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FRU names Flying Fijians team
FIJI Rugby Union chairman Filimone Waqabaca has named the Flying Fijians team for the first two legs of the Pacific Nations Cup. Head coach Inoke Male said the team had the best available players to play against Japan and Canada.The PNC also features USA and Tonga. The 2013 PNC starts today between Japan and Tonga and Canada and USA. Fiji will play its opening match on June 1 against ...
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Qera to captain Flying Fijians
Knowing that he comes up short in terms of experience to other players in the Flying Fijians extended squad has not deterred Sam Matavesi who insists that its up to the individual player to make it ...
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Fijis Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama completed his first state visit to Papua New Guinea today. ...
Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama completed his first state visit to Papua New Guinea today. He heads to New York next to chair a series of meetings on the G77+China Group. Upon leaving the Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby this afternoon, Bainimarama was accorded a full military guard of honour and a gun salute. Expressing his appreciation to both Fiji and PNG ...
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Blues want to spot
AUCKLAND - Veteran hooker Keven Mealamu says the Blues need to heed the lessons from their wet-weather defeat last weekend as they try to maintain a spot in Super Rugby's top six. The Blues face Australian conference leaders the Brumbies in Auckland tonight, eager to bounce back from a 23-3 loss at the hands of a clinical Crusaders outfit.Mealamu says it was probably the first time many of ...
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Faingaa makes a return to starting line-up
CANBERRA - Brumbies flanker Colby Faingaa will return to the Brumbies starting line-up for the first time in over two years as the only run-on change made for today's Super Rugby clash with the Blues in Auckland. Faingaa's ascension to the run-on side is due to a strained medial ligament suffered by veteran flanker George Smith, which will also make room for Jordan Smiler on the ...
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Taurua set to leave Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic
WELLINGTON - Noeline Taurua's long tenure as Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic coach will end in August. Taurua, who guided the Magic to last year's trans-Tasman netball league title, says the time is right to move on."This is my 11th year in this environment, which is a long time," she said.Taurua said she made her decision early to allow plenty of time for her replacement to ...
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Prop says dont take Japan lightly
PROP Jerry Yanuyanutawa believes Japan will be a tough nut to crack in Fiji's first match of the Pacific Nations Cup next month. The London Irish player has been named in the Flying Fijians side for the first two games of the PNC and he said he was looking forward to donning the national jumper once again.The last time he played for Fiji was in the Europe Tour last year and he said he had ...
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Samo back for Reds
BRISBANE - Japan-bound Wallabies veteran Radike Samo is poised to return to the Queensland pack as the Reds aim to break down the strong Stormers defence in Cape Town on Sunday morning. In his final season of Super Rugby, the 37-year-old has finally returned to fitness following a knee injury and looks set to be included in the Reds back-row at Newlands.Tireless workers Ed Quirk and Jake Schatz ...
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Navua man under probe
A NAVUA Football official is under police investigation for an alleged assault at the association meeting on Wednesday night. Norman Philips, Jolly Brothers club delegate, told Times Sport that he had complained to the police about an NFA executive, whom he alleges assaulted him. Philips claimed that the executive was under the influence of liquor.Philips said he had earlier asked the president ...
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NRL aims to fully investigate Teo case
SYDNEY - The NRL has vowed to fully investigate assault allegations against South Sydney's Ben Te'o in order to dispense of notions that rugby league had a poor attitude towards women. A Brisbane woman said on Wednesday she was left bleeding and abandoned with a fractured eye socket from an alleged assault by Te'o last month.Te'o strongly denies the allegations and ...
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Lavo whips Play Boy
DIGICEL Lavo took home the Coastline Bainimarama Cup trophy after beating Play Boy in the feature race of the Koroua Horseracing Club competition in Naqalimare, Navosa on Thursday. Lavo which lost to the Fiji number one, Hot Chillie, a couple of weeks ago managed to get back in the winning form to prove a top contender for the national title.Owner Tajim Khan was pleased with the win and ...
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Palmer leads in Texas invitation
FORT WORTH, Texas - Ryan Palmer fired a bogey-free eight-under par 62 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead over fellow American John Rollins after the first round of the US PGA Crowne Plaza Invitational. Palmer, a member at the host Colonial Country Club, used his knowledge to full advantage in the opening 18 holes to edge Rollins for the lead."This golf course, I know where to hit ...
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Bulldogs ready to bite Tigers
DEFENDING champions of the Vodafone Cup, Makoi Bulldogs is looking to return to winning ways when they face the Namatakula Tigers today. Two weeks ago, the Hansons-sponsored side went down to last year's runners up Sabeto Roosters 12-18 in the first round of the Super 8 competition in Nadi. This time, they want to register a convincing win even though they will travel to Lawaqa Park, the ...
