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NZ 7S Tokula suspended for 4 games

Fiji born New Zealand 7s player Save Tokula has been suspended for four games in the IRB World 7s Series. Tokula who was sin-binned in the USA 7s quarterfinal against South Africa was found guilty of a dangerous tackle

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Teams boosted in Digicel Cup competition

The 12 major rugby union provincial teams taking part in this year's Digicel Cup competition will receive a major boost to lift their standards, as each team will receive $26,000 to assist them in preparation. In a

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Soccer league opening could be moved

The Fiji Football Association could move the National Soccer League official opening to Friday instead of Sunday. The official opening will be held at Churchill Park before the Lautoka and Nadi opener, as the Blues are

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Sports grant makes badminton tour possible

Fiji Badminton team's tour to New Zealand was made possible by a Sports Tour Grant received from the Youth and Sports Ministry. It is understood that it has cost more than $30,000 to send the ten member team to Inve

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7s team’s campaign depends on next leg

Digicel Fiji 7s Team Coach Iliesa Tanivula believes his side's chances of winning the IRB 7s series will depend on the outcome of the next leg in Hong Kong and Australia. Tanivula said that the team was disappointed

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Victory for Samoa

The Samoan 7's rugby team are the USA 7s champions after beating New Zealand 33-12 in the final this afternoon. It was sweet victory for the Lolo Lui captained side after missing out in the final of the New Zealand

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Fiji fails to win Plate

The South African 7s team has beaten Fiji in the plate final 12-7. It was the 5th time in the IRB 7s series this season that the two side have met and finally South Africa have found a way to stop Fiji's winning str

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NZ, Samoa faceoff in Cup Final

Current IRB 7s points leader New Zealand will play Samoa in the USA final at 3.46pm. New Zealand defeated Kenya 21-7 in the first semifinal while Samoa edged Australia 14-12 in the other semifinal. This will be the sec

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Fiji faces South Africa in Plate Final

The Digicel Fiji 7s team will take on South Africa for the 5th time in the IRB 7s series this season in the plate final of the USA 7s after beating Wales 32-0 in the plate semifinal. Fiji after losing 28-7 to Australia

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Lautoka soccer tops O-League pool

An impressive 3-0 victory for Lautoka over Marist FC yesterday has seen them leapfrog Hekari United and Tafea FC to top Group B in the 2010 O-League. Osea Vakatalesau put the home side ahead after just eight minutes, be

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Golfer Singh lies in 26th place

Golfer Vijay Singh is 10 shots behind America's Dustin Johnson after the third round of the AT and T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament in USA. Singh may find it hard to win the tournament going into the final

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Lautoka defeats Marist FC in O-League

The Lautoka soccer team remain in contention for the finals of the O-League competition after they beat Marist FC by 3 goals to nil at Churchill Park this afternoon. Lautoka are now on 9 points after their win. Lauto

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Marist FC confident of O-League win

Marist FC head-coach, Patrick Miniti, asserted today that his side is aiming to win their final 3 matches in the second round of the O-League as they take on Lautoka this afternoon. Miniti conceded that it will not be e

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Tanivula likely to stick with winning combination

Tanivula likely to stick with winning combinationDigicel Fiji 7's coach Iliesa Tanivula is likely to stick to the same line-up that won the New Zealand 7's last Saturday in the opening pool game against USA, tomo

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It will take time to adjust to the pitch- Tietjens

New Zealand 7s coach Gordon Tietjens said most of the team's in the USA 7s may take time to adjust to the pitch. He said the Pitch, where the tournament will be held is quite big and team's with fast runners can

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Jone Vono Junior likely to captain Lautoka

Top striker Jone Vono Junior is likely to captain the Lautoka side in tomorrow's O-League match against Solomons Marist FC. Junior who at times had discipline problems, seems to have worked well on that and has show

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Lautoka soccer confident of victory

Lautoka soccer players have been told to play attacking soccer, if they are to beat Solomons Marist FC in their O-League encounter on Sunday. Association President Shalen Prasad said they cannot afford to lose the match

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USA 7s heats up

Argentina captain Gomez Cora doesn't see his team as the defending champions at the USA 7s that kicks off tomorrow, but rather he prefers to come in as underdogs. Cora said that last year they won the tournament in

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Support from fans the driving factor-Tanivula

Digicel Fiji 7's coach Iliesa Tanivula said the support from home has been the driving factor in his boys win in the New Zealand 7's and they hope it will be the same for this weekend in USA. Tanivula said the p

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Rewa soccer registers 2 Internationals

Rewa soccer has registered Solomons two international players who could be playing for them in this year's National Soccer League competition and also in the major tournaments. It is understood that James Naka and A

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