Domolailai and Katonibau under injury clouds
The Vodafone Fiji 7s team has been dealt with the a major blow during its last pool match against Argentina in the Sydney 7s. Lanky Apisai Domolailai is high likely to be ruled out of the tournament...
View ArticleEngland, France open Six Nations with wins
England got the Eddie Jones era off to a victorious, if not quite glorious, start as tries by George Kruis and Jack Nowell earned them a 15-9 victory over Scotland in a nervy Six Nations clash at...
View ArticleNZ Sevens playing with 8?
World Rugby are investigating New Zealand having eight players on the field when they scored a try on the stroke of full-time to snatch a draw with Australia at the Sydney Sevens. Video footage shows...
View ArticleNew water system for Natuvu
Government is continuing to install water systems for rural communities. During his tour of the Western Division, Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama commissioned a new reticulation system for more than...
View ArticleNursery business owner acknowledged
Meanwhile as part of his visit to the West, the Prime Minister also met with some successful entrepreneurs. Among them was 28 year old Devesh Nath who was praised for his thriving nursery business...
View ArticleStudent admitted following accident
A 7 year old student is recovering at the Waiyevo Hospital after being hit by a vehicle yesterday. The incident happened at about 6pm at Naiyalamudu Settlement. It is alleged the vehicle hit the...
View ArticlePNG athletes gauge performance ahead of Melanesian Games
Athletes from Papua New Guinea were part of the Shop and Save Athletics Fiji weekly competition at the ANZ stadium yesterday. Mowen Boino, the current Pacific Games gold medallist in the Hurdles Event...
View ArticleMagic Johnson seals playoffs place
Some Shaun Johnson magic has earned the Warriors a 15-8 victory over the Brisbane Broncos, and a place in the Auckland NRL Nines quarter-finals. After the Canterbury Bulldogs kept their playoffs hopes...
View ArticleFiji too hot to handle
The Vodafone Fiji 7s team are through to the semi-finals at the Australia 7s in Sydney. This is after they beat Kenya 28-12. Savenaca Rawaca scored either side of Isake Katonibau to take his tally to...
View ArticleNZ thrashes US to reach Sydney semis
The New Zealand men’s rugby sevens team have thrashed the United States 24-7 in the quarter-finals at the Sydney leg of the World Series. It was a bad start for the All Blacks Sevens with their captain...
View ArticleUnited, Chelsea draw as Arsenal win
Arsenal ended a run of four Premier League games without victory as they won 2-0 at Bournemouth to go level on points with second placed Tottenham. Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the...
View ArticleAmerican Samoa stops school sports
In American Samoa, starting from tomorrow, all high school sports are to be cancelled in American Samoa because of a lack of transportation. A notice issued late on Friday by the education department...
View ArticlePools drawn for HSBC USA Sevens
The pools for the HSBC USA Sevens, round five of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series were drawn ahead of the Cup final in Australia. World Rugby has announced the pools for the fifth round of the HSBC...
View ArticleIranian commander mocks Saudi offer to intervene in Syria
Saudi Arabia’s fresh public willingness to send ground troops into Syria is drawing ridicule from the kingdom’s chief regional rival. The commander of Iran’s revolutionary guard on Saturday mocked...
View ArticleYouth council, FCOSS sign MOU
The country’s largest and oldest youth body now has an office to continue with its operations. This comes after the National Youth Council of Fiji recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the...
View ArticleRieko Ioane
Rieko Ioane (born 18 March 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the centre (and occasionally wing) position for New Zealand’s māori international side the Māori All Blacks. He also...
View ArticleAirport workers seen with laptop used in Somalia in-flight jet blast
Somali intelligence officials say two airport workers handled a laptop that concealed a bomb that later exploded in a passenger plane. In a video made public on Sunday by officials, one airport worker...
View Article“Samoa will be hard to beat in Vegas”– Ryan
Fiji is again in a tough pool for the Las Vegas 7s. Fiji is group with Argentina, Samoa and France, a repeat of the Sydney 7s pool. The national side will be looking to extend their remarkable record...
View ArticleRyan wants another match-up with the All Blacks 7s in Las Vegas
Vodafone Fiji 7s Coach Ben Ryan wants another match-up with the All Blacks 7s in Las Vegas. After losing by two point to Sydney 7s winners New Zealand in the semifinals, Ryan says it was a good game...
View ArticleIn Cologne, reporter groped while covering Carnival on live television
The city of Cologne, Germany, fell back into the spotlight of sexual assault this week, when its annual street Carnival kicked off. A woman reporting from the city center for a Belgian broadcaster was...
View Article