to prove

The Digicel Fiji Sevens Team has a lot to prove in the opening IRB Sevens Series tournament in Dubai this weekend. After the disappointment of being knocked out of the Cup semifinal stage last year, coach Iliesa Tanivul

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Fiji rates top teams for Dubai 7s

The Digicel Fiji 7s have rated New Zealand, Samoa and South Africa as the teams to beat for this weekend’s opening IRB 7s series in Dubai. Manager Sale Sorovaki said winning in Sri Lanka this morning does not guar

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Kuridrani to make his debut for Aust 7s team

Another Fijian winger will be in action in the opening leg of the IRB 7s series this weekend in the Australia 7s team. Tevita Kuridrani impressed selectors with performances for club side Queensland University in the By

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Dubai not a happy hunting ground

The Dubai Sevens Tournament has not been a happy hunting ground for the Digicel Fiji Sevens Team in the past 12 years as well as for coach Iliesa Tanivula. Fiji last tasted a win in Dubai in 1998 but for Tanivula, the w

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Overseas clubs to participate in karate meet

A total of eleven clubs will participate in the Karate Fiji International meet which will be held at the Yat Sen Hall from this Friday. The competition will also see seven clubs coming from overseas which includes five

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