497 articles tagged "olympics"
The Fiji Women’s 7s team has named seven players who won bronze in the Tokyo Olympics in their 15-member team for the Paris Olympics this month. Raijeli Daveua will feature for her third Olympic Games this year,
Team Fiji Taekwondo representative to the Paris Olympics 2024 Venice Traill says last year was supposed to have been her final year competing for Fiji, but she is grateful that her managers and coaches encouraged her to
The Fiji Men’s 7s team are looking at polishing their ball handling errors and contesting the ball in the air as coach Osea Kolinisau believes they have the players who can exploit that area of the game. Kolinisa
Fiji Men’s 7s pool opponents the USA Rugby 7s have named their 12-member squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics with 6 players to be making their Olympic debuts. Coach Mike Friday has also included speedster Perry Bak
Setefano Cakau is no stranger to the 7s circuit and his inclusion in the Fiji 7s men’s management team has brought the team members together in terms of discipline on and off the field. Cakau told fijivillage New
Athletes, parents, and supporters of Team Fiji that will be leaving for Paris showed up in large numbers for the dedication service held at the Calvary Temple in Samabula today. Families from various faiths came to
The inclusion of the 3 players Salestino Ravutaumada, Iosefo Masi, and Josaia Raisuqe in the final travelling squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics next month, is a big bonus for the team. This was highlighted by coach
Swire Shipping Fijian Drua winger, Selestino Ravutaumada and two-time Olympic gold medallist, Jerry Tuwai have made their way into the Fiji Men’s 7s travelling squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. 24-year-old Ravu
Young patients at the CWM hospital were brimming with excitement as Fiji National Rugby 7s team members paid them a visit which brightened up their day. The star-struck patients could not contain their excitement a
Fiji Men’s 7s Coach Osea Kolinisau is stressing to the team getting ready for the Paris Olympics that defence is the key to winning games, and they are working on getting their defence structure right. He says th
Fiji Airways Men’s 7s forward Ponipate Loganimasi is putting in the hard yards as he tries to secure a spot for the Olympics Games in Paris, France, next month and says the bond and comradeship in camp is high. L
France-based winger and current Fiji Men’s 7s team extended squad member Josaia Raisuqe has set his target of claiming a spot in the final team that will be named to travel to the 2024 Paris Olympics next month.
We can achieve the impossible at the Paris Olympic Games. Those were the words of two-time Olympic gold-medallist Jerry Tuwai as he and the Fiji Men’s 7s side step up their preparation for the upcoming Olympics
Analyzing the girls and setting the right mindset is a critical area that Fijiana 7s coach, Saiasi Fuli is looking to enhance as they prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics next month. Fuli says accountability is als
Athletes winning gold in the Paris Olympic Games will be awarded $50,000, while those athletes who settle for silver and bronze will receive $20,000 and $10,000, respectively. This is after Prime Minister Sitiveni
Track and field will be the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying it will pay $50,000 to gold medallists in Paris. The governing body of athletics said it was setting asi
Only two sports have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on merit so far and they are Rugby 7s and Sailing. Team Fiji Chef de Mission Sale Sorovaki says other sports that are hoping to qualify and will be going t
France captain Antoine Dupont is making a switch to the 7s code and will miss the 2024 Six Nations to focus on next year’s Olympics in Paris. Dupont will join up with France’s sevens squad in January after an a
We are confident that we can give New Zealand a tough game as anything can happen in the field of football with the right focus and determination. This was highlighted by Fiji under 23 Men’s head coach Robert She
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper will get another chance in the golden jersey in a major tournament in Paris, with the veteran forward poised to accept a contract with Rugby Australia to play for the Aussie seven
