Ki ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula and Welcome to Season 08 Episode 17 of Breakfast Bites the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Wednesday morning 17 January 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Ki ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula and Welcome to Season 08 Episode 17 of Breakfast Bites the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Wednesday morning 17 January 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
In rugby league
BREAKING NEWS: After six months of blushing denials, trying to keep a lid on their budding romance, Panthers star Nathan Cleary has confirmed that he is in a relationship with Matildas star Mary Fowler.
Welcome to Australian sport’s newest power couple!
Aging Kiwi, Kieran Foran plans to play beyond 2024 with The Sydney Morning Herald reporting he is closing in on a one-year extension with the Titans.
Foran will be 34 by the end of this season but said this week: “physically I feel as good as ever.”
“I battled a few niggling injuries last season, but the fact I was able to punch out the minutes I did … gave me great belief,” Foran said.
He struggled with injuries during his three-year stint with the Bulldogs, but has managed to play 20 or more games in each of his last three seasons.
“There’s plenty of fuel left in the tank.”
The New Zealand international has played 282 NRL games over 15 years with six different clubs.
In rugby union
BREAKING NEWS: Warren Gatland holds no ill-feeling towards Louis Rees-Zammit, who dropped a bombshell on Yesterday when he quit rugby union to try his hand at American Football just minutes before he was to be named in his Wales’ Six Nations squad.
Rees-Zammit, 22, was to become a central figure for Wales coach Gatland in the next cycle up to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia, but instead will pursue a career in the NFL
In football
BREAKING NEWS: José Mourinho has been sacked by Roma this morning!
This despite questions being raised about whether Roma could afford to sack the Portuguese maestro only yesterday, given his infamous “sack me early and you pay big time” clause in his contract.
Early wild speculation is that Jose is heading back to Stamford Bridge!
In SportsBiz
The NFL wild card play-off game between the Chiefs and the Dolphins, which aired exclusively on Peacock, is the most-streamed event in US history, averaging 23 million viewers.
This despite some fans outrage last week about the game being available exclusively on the streamer @ US$5.99.
The Chiefs-Dolphins stream beat out last year’s Saturday night wild card matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Chargers, which drew 20.6m viewers on NBC.
Peacock paid US$110Million rights to this year’s wild card game, which will be up for auction again this offseason and intended for a streaming audience.
In boxing
BREAKING NEWS: Ryan Garcia and his now estranged influencer wife, Andrea Celina separated on Christmas day 2023 due to irreconcilable differences according to Court filings.
Garcia announced their divorce two days after she gave birth to their second child together – a boy.
Celina is still living in her husband’s US$3Million California home.
Don’t leave girl!
And that’s a wrap!
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