Win for the King
THE Fiji Warriors have been told to expect a tougher battle from Tonga A this afternoon than what they received from Samoa A on Monday.
View ArticleYouths for Oceania
ISIRELI Vuetibau has been given the captain's armband for the Fiji men's basketball team to the FIBA Oceania Youth Championship in Australia next month.
View ArticleSquash bid for Olympics
SQUASH Fiji has joined hands with its world body in a bid to get the sport in the 2020 Olympic Games.
View Article$500 more for chess
THE Fiji Chess Federation is gearing up to host Fiji's oldest chess tournament, the Fiji Bitter Open on Sunday in Suva.
View ArticleWho's really at fault
SO finally they have the monkey off their backs. They have exorcised a 28-year-old demon. When Aisea Mocelutu's extra-time goal secured Suva's last IDC triumph in 1983, 19 out of Suva's 22 squad...
View ArticleDiamonds confident
SYDNEY — Australia are confident they've improved as they set out to avenge their netball Test series loss to great rivals New Zealand in Sydney on Sunday.
View ArticleRain spoil Perth in T20
SYDNEY — Rain has put a dampener on Perth Scorchers prospects of making the Champions Trophy T20 cricket semi-finals, with their match against India's Kolkata Knight Riders in Durban failing to produce...
View ArticleEngland upbeat
WARSAW — Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney believe England will still qualify for the World Cup despite Wednesday's 1-1 draw in Poland but admitted the performance in Warsaw was far from perfect.
View ArticleSponsors dump Armstrong
AUSTIN, Texas — Sponsors Nike and Anheuser-Busch have ended endorsement deals with Lance Armstrong as the doping-disgraced US cyclist stepped down as chairman of the Livestrong anti-cancer charity he...
View ArticleFoot surgery for Borini
LIVERPOOL, England —Liverpool's Italian striker Fabio Borini is to undergo surgery on a fractured bone in his foot and could face three months out of action.
View ArticleFarina joins Aston Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England — A coach who refused a 200,000 euro ($F465,766) bribe to help fix an Italian Cup game last year has joined Aston Villa in a community coaching role.
View ArticleReferees to pay damages
ROME — An Italian court has ordered the referees involved in the 2006 match-fixing scandal to pay 4 million euros ($F9m) in damages to the Italian Football Federation. Referee
View ArticleMealamu to start 100th All Blacks cap
AUCKLAND — Hooker Keven Mealamu will mark his 100th Test for the All Blacks by running on in the starting line-up against Australia in the year's final Bledisloe Cup rugby match.
View ArticleUEFA opens racism case
LONDON — UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against both Serbia and England after alleged racist chanting and brawls at their under-21 match.
View ArticleIrish vote for Trapattoni
DUBLIN — Besieged Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has been given the green light to continue in charge of the team's World Cup qualifying campaign.
View ArticleWelterweight champ promised overseas contest
A WIN over Samoa's welterweight champion Pele Faumei could be a pathway to greener pastures for Fiji boxing champion Abhay Chand.
View ArticleSelectors look for U17 talent
THE Bargain Box Fiji Limited women's Inter District Championship which starts in Ba today will serve as the initial selection for the national under-17 soccer side to the regional play-off in 2014.
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