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Nadroga without top players against Naitasiri

Nadroga 15's rugby team will go into today's Digicel Cup encounter against Naitasiri without some of it=s top players. Emosi Vucago, Jiuta Lutumailagi, Etonia Naba and Joeli Lutumailagi will miss today=s game as

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Rewa soccer eyes second spot

Rewa soccer team will try to climb to second place in the National Soccer League points table, when they face Under 20 side this afternoon at Govind Park. The Delta Tigers currently lie in fourth place with 7 points but

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Lautoka soccer leaves with high hopes

Lautoka soccer team left this morning for Vanuatu with high hopes of reaching the O-League final from Group B. But first they must beat Tafea FC in Port Villa and hope that Marist FC upsets Hekari United for Lautoka to

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Nadroga holds Babasiga Lions

Nadroga side put up a brilliant second half performance to pull off a 2 2 draw against the high flying Labasa side in last night's National soccer league competition at the TFL National Stadium. Two early first half

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Tuqiri shines against Haynes Parramatta Eels

Lote Tuqiri has now started to make his name in Rugby League, as he scored two tries to help his Wests Tigers beat Jarryd Haynes Paramatta Eels 23-12 last night in the National Rugby League. But it was Kiwis captain Ben

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Digicel Cup competition set to kickoff today

The Digicel Cup competition is set to kickoff today. 12 teams will battle it out this year and the big guns Nadroga, Suva, Nadi, Lautoka, Naitasiri and Tailevu all are looking for a good start. Nadroga as defending cha

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Tanivula to name best line-up from opener

Digicel Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula will start the Hong Kong 7s, with the same players that he has been using so far in the IRB World 7s Series. Nasoni Roko, Setefano Cakau, Emosi Vucago, Pio Tuwai, Joeli Lutumailagi,

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Labasa soccer to give donations to cyclone Tomas victims

Labasa soccer association is expected to donate some of the money from they will get from the two National League games this weekend to cyclone Tomas affected victims in the Northern Division. The Babasiga Lions arrived

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Teleni appointed as govt nominee in FRU board

Commissioner of Police Esala Teleni won't be seeking re-election for the President's post in the Suva Rugby Union Annual General Meeting tomorrow. Teleni has been appointed as the Government nominee in the Fiji

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U20 out to beat Rewa

The Fiji U20 side is out for nothing less than a win against the highflying Rewa side in tomorrow's National Soccer League encounter at Govind Park. The young lads face a wounded Rewa side that is out for redemption

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Fiji carries underdogs tag at HK 7s

The Digicel Fiji Sevens team are using the same approach they used last year when they ended their 10 year losing drought to win the Hong Kong Sevens title this weekend. Manager Jope Tuivanuavou said that after a poor p

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Fiji Games shifted to June

The Fiji Games which was planned to be held in May has now been shifted to June. Games chairperson Tomi Finau said this year's games was set for May 28th to 30th but with no public holiday on the 28th, they have no

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Air pollution concern ahead of HK 7s

Poor air quality is the major concern ahead of the start of the Hong Kong Sevens tonight. There was doubt during the week whether the tournament would go ahead due to a sandstorm which, mixed with the already bad air po

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Nadroga to miss 10 key players for Naitasiri match

Defending Digicel Cup champion Nadroga will miss the services of more than 10 key players in their opening game against Naitasiri tomorrow. Manager Paula Biu has confirmed that 4 of their regular players are with the Fi

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Rewa takes different approach in training

Rewa soccer team coach Tagi Vonolagi is taking a different approach so that his players are more physically fit. Vonolagi said Rewa team players are now going to the gym for two days in a week for strength work-out, whi

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Fiji 7s team works on weak areas

The Digicel Fiji 7's does not want a repeat of last week’s quarter final loss in Australia to be an obstacle in this weekend’s Hong Kong 7's. Manager Jope Tuivanuavou said the management team has bee

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Teams taking part in Digicel Cup receives major boost

Teams taking part in the Digicel Cup this season received a major boost today when Digicel Fiji announced that each of the 12 teams will receive $25,000 in sponsorship this year. Digicel CEO, Matt Davey says this is the

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Tickets for double header soccer match go on sale from today

Tickets for the much anticipated National Football League double header match this Sunday at the TFL National Stadium in Suva will go on sale from today. Labasa will battle Ba at 1.30pm. Later at 4pm Suva will be out fo

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Springboks 7s coach makes no predictions

Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu will make no predictions about how his side will do in the Hong Kong tournament of the IRB Sevens World Series that starts tomorrow, except to say that they can come up with the goods if

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Tietjens stick with current players

New Zealand 7s coach Gordon Tietjens will stick with the same set of players for the Hong Kong 7s tournament, that won the Plate final in the Australia 7s last weekend. Lote Raikabula is still out injured, while speedst

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