Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 06 Episode 75 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Wednesday morning 20 September 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 75 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Wednesday morning 20 September 2023.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
And at the Rugby World Cup 2023
Rugby World Cup 2023 games this weekend:
· Pool A on Thursday at 3:45AM Italy vs Uruguay in Nice
· Pool A on Friday at 7AM France vs Namibia in Marseille
· Pool D on Saturday at 4:45AM Argentina vs Manu Samoa in St-Étienne
· Pool C on Saturday at Midnight Georgia vs Portugal in Toulouse
· Pool D on Sunday at 3:45AM England vs Chile in Lille
· Pool B on Sunday at 7AM South Africa vs Ireland in Paris
· Pool B on Monday at 3:45AM Scotland vs Tonga in Nice
· Pool C on Monday at 7AM Wales vs Australia in Lyon
In the NRL Semi-finals
Both the Panthers and the Storm have received major boosts with star players named to return from injury for their NRL Semi-final clash this weekend in Sydney.
Jarome Luai will partner Nathan Cleary in the halves for Penrith, while the Storm have also been given a timely boost of their own with star halfback Jahrome Hughes named to return from a calf injury.
In Football
American soccer player, Matko Milijevic had his contract with Major League Soccer team CF Montreal ripped up after he played in an amateur league under a false name and punched an opponent.
Milijevic was convinced to play in the amateur league by a friend where the 22-year-old was an instant hit, scoring eight goals in six games, six of those goals in a single game.
But he was involved in a physical altercation with an opponent where he allegedly spat and hit his rival, which resulted in a life ban from the amateur league, shortly after which Milijevic’s real background as a professional footballer was uncovered.
In the NFL
Winners are grinners! Celebrities in town and on the sidelines during the University of Colorado’s 43-35 double-overtime win over Colorado State last weekend included: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, rappers Lil Wayne and Offset, NBA stars Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry and Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups.
In SportzBiz
While ESPN’s US$2.7Billion annual media rights fee is enormous, their NFL Week 1 New York Jets-Buffalo Bills telecast set a “Monday Night Football” record with 22.6 million viewers. Last season, “Monday Night Football” averaged just 13.8m viewers across 17 games, down 2% from 2021.
Between announcers Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, plus the “ManningCast” duo of Peyton and Eli, ESPN is paying around US$50Million for its “Monday Night Football” broadcasters.
With the NFL seemingly hotter than ever, ESPN has even held talks with the NFL — among others — about acquiring an equity stake in the network.
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In Combat sports
Boxing Coach Diego Arrua 58, died after suffering a massive heart attack during his wife Sabrina Perez’s interim WBC featherweight title bout against Australian Skye Nicolson last Friday night in Mexico.
Arrua collapsed between the ninth and tenth rounds of the fight after which his wife apparently boxed on, suffering a unanimous decision loss 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93 in favour of the Aussie.
And that’s a wrap!
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