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Minimum ban for racist abuse
LONDON - The UEFA executive committee yesterday ratified a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials. The changes were first announced last month by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and will now be included in the disciplinary regulations.While UEFA can only enforce the punishments in its competitions, its 53 members will be asked to adopt the same measures ...
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Umpire axed from tourney
NEW DELHI - Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy tournament in England amid media reports he is under Indian police investigation for spot-fixing, the ICC said yesterday. The announcement comes a week after police arrested three cricketers, including Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, accusing them of deliberately bowling badly in ...
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James Leads NBA pick
NEW YORK - LeBron James, who won his fourth NBA Most Valuable Player Award in five seasons this year, was the only unanimous choice on the All-NBA First Team all-star squad announced by the league on Thursday. The Miami Heat superstar was joined on the lineup chosen by a media panel by NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City, Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers, Tim Duncan of Aan ...
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League games dress rehearsal for FACT
THREE of this weekend's National Football League games will act as dress rehearsals for the opening round of the 2013 Fiji FACT in three weeks time. Fans heading to today's Ba-Nadroga and tomorrow's Suva-Labasa and Lautoka-Rewa showdowns in the Fiji FA Fiji Sun/GP Batteries-sponsored league will get to see the same games again at the newly-renovated ANZ Stadium over June ...
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Lochan swings to win Chook Run event
DOCTOR Ram Lochan walked away with the main prize at the Chook Run nine-holes stableford event at the Fiji Golf Club (FGC) course in Vatuwaqa yesterday. The Goodman Fielder-sponsored weekly event had 20 participants competing with Lochan scoring 21 points to take the top honours.Father Le Vodivodi, who also scored 21 points, lost on countback to settle for second place while Ramesh Goundar on ...
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Fiji full of talented league reps
ONLY recently have rugby league clubs began to take serious notice of the nursery that is Fiji. Late last year, just three days after his 20th birthday, Marika Koroibete burst on the NRL scene, scoring four tries in his second NRL appearance and becoming only the second Wests Tigers player in the club's history to do so.Dual Australian international and Fijian representative Lote Tuqiri ...
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Market plans for island
A PROPER market has been planned for the island of Taveuni. This was among other prioritised projects discussed at the Northern Divisional Development Board meeting in Labasa this week.The project has been recommended for funding assistance next year.Divisional planning officer northern Alipate Bolalevu said it was only proper for the people in the area to have an appropriate market to ...
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Air Pac investigates shark fin claim
AIR Pacific is continuing with its investigations into claims made by shark activists and the South China Morning Post that aircraft owned by the airline was allegedly transporting shark fins to Hong Kong. Acting CEO Aubrey Swift said the claims were serious."It is something that we are looking into, something that we take seriously and it is something that we need to evaluate before we ...
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Bamboo workshop highlights many uses of the plant
IT might be regarded as a wild plant but it certainly is useful in many ways. Sunnyville Bamboo Development is conducting a week-long workshop on bamboo craft in Labasa. Owner Sukulu Soko said bamboo was similar to coconut trees because almost all of its parts were useful.He said people needed to understand how to identify and preserve bamboo in order to prolong its life span."People might ...
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Tuva ready for Davetalevu clash
THE Tuva rugby club is ready to face Davetalevu today in the feature match of Nadroga's Top 16 club competition at Lawaqa Park in Sigatoka. The match will be held straight after the Tailevu-Outrigger on the Lagoon Nadroga Digicel Cup fixture.Tuva team manager Mosese Naciqo said his players had been training well for the past week and were raring to go."The players are injury free and ...
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Nadro wary of Tailevu
THE Nadroga rugby side is taking a cautious approach towards their match with Tailevu today. The Stallions, riding high after their 30-16 win over Suva last week, are not underestimating the Tebara Buses sponsored side.Team manager Paula Biu said his side would need to give a better performance compared to the match against Suva when they play Tailevu today at Lawaqa Park in the Digicel Cup ...
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Villagers learn from training
A WEEK-LONG bamboo handicraft training has been rewarding for a group of villagers in Labasa as they aim to generate income from it. Facilitated by the Northern Christian Training Centre and the Sunnyville Bamboo Development Company, the training was aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to make their own handicraft from bamboo to support their livelihood.Trainer Sukulu ...
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Fiji needs to focus more on needs of the poor
Fiji is facing a major problem with informal housing or ‘squatter colonies’, especially on the outskirts of major cities such as Savu, which draw people in with the promise of jobs and prosperity. An ongoing effort by government to provide affordable housing for low-income earners is hampered by mismanagement, a lack of funds and the reluctance to evict non-payers from their homes.
Fiji is one of the more developed countries of the South Pacific island nations, but a large proportion of the population remain in poverty and exist through subsistence means rather than through formal integration with the national economy. Read more
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