Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 06 Episode 21 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by people’s sports news on a bright and warm Friday morning 21 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 22 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by people’s sports news on a bright and warm Friday morning 21 July 2023.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
In the FIFA World Cup
Results from yesterday – Nigeria 0-0 Canada, Switzerland 2-0 Philippines in Dunedin and Spain 3-0 Costa Rica in Wellington.
FIFA World Cup Group Games today: USA vs Vietnam 1pm at Eden Park, Zambia vs Japan 7pm in Hamilton, England vs Haiti 7.30pm in Brisbane and Denmark vs China at 8pm in Perth.
In Rugby
Today marks the start of the reign of Simon Raiwalui as Head Coach of the Fiji Water Flying Fijians against Ikale Tahi Tonga at Churchill Park in Lautoka.
It also marks 48 days to the start of the Rugby World Cup in France.
May the best team win!
In rugby league
All the big stars scored – Alex Johnstone for Souths again, Ketoni Staggs twice, Selwyn Cobbo, Campbell Gillard, Reece Walsh and then Adam Reynolds capped it off with a try against his old Club for a great Broncos win on the Sunshine Coast 36-20 against South Sydney.
In Auckland, Kiwi star, Jordan Rapana out-jumped Marcelo Montoya to score a brilliant try to spark the Raiders comeback to lock the scores up and force proceedings into golden point, only for – who else – Shaun Johnson to step up and coolly nail a 30M match-winner for the New Zealand Warriors 21-20 over the Canberra Raiders.
Today, the Knights play the Melbourne Storm in Newcastle, while the Cowboys take on the Parramatta Eels in Townsville later.
In sports Biz: US businessman, Josh Harris is the new owner of the Washington Commanders, which he purchased for a new record for a sports team in the world at US$6.05Billion.
Harris is the managing owner of the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers, purchased the NFL Club with 20 partners.
The previous ownership group purchased the team for US$800Million in 1999 and put it on the market in November 2022.
Prior to this, the last NFL franchise to be sold was the Denver Broncos, purchased by Walmart heir Rob Walton for US$4.65B last year.
At the Tour de France
Sprint King Jasper Philipsen was hoping for his fifth stage win of this year’s Tour, on the flat 184.9Km route from Moutiers to Bourg-en-Bresse, but the peleton chased and failed to catch a four-man breakaway group with Kasper Asgreen claiming his first Tour de France stage victory holding on to win Stage 18.
Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard maintained his comfortable overall lead with just three stages left. Tadej Pogacar remains seven minutes and 35 seconds behind the defending champion, with Britain’s Adam Yates third.
In combat sports
The No. 1 UFC Middleweight contender, Dricus Du Plessis of South Africa, has pulled out of UFC293 in Sydney, Australia on 10 September according to UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya.
Apparently Du Plessis has not recovered from beating Robert Whittaker at UFC290 earlier this month.
And that’s a wrap!
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