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Tailevu confident of good outing

The Tailevu 15s rugby team had the Farebrother Sullivan trophy in their hands a year ago, but now on Saturday they will travel to Prince Charles Park to try and wrestle the prestigious prize in Fiji's rugby against h

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Tanivula to rely on experienced group

Digicel Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula will rely on most of his players that helped win the World Games 7s title in Taiwan to form the core of his side to defend the Mini Games title in the Cook Islands. With overseas ba

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Coach announcement expected soon

The Fiji Rugby Union Board is into the final stages of short listing candidates with an announcement expected soon on who will be the next Flying Fijians coach. FRU Board Chairman Viliame Gavoka said they have earmarked

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Walker retained for Mini Games

FASANOC has today confirmed that national netball coach Melissa Walker will take the team to the Mini Games in the Cook Islands at the end of the month. Differences arose between Walker, the under-21 team officials and

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Dan Rawaqa ruled out of 7s team

France based Digicel Fiji 7s training squad member Dan Rawaqa has been ruled out of the team that will travel to the Cook Islands to defend the Gold medal at the Mini Games. Coach Iliesa Tanivula has confirmed that Rawa

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Walker’s housing woes over

National Netball Coach Melissa Walker's housing woes has come to an end after Colonial has stepped in to provide housing for the New Zealand based coach, after all the problems she has faced with rent payments. Outg

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Nabuliwaqa, Ryder to miss Mini Games

Digicel Fiji 7s training squad members William Ryder and Lepani Nabuliwaqa will not be selected for the 12 member team to the Mini Games, but coach Iliesa Tanivula has a long term plan for both players. Tanivula said it

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Nabuliwaqa, Ryder join 7s team

Veteran sevens players Lepani Nabuliwaqa and Willam Ryder were part of Digicel Fiji sevens team training run this morning at the TFL National Stadium. Out of the 30 players named, only 26 players are in the camp while o

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Kuruleca will not reapply for post

The Air Pacific Fiji U21 netball team's management contracts will expire tomorrow and they have confirmed they will not reapply for the job. Speaking to Fijivillage, manager Selina Kuruleca said she will not reapply

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FRU targets $2M for Flying Fijians

The Fiji Rugby Union is aiming to raise $2 million for the Flying Fijians team to the World Cup in 2011 in New Zealand. Former Prime Minister and Trustee of the Fiji Rugby Union Major General Sitiveni Rabuka officially

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Time against Tanivula

Nadi 15s rugby coach Iliesa Tanivula will only have 2 training days with his side this week to prepare for the second defence of the Colonial Farebrother Sullivan trophy against Tailevu. After last week’s 34-23 wi

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New champion to be crowned

A new champion will be crowned this season in the National Soccer League competition. Ba who is the reigning champion will not be able to defend their title although they have two games left to play. The Men In Black

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7s team in camp today

Digicel Fiji Sevens coach Iliesa Tanivula will use the next 3 days in camp at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Nabua to build a side not only for the Mini Games but also for the IRB Sevens Series which will start in Decem

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Better performance needed-Tanivula

Colonial Farebrother Sullivan trophy holders Nadi will need to lift their game after they defeated Namosi 34-23 in their first defense of the title yesterday. Coach Iliesa Tanivula was disappointed with the results as h

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U19 ruggers defeat Tonga

The Fiji U19 rugby team scored their first win in the FORU U19 tournament in Samoa yesterday beating Tonga 18-5. The Eroni Vereivalu coached side scored two tries and captain Noa Nakaitaci led by example kicking in 3 pe

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Nadi beats Namosi

The Nadi rugby team has won the first challenge of the Farebrother Sullivan Cup over Namosi today at Prince Charles Park. The jet setters won the match by 34 points to 23. They led 14-8 at the break and proved quite s

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Home crowd proves vital for Tavua

In the only National Soccer League match played today, Tavua beat Nadroga 3-0 at Garvey Park. The home crowd advantage proved vital for the Tavua side as Nadroga lacked the fighting spirit in today's match. The res

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Namosi to go in as underdogs

The Namosi 15s rugby side will run onto Prince Charles Park this afternoon as underdogs and with unknown players. The side, which finished in second last spot in the Digicel Cup points table, will be led by dual interna

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League title slipping away from Ba

The National Soccer League title has unofficially slipped away from the hands of Ba. This is after the league champions suffered their fourth loss in the league competition going down 1-0 to Labasa last night at Govind

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Singh fails to defend title

Golfer Vijay Singh has failed to defend The Barclays title in New Jersey. Singh today missed the cut of the championship after carding 4 over par 75 in the second round. He also had the same score in the first round and

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