Latest Sports news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed professional sport will be part of the large amount of services allowed to resume at Alert Level 2 , with both rugby and netball already signalling they will m
Rafael Nadal fears the 2020 tennis season has been lost to the coronavirus pandemic and admits he is already focusing his attention on next year's Australian Open. The ATP and WTA tours have been suspended until at
Former Fiji Airways Flying Fijians wing, Nemani Nadolo will be joining the Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher English Premiership Rugby next season. He has been released from his french club Montpellier where he pla
The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel says the German Bundesliga season can resume this month. It will become the first major league in Europe to return to competition, with a date for resumption to be confirmed
Sonny Bill Williams has been offered as a potential opponent for Mike Tyson’s planned comeback to boxing. Australian promoter Brian Amatruda has approached Tyson's handlers about the former world heavyweight cham
The Fiji Airways Men's National 7s Team players are motivated to improve their performance when the HSBC World 7s Series resumes. In the Vancouver 7s in March, Fiji finished in 7th place after losing to New Zealand
World Rugby has released its framework for rugby's return to play, written by chief medical officer Eanna Falvey, former CMO Martin Raftery, Welsh Rugby Union's Prav Mathema an independent physician Professor May Horgan
Former Schalke player Hiannick Kamba has reportedly been found alive and well in Germany, four years after his death. The right-back was understood to have died in a car crash in Congo in January 2016. However
An opinion piece on Stuff.co states that in rugby terms the Islands certainly do not owe New Zealand a living as New Zealand rugby has benefited massively from the economic migration from the islands and given just as l
The England and Scotland’s men’s and women’s soccer teams have made a significant donation to the National Health Service in the UK working in the frontline of COVID-19. The donation will include their match
The All Blacks have named loose forward Sam Cane as their new captain. All Blacks coach Ian Foster announced last night that the current Waikato Chiefs captain succeeds Kieran Read who retired from the All Blacks afte
New Zealand Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck says the team is getting to grips with life in Tamworth, Australia having completed their first day’s training. Players were able to train in small groups today, a
Warriors adapt to their new lives inside Tamworth bubble Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck says the team is getting to grips with life in Tamworth, having completed their first day’s training. Players wer
The three South Sydney players who were turned away from the NRL club’s headquarters and sent for COVID-19 tests have returned negative results for the virus. In a major relief to the NRL, Latrell Mitchell, Adam
Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s coach Gareth Baber is always looking at ways in building enthusiasm in players. Baber says he is also focused on trying to help other players develop during the current situation.
The New Zealand Warriors are on their way to Australia to prepare for the resumption of the NRL season, but two players have not got on the plane – one on compassionate grounds, the other due to illness. Warriors
The COVID-19 crisis has led to a massive restructuring at New Zealand Rugby, with staff being advised that job losses are imminent. TVNZ News reports executives have held meetings with staff and more meetings will
Fiji Airways Men's National 7s coach Gareth Baber is using the opportunity that the COVID-19 crisis has created to become a better coach and develop himself further. Baber says it is strange and frustrating not bei
The Fiji Rugby Union says the decision to support Sir Bill Beaumont and Bernard Laporte to lead World Rugby was a strategic one by the FRU Board that was birthed and nurtured prior to and since Fiji’s ascension to the
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has been tested for COVID-19 after developing a sore throat. According to Australia's Daily Telegraph, Robinson has isolated himself from players after waking up this morning wi
