Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 89 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a bright and sunny Friday morning 31 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 89 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a bright and sunny Friday morning 31 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
And we start with rugby union: So 28 Men’s and Women’s teams are all ready to go in the world-famous Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong 7s starting today, which sees the iconic tournament include the Women’s Series for the first time.
Can Fiji Men bring home the bacon from Hong Kong again?
Hong Kong 7s games today in the Women’s comp – Fijiana-Ireland 5.04pm, Australia-Brazil 5.28pm, NZ-Hong Kong China 6.16pm, Fijiana-Brazil 9.04pm, Australia-Ireland 9.28pm, NZ- Great Britain 10.16pm.
Men’s games: NZ-Kenya 6.40pm, Ireland-South Africa 7.04pm, Fiji-Samoa 7.28pm, Puma-Canada 7.52pm and Australia-Japan 11,35pm.
The World Rugby Pacific Challenge will take place in Samoa as it returns for the first time since 2020. The tournament, contested by the national ‘A’ teams of Fiji, Japan, Tonga and Samoa, will be hosted in Apia from 3-13 May, 2023.
In Rugby League: Roosters teen Joseph Sua’ali’i delivered the perfect response to a turbulent week by filling the huge void left by injured fullback James Tedesco who was hit by a late high shot from Eels Wing Bailey Simonsson in the 24th minute. But the Roosters made Parramatta pay, winning smart 28-20 at Allianz Stadium last night.
In Boxing: former undisputed UFC Middleweight Champion, Israel Adesanya knows that he is facing his final opportunity to defeat Brazilian nemesis, Alex Pereira next weekend at UFC287 in Miami, Florida.
Headlining UFC281 in November last year at Madison Square Garden, the Kiwi-Nigerian lost his title in a fifth round standing TKO loss to Pereira.
In SportsBiz: NBA superstar, Steph Curry has signed a contract extension with sports apparel company, Under Armour that could pay him US$1Billion over the rest of his life.
In Football: While Real Madrid is in the race to sign Jude Bellingham this summer, they are not willing to spend more than US$100Million on the England midfielder, according to reports in Spain. The three big Clubs which appear to be in with a chance of signing the Borussia Dortmund superstar are Real, Liverpool and Manchester City.
And only in America: Eric Kilburn, a 14-year-old American Grade 9 student in Michigan, with record-breaking size 23 feet has met with sport apparel company Under Armour to manufacture custom shoes, after his family exhausted multiple avenues trying to find him shoes that fit, The New York Post reports.
Kilburn, recently measured at 2.09M, currently plays defensive tackle without cleats.
Imagine how big his . . . big toe is?
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