Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 29 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another beautiful blue sky Monday morning 30 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Love you Mike!
Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 29 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another beautiful blue sky Monday morning 30 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Love you Mike!
In rugby – the Kiwis made a clean sweep of the HSBC World Rugby Sydney 7s titles – winning both finals yesterday after South Africa thrashed Fiji 32-12 and the All Blacks 7s wiped France 5-36 in the Mens semifinals.
In the Women’s comp, USA 7-20 France and the Blacks Ferns 41-0 Ireland in their Cup semi-finals.
The Finals results: All Blacks 7s 38-0 Blitzboks and the Black Ferns 35-0 France.
Earlier in the day, Fiji Men won bronze 29-5 France. Samoa 24-12 Ireland for fifth place after earlier beating Australia 10-24.
Invitation side Tonga had another big day beating HSBC 7s Series regulars Canada 14-35, Kenya 24-26 and just losing to Argentina 21-19.
In tennis – Novak Djkovic has won the Australian Open title a record 10th time, beating third seed Stephanos Tsitsipas in their final last night, 6-3 7-6 7-5, reclaiming the world No.1 ranking and drawing level with Rafael Nadal on 22 grand slam singles titles.
Djokovic pulled through brutal conditions and injury scares on a court that has so often seen him achieve the seemingly unachievable in a country that deported him ahead of last year’s event.
In Sportsbiz – after Liberty Media as the most valuable sports company in the world in 2023 according to Forbes, there is Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Los Angeles Rams, the Denver Nuggets and Arsenal FC among other sports entities valued in total at US$12.8Billion, followed by the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in third spot with an enterprise value of US$11.3B.
In boxing – Tommy Fury and Youtuber, Jake Paul shared a fiery face off on Saturday night in London where their fight was officially announced for 26 February in Saudi Arabia. The fighters had to be separated by security guards. They can finally settle their feud at the third time of trying.
In football – in 2022, English teams spent more than US$2Billion on player contracts according to FIFA’s Global Transfer Report.
The global player transfer market hit US$6.5Billion in fees for 20,209 international transfers last year, up from US$4.9B in 2021. French Clubs were the biggest recipients of transfer fees in 2022, bringing in US$740.3 million.
Women’s player transfers grew 19.3% to 1555, reaching a total spend of US$3.3 million.
Go girls go!
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