Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 06 Episode 26 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by
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 26 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST,
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
In the FIFA World Cup
And in the FIFA World Cup Group Games yesterday: Colombia 2-0 Korea Republic in Sydney, Philippines 1-0 New Zealand in Wellington and Switzerland 0-0 Norway in Hamilton.
Today’s games sees: Japan vs Costa Rica at 5pm in Dunedin, Spain vs Zambia at 7.30pm at Eden Park in Auckland and Canada vs Republic of Ireland at 8pm in Perth.
In Rugby
Major upsets at the World Rugby U20 Trophy competition in Nairobi, Kenya where Uruguay thrashed pre-tournament favourites, Scotland 26-37 and Spain secured a comfortable 28-10 win over Samoa
The winner of final between Spain and Uruguay will secure promotion to the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2024.
Scotland face a third-place play-off against Samoa, who had never lost a pool-stage match at the U20 Trophy prior to Tuesday.
In rugby league
The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Rugby League Players Association’s media boycott has backfired, because players are unsure what they are supposed to be striking about, and what’s even more farcical, the RLPA put the media boycott on and the players are still happily talking to journalists.
Rugby Leagus boss, Peter V’landys claims the RLPA is power hungry, as negotiations move past 20 months.
In Sports Biz
Paris Saint-Germain has jumped at the Saudi Arabian Club Al Hilal’s blockbuster US$1.1Billion offer, including a record US$332Million transfer fee for Kylian Mbappe, who will earn an out-of-this-world salary for one-year of US$776Million.
The deal would allow Mbappé to then join Real Madrid after the 2023-24 season, if he still wants to do so – my goodness!
The numbers behind Mbappé’s contract are even more eye-popping when you compare it to:
· US$531M: LeBron James’ all-time NBA earnings
· US$494M: Patrick Mahomes’ NFL deal through 2031
· US$367M: The New York Mets MLB entire payroll
· US$332M: Tom Brady’s all-time NFL earnings
· US$157M: Tiger Woods’ career PGA earnings
All pale in comparison.
In combat sports
In his first fight at 55.3Kg, Japanese boxing superstar, Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue tortured WBC and WBO Super Bantamweight Champion Stephen ‘Cool Boy’ Fulton for eight rounds, before putting him out of his misery with a brutal stoppage in Tokyo to become a four-division world champion and unified the Super Bantamweight World Champion while moving to 25-0 with 21 by KO.
Or is that 22 by KO – whatever the American isn’t cool anymore.
And that’s a wrap!
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