Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 06 Episode 19 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a cloudy and warm Wednesday morning 19 July 2023.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 06 Episode 19 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a cloudy and warm Wednesday morning 19 July 2023.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
In Breaking Rugby News in Fiji today
The race for Pasifika talent is on: A top French player agent has turned up in Nadi with a suitcase full of euros, to make a contract offer to Frank Lomani and three other players to join Top 14 French Clubs after the Rugby World Cup in France in September.
Fijian or Tongan, only the French player agent knows and he has the cash to walk the talk!
The other Breaking News exploding in Australia, is that the Victorian State government has axed the 2026 Commonwealth Games amid a mammoth cost blowout from A$2.6Billion budgeted to an estimated A$6B estimated.
Since then the Commonwealth Games Committee and Commonwealth Games Australia, have hit back saying the budget only blew out because of changes made by the Victorian State government to their initial plans, and they also questioned the accuracy of his A$6B cost claim.
Join me for Background Buzz at the end of this podcast where I dive into the new World Rugby 7s Series – “HSBC SVNS” launched by World Rugby yesterday.
In rugby league
Bulldogs GM Phil Gould has confirmed that he visited former Manly Hooker Manase Fainu in jail to “check on his wellbeing.”
Fainu was sentenced to eight years in prison for stabbing a Mormon Church leader back in 2019, a judgment his lawyer is appealing.
Gould has also been in contact with Fainu’s talented younger brothers Latu and Samuela, but stopped short of suggestions he was keen to recruit the duo.
I’ll let you be the judge on that one.
The Eels have suffered a major blow with powerhouse Wing, Maika Sivo set to miss four games after he unsuccessfully tried to have his grade two careless high tackle charge reduced at the NRL judiciary last night.
Sivo could have accepted a three-game ban if he’d taken the early guilty plea, but Brad Arthur chose to roll the dice.
At the Tour de France
Defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard delivered a knockout blow to his nearest rival, Tadej Pogacar in the rolling 22.4Km Stage 16 hybrid time trial, from Passy to Combloux overnight, extending his lead from only 10 seconds after 15 stages now to one minute and 48 seconds heading into Stage 17.
While this is a decisive advantage for Vingegaard, anything can still happen in what has been so far, a Tour of fine margins to this point.
At Wimbledon
While Novak Djokovic was fined US$8,000 for smashing his racket against the net post during his Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final loss – his first loss in London for 10 years, the World No 2, banked US$1.6Million as runner-up.
The final had a peak audience of 11.3 million viewers on the BBC– the largest viewing figures since 2016.
In combat sports
Boxing fans worldwide have sent social media into meltdown, scouring the internet for images of that crazy Daniella Hemsley who flashed her boobs after winning her first fight in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.
Background Buzz
OK so in Background Buzz this morning – World Rugby has revamped and rebranded its World 7s Series as “HSBC SVNS”, a global celebration of rugby sevens across eight iconic cities – a festival and a must-attend experience set in some of the world’s most exciting locations.
With a bold ambition to supercharge rugby’s global reach and appeal by being more relevant and accessible to younger, leisure-hungry audiences, HSBC SVNS aims to deliver the ultimate in immersive experiences, a unique festival of sport, entertainment and culture set against stunning backdrops.
Launching in December 2023, HSBC SVNS – which is short for “7s” festivals will provide the annual platform for the world’s best sevens athletes to shine with 12 men’s and women’s teams sharing a global stage at the same location.
Sorry Kiwis but no more bustling Hamilton hosting, instead the new HBSC SVNS cities and festival dates are:
· Dubai, UAE – 2-3 December, 2023
· Cape Town, South Africa – 9-10 December, 2023
· Perth, Australia – 26-28 January, 2024
· Vancouver, Canada – 23-25 February, 2024
· Los Angeles, USA – 2-3 March, 2024
· Hong Kong SAR, China – 5-7 April 2024
· Singapore – 3-5 May 2024
· Madrid, Spain – 31 May-2 June, 2024
Some interesting breaks there with Perth on its own and also Hong Kong on its own a month earlier than Singapore and a month after Los Angeles.
Madrid Spain the other new venue.
And that’s a wrap!
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