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Nasiga Qualifies For Olympics

Since 2000 Fiji Judokas have qualified to participate at the Olympic Games and this year Sisilia Nasiga is proud to be one of the only two Fiji athletes who has qualified on merit for the Beijing Olympic Games. This is

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Navua Boosted With Deadly Striker for BOG

The Navua Soccer Team will have one of the deadliest strikers in the Oceania region for the FMF/Blue Gas Battle of the Giants soccer tournament. New Zealand's Waitakere United team striker Commins Menapi has been re

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Naitasiri Player Handed 3 Week Suspension

The Fiji Rugby Union Games Committee has handed a 3 week suspension to Naitasiri player Jimilai Nakaidawa, after he was red carded in last week's Digicel Fiji Cup game against Ovalau. Games Committee Chairman, Rafae

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Games Charter To Be Amended

Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan said he hopes for co-operation over the latest charter reviews. The Charter, revised in 2007, was immediately reviewed after eligibility rules caused problems for the 22 mem

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Netball IDC Back

Netball Fiji has today confirmed that after a lapse of a year, they will be having the Inter District Championship again this year. In a statement to Fijivillage, Netball Fiji President Milika Munivai said this is also

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No Indication From FRU On New 7s Coach

There is still no clear indication coming out of Fiji Rugby Union on when they will name the 7s coach and manager for the Digicel Fiji 7s to the IRB 7s and to defend the Melrose Cup in March. The short listing of coache

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No Indication From FRU On New 7s Coach

There is still no clear indication coming out of Fiji Rugby Union on when they will name the 7s coach and manager for the Digicel Fiji 7s to the IRB 7s and to defend the Melrose Cup in March. The short listing of coache

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Lautoka Relies On Local Players

The Lautoka soccer team will rely on their local players to win this year's FMF Blue Gas Battle of the Giants soccer tournament. Association President Shalen Prasad said they registered new Zealand based Osea Vakata

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Sprint Queen In Top Form

Fiji's sprint queen Makelesi Bulikiobo is highly likely to become the first ever, Pacific Island athlete to qualify in two events at next month's Olympics in Beijing. Bulikiobo has so far qualified to compete in

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Officials Defend Actions Over Ovalau Claims

The Fiji Rugby Union Games Committee will meet later tonight to look into the on field incident that occurred in Naluwai over the weekend in the match between Naitasiri and Ovalau. The FRU match officials in the Digicel

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Ba/Nadi to Clash in Super Six

The Fiji Football Association has today confirmed that the Vodafone Ba side will host Nadi on Wednesday in another round of the New World Super Six championships. League Board secretary, Hari Raj Naicker said the main r

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Who Will Be Coach?

Who will the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) choose to coach the new Digicel Sevens Team for the next IRB series and to defend the Melrose Cup at the World Championships in Dubai next March? That is the questioned weighing on th

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Tabua Takes Challenge to Develop Youths

Flying Fijians 15's Rugby Coach Ilivasi Tabua is now taking on the challenge to try and develop youth from the age of 15yrs to 19yrs to understandd the game of rugby before they make it to the national side. Speakin

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Fiji FA Works On Special Ticket Designs

The Fiji Football Association is working on special arrangements and designs for the tickets in this week's opening round of the FMF Battle of the Giants, so that fake tickets won't be sold. After the incident i

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Tabua Confident With Overseas Experts

Flying Fijian 15's rugby coach Ilivasi Tabua has confidence in the assistance provided by the overseas rugby experts. Speaking to Fijivillage, Tabua said those who have crictized the sides performance in the Pacific

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Tabua Confident With Overseas Experts

Flying Fijian 15's rugby coach Ilivasi Tabua has confidence in the assistance provided by the overseas rugby experts. Speaking to Fijivillage, Tabua said those who have crictized the sides performance in the Pacific

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Fiji FA Predicts Close Contest Games

Fiji Football Association has assured teams and fans that this year's FMF Battle of the Giants Tournament will be a close contest game between the top 10 teams vying for the BOG title. Fiji FA official, Hari Raj Nai

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Ovalau Rugby to Launch Complain Against Naitasiri

The Ovalau Rugby team officials will be writing a formal complaint to the Fiji Rugby Union, in regards to the way their players were treated by the Naitasiri players in the 16-8 loss in Naluwai yesterday. When contacted

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Ba, Lautoka Soccer Match End Scoreless

The Lautoka soccer team managed to hold the star stud Ba side nil-all in the New World National Soccer League at Govind Ba. Both sides had equal scoring opportunities but failed to find the back of the net. Total of s

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Tavua College Crowned U-17 Champions

Fiji Secondary School Under-17 championship finished at 3pm this afternoon in Govind Park Ba and there was a big upset where Tavua College defeated Tilak High by 1-0 to win the finals. In the Super Premier match current

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