Latest Sports news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle says she will get another 15% pay cut from her AUD815,000 annual salary. Castle had already taken a 50% cut, but yesterday she revealed that she was taking another 15% off. F
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has used social media to brand a series of stories in the Argentine media as fake which also includes news that he had paid former team-mate Ronaldinho's bail. Messi issued the angry den
The Australian Rugby League Commission has announced its plans to restart the NRL competition on the 28th of May. This follows a meeting yesterday where the Australian Rugby League Commission approved the plans to
Top professional rugby players in Wales have agreed to take a 25 percent pay cut for three months as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The Welsh Rugby Union Professional Rugby Board and Welsh Rugby Players' Assoc
Some of our rugby heroes are also serving on the frontline to combat COVID-19 and assist in the recovery efforts after Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold. Fiji Airways National 7s playmaker, Livai Ikanikoda and wings,
Real Madrid's players coaches and "main directors" will take a pay cut of 10-20% this year as the club deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Football in Spain has been suspended indefinitely since Marc
Fiji Airways Flying Fijians fullback Kini Murimurivalu says when things return to normality, the first thing he will do is take his family out for dinner at their favourite restaurant. Murimurivalu told Fiji Rugby
A judge in Paraguay has ordered the release of Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother into house arrest at a hotel in downtown Asuncion. Judge Gustavo Amarilla told reporters that he had ordered the "cont
Warren Gatland has proposed his British & Irish Lions play the All Blacks in a one-off test ahead of their tour of South Africa next year. With the Lions and All Blacks drawing their 2017 series in New Zealand,
Crusaders fullback David Havili has revealed how he came dramatically close to having his rugby career ended by a bowel infection. Having been in career-best form, Havili went under the knife last month just hours
UFC president Dana White says he is close to securing a private island to continue hosting fights during the coronavirus crisis. White says UFC 249 will go ahead on 18th April at an undisclosed location. The o
Fiji Rugby Union Chief Executive Officer John O’Connor confirms the board has endorsed cost-cutting measures to ensure the financial integrity and sustainability of the union long term and to ensure rugby will be read
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern says sports stars must be better as role models during the coronavirus pandemic. She made this comment after the Crusaders team members were seen training together at
Boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has put the boot into rival Deontay Wilder, saying he had expected a much bigger challenge in their rematch. Fury dropped Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round of
The Crusaders have spoken to a group of players that were filmed together at a Christchurch park. The gathering, which included All Black first five Richie Mo'unga, is against the rules set out by the New Zealand g
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's mother, Dolors Sala Carrio, has died aged 82 in Barcelona after contracting coronavirus. Manchester City says everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sym
English Premier League players are set to start negotiations on a club-by-club basis over proposed wage cuts. It comes after talks aimed at a collective pay deal in response to the coronavirus crisis broke down wit
Dave Rennie could walk away as the Wallabies coach even before coaching a single game if under siege Rugby Australia Chief Executive Raelene Castle is sacked. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “sources clos
English Premier League players failed to reach an agreement with clubs to take 30 percent pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic, escalating a bitter public row as their union claimed the government would lose out on
Sacked Wallaby Israel Folau's big payout from Rugby Australia could reportedly be at risk if the governing body goes under due to the coronavirus pandemic. The former fullback sued Rugby Australia for religious dis
