Latest Sports news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Rewa soccer team coach Marika Rodu says the Vodafone Premier League match against Ba this afternoon is their most important game of the season. Rodu stresses that winning the league has always been the main objecti
Amy Perrett made history last night by becoming the first woman to referee a men’s Super Rugby game, a move she hopes will open the door to other females. The Australian took charge of the clash between the ACT B
A major upset has taken place at Prince Charles Park yesterday afternoon as the Nadi rugby team defeated Namosi 29-12 in Round 6 of the Skipper Cup competition. Nadi led 15-5 at halftime and dominated possession in
National 7s reps and brothers, Sevuloni Mocenacagi and Kavekini Tabu will start for Nadroga when they take on Yasawa in the Skipper Cup competition tomorrow. This is the first time the two brothers are in the start
After 22 years of no sponsorship, the Lautoka Netball Association has managed to secure a $3,500 cash sponsorship every season for the next three years from Digicel. Digicel Fiji CEO, Farid Mohammed and Lautoka’s
A total of 174 nominations are in for the 2020 Melbourne Cup. Up to contend the $8 million Cup is defending champion Vow and Declare from the Danny O’Brien stable. The stable has also nominated a number of o
France and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus. The 27-year-old will have to self-isolate for 14 days. He will miss France's Nations League game in Sweden on Sunday, and
NBA players have agreed not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of a slate of playoff games in a protest against racial injustice and police brutality. The police shooting of a Black ma
The Fiji Rugby Union says the rugby ball was in play for an average of only 20 minutes per game in the last five rounds of the Skipper Cup Competition. Ball in play time is the amount of time the ball is in the pos
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has accepted a shock move to Japan to play with Toyota Verblitz. According to reports, Hooper has inked a six-month deal for the first half of 2021 after which he will return to the
Fiji Rugby's continuing work to encourage more children to learn how to play rugby got a major boost today as they received a shipment of new Get Into Rugby equipment, supported by the Australian Government through the
The Men's National 7s team Captain Meli Derenalagi will make his first start for Suva in their Skipper Cup clash against Lautoka on Saturday. Derenalagi has been listed to start at openside flanker. Another Na
The Fiji Rugby Union says positive discussions are continuing about the Flying Fijians involvement in an eight-team tournament with Six Nations sides in November this year. Fiji Rugby CEO John O'Connor says he had
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for today have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice. The NBA said all three games would
NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice when the Milwaukee Bucks didn’t take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Magic. The teams were set to begin Game 5 in the l
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the first time. Antetokounmpo claimed the award by a landslide, with 75 of the 100 sportswriters and broadcaster
Two players tested positive for marijuana use during the Vodafone Futsal IDC last weekend. Fiji FA President Rajesh Patel confirms the two were first-time offenders and have been suspended for three months. Pa
The Fiji Rugby Union is hoping that the proposed test match against the All Blacks goes ahead next year. CEO John O’Connor says they hope that by then things will be cleared so they can travel to New Zealand for
The North v South match which is also an All Blacks trial has been switched to Wellington on September 5 and will be played in front of no spectators. The news follows the New Zealand government's announcement this
48 men’s teams, 8 women’s teams and 12 Under 20 teams are confirmed for the 44th Fiji Bitter Marist 7s which will be held from the 24th to the 26th of September at the ANZ Stadium. Top teams such as defending c
