Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 05 Episode 04 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful blue sky Wednesday morning 05 April 2023.
Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 05 Episode 04 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful blue sky Wednesday morning 05 April 2023.
Coming to you from paradise, on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
And we start with rugby – both union and league: Former Fiji Bati, Fiji 7s rep and NRL star, Jarryd Hayne has said he “did not lie or cover up evidence” after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at her Newcastle home almost five years ago.
Following an 11 day trial in Sydney plus more than six days of deliberating, the jury of six men and six women found the two-time Dally M winner and ex-NFL convert guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
Hayne had pleaded not guilty and denied sexually assaulting the woman.
His first trial in Newcastle in 2020 ended in a hung jury, while he was convicted at a second trial in March 2021 and sent to prison for nine months until he successfully appealed the decision.
He is facing a maximum possible sentence of 14 years in jail.
In Boxing: Tim Tszyu has told FOX Sports Australia that his blockbuster World title unification fight against Jermell Charlo has been delayed again as the American champ endures a longer-than-expected recovery from his broken left hand.
The undefeated Australian champ is frustrated by yet another delay – “how long can you keep postponing a fight, he says?”
But Tszyu refuses to stay idle, revealing that he will once again gamble on his unified world title shot with another fight in June before finally taking on the Super Welterweight King.
In SportsBiz: The National Women’s Soccer League is expanding into Northern California.
Global investment firm, Sixth Street is partnering with four former U.S. Women’s National Team players to bring a team to the Bay Area.
The expansion fee was US$53Million, a source with knowledge of the deal said — more than 10 times the fee paid for the Kansas City Current just last season.
Sixth Street has made more than US$1Billion in sports-related investments over the last two years.
In Football: Peru has been stripped of hosting the FIFA Under-17 Men’s World Cup scheduled from 10 November, after the governing body said the South American nation failed to fulfill infrastructure commitments.
Last month Indonesia was stripped of hosting the FIFA Under-20 World Cup after the governor of Bali said that they would not host the team from Israel.
The FIFA Council will designate two new hosts.
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