Malo and welcome to Season 3 Episode 24 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this sunny Monday morning 24 October 2022, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
In rugby – Whangārei will once again be packed out when it hosts the first two Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals this Saturday 29 October with France versus Italy followed by the Black Ferns against Wales. Then on Sunday Waitākere Stadium will host Quarterfinals 3 and 4 with England taking on Australia and Canada playing USA.
In netball – conflicting reports are coming out of Australia where they play the Tall Ferns in the fourth and deciding Test on the Gold Coast today to decide the winner of the Constellation Cup.
Apparently indigenous player Donnell Wallam, a Noongar woman from Western Australia, had agreed to wear the uniform with new sponsor “Hancock Prospecting” for this Series, but Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s mining company pulled the plug on the A$15Million sponsorship deal with Netball Australia.
At the Rugby League World Cup – Toa Samoa scored 13 tries against Greece yesterday with Tim Lafai, Chanel Harris-Tavita and Danny Levi scoring two tries each in Doncaster and Brian To’o, Junior Paulo, Royce Hunt, Jarome Luai, Fa’amanu Brown, Stephen Crichton and Mat Feagai also crossing. Samoa play France next Sunday for a Quarterfinals spot.
The Fiji Bati made Hawai’ian pizza of the Italians yesterday with Viliame Kikau, Penioni Tagituimua and Maika Sivo each scoring twice and Kevin Naiqama, Apisai Koroisau, Ben Nakubuwai and Taniela Sadrugu also crossing. Fiji advance to the Quarterfinals if they beat Scotland next Sunday.
In football – Mohamed Salah and Liverpool continued their resurgence in a hard-fought win that dented Man City’s EPL title defence yesterday.
Egyptian Pharaoh, Salah scored the only goal of the game when he slotted past Ederson in the 76th minute for Liverpool’s first win in four top-flight games.
In boxing – Islam Makhachev emulated his Coach and Mentor – King Khabib to beat Charles Oliveira and win the Lightweight title at UFC280 in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
In the co-main event, American TJ Dillashaw fought with a dislocated shoulder in losing to Aljamain Sterling.
Another American rising star, Sean O’Malley beat Russian Petr Yan in a controversial decision that he didn’t think he’d actally won.
This is UFC Prez Dana White desperately trying to create a new Irish-American star.
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