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Pacific Games allows for late registration

The Pacific Games organising committee has decided to allow the sporting organisations for the late registrations although the Games gets underway next week. The executive board has by a split vote agreed to reverse it

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Flying Fijians out to surprise at RWC

Fiji has always struggled to replicate their 7's success in the Test arena but once again they hope to spring a few surprises in the Rugby World Cup with their free-running game. Coach Ilivasi Tabua, who has the rar

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Fiji athletics produce good results

Fiji athletes have produced some good results on the second day of the Oceania Grand Prix meet in Australia. Makelesi Bulikiobo won the 400 meters final in a time of 53.66 seconds ahead of team-mate Paulini Korowaqa who

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Natabua U17 determined to beat RKS

The talk around town this afternoon is the Deans Final between RKS and QVS, however this is a different story for the lone Western School in the tournament Natabua High School who are meeting RKS in the under 17 final an

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2009 World Cup 7s date set

The 2009 World Cup 7's will take place from the 5th to 7th March, the International Rugby Board has announced. The event in Dubai will have a women’s competition for the first time and the final 16 teams will

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Rauluni calls for public support

"Please get behind the team and support us all the way to France". Those were the words of FMF Flying Fijian 15's rugby team captain Mosese Rauluni as the side gets ready to leave Nadi Air-port in the nex

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Deans final around the corner

With only a day to go for the Deans finals at the Post Fiji stadium most rugby lovers are predicting that tomorrow's finals could go down to the wire as both teams know what to expect from each other. Speaking to Vi

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FMF Flying Fijians ready to depart

The FMF Flying Fijians depart to France this morning confident to achieve their goal in this year's Rugby World Cup. Although the tournament is 22 days away from the official start, Fiji will have two weeks of train

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American Samoa and Niue pull out of Pacific Games

American Samoa and Niue have pulled out of the Pacific Games netball competition without giving any specific reason. This has left only eight teams to compete in the competition and even the organisers had to re-draw th

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Soccer squad to be named today

The Fiji soccer team management will meet at around midday today to finalise their final 20-man squad to the Pacific Games in Samoa. Coach Carlos Buzetti will have to drop four players today, because only 20 players hav

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Suva and Nadi on track

Both Suva and Nadi are on track in making "Operation Clean-sweep" a success after some of their teams won their finals in their respective grades a while ago. At Prince Charles Park in Nadi, Nadi has won three

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Girl attracts attention at Kaji Rugby

The Nadi Airport primary school student Esther Reece is at the center of attention in the Western division of the FMF Chow Kaji rugby tournament. Reece who is a class two student, playing at halfback is the first ever f

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First Female in Kaji Rugby final

Nadi One and Lautoka will fight for the top spot in the under 9 and under 11 divisions of the FMF Chow Kaji tournament in the Western division. Nadi One which has the first ever female student to play in the primary sch

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Lautoka Andra Favourites for Schools Soccer

The Lautoka Andra College who is top bet to win the Fiji Secondary Schools soccer championship title this weekend, won their opening match this morning at Churchill Park in Lautoka. They defeated Lautoka central College

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RKS Boasts Superior Fitness

Deans Under 19 finalists Ratu Kadavulevu School has only one aim in mind as they countdown to the finals and that is to lift the prestigious silverware at the Post Fiji Stadium on Saturday. The Lodoni based school is bo

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Flying Fijians Aim for Top 8 Spot

The FMF Flying Fijians will be out to break the 20-year-old drought in this year's Rugby World Cup. The last time we played in the quarterfinal was in 1987 going down to France by 31 points to 16 and since then we f

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Flying Fijians Aim for Top 8 Spot

The FMF Flying Fijians will be out to break the 20-year-old drought in this year's Rugby World Cup. The last time we played in the quarterfinal was in 1987 going down to France by 31 points to 16 and since then we f

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Suva’s Operation on Track

The Suva Blues quest for operation clean sweep in the Southern Zone FMF Chow Kaji rugby tournament is on track. They have qualified in the semifinals of all grades from under 9 to under 14 but will face a good challenge

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Nadi One Tipped for Top Honours

The Western Zone will also have their semifinals played today at Nadi's Prince Charles Park. Nadi and Lautoka have qualified for all the semifinals but the Nadi One side is tipped to win most of the finals later thi

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No last minute changes in Flying Fijians squad

The FMF Flying Fijians management staff won't make any last minute changes to the current 30-man squad scheduled to fly out to France on Friday morning despite a few niggling injuries and flanker Semisi Naevo falling

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