Breakfast Bites - the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast - a TEIVOVO Digital Podcast #TeivovoRugby

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 74 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny not too bright Thursday morning 16 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In  rugby union – Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, has named Suva  Lawyer, Simione Valenitabua as his nominee to the Fiji Rugby Union  Board. Valenitabua is a legal aide in the Prime Minister’s office. The  Fiji Rugby Union Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 16 April 2023. In rugby league – our  world famous tips for NRL Round 3: Tonight the Parramatta Eels to  natuunatuu Manly, tomorrow the Dolphins to michelleyeoh the Newcastle  Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium at 6pm and South Sydney Rabbitohs to  avatar the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium at 8pm. “I  love this Club and the relationships I have with our staff and our  playing group. The best is yet to come from this team, so I’m excited to  confirm my future,” Brad Arthur signs a new deal that will keep him at  Parramatta until the end of 2025. Er . . the Eels are 0-2 this season. In  Sportsbiz – a survey from the American Gaming Association estimates  that 68 million Americans, roughly a quarter of the population of the  USA, plan to bet about US$15.5Billion on the NCAA Division I Men’s  Basketball tournament, in a period known as “Mad March”. More than half  will bet online. In boxing – only  weeks after being linked to a superfight with fellow Aussie Tim Tszyu,  Michael Zerafa has announced that he will shock the world and leapfrog  Australia’s latest boxing King - Tszyu as he finalises a showdown with  WBA Middleweight Champion Erislandy Lara. In football – Man  City secured their Champions League quarter final spot yesterday,  thanks to five goals from Erling Haaland with a 7-0 win over RB Leipzig  in their Round of 16 tie. We told you they would ziggymarley Leipzig. Can Liverpool overcome Real Madrid away in Spain? I don’t think so! Who will join them in the quarters – Frankfurt or Napoli? For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 73 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Wednesday morning 15 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby union – the  best players from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Papua New Guinea will play a  game against the British and Irish Lions under a plan for their 2025  Australian tour. The  Lions will play the Pacific Islands XV as well as an Anzac XV,  featuring All Blacks and Wallabies, and one game each against the  Waratahs, Reds and Brumbies, plus three Tests against the Wallabies. Fiji beat the British Lions in their only game to date in the Islands, in 1977 in Suva. In  rugby league – NRL Round 3 starting Thursday: Manly Sea Eagles vs  Parramatta Eels at 4 Pines Park, 8pm AEDT and on Friday Newcastle  Knights vs the Dolphins at McDonald Jones Stadium at 6pm, followed by  the Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium at 8pm. In Sportsbiz – Real  Madrid has announced it will participate in the trial against  Barcelona, alleging that they bribed referees for several years after  Spanish prosecutors completed their investigation and filed charges of corruption last week. Barcelona  has admitted that they paid a company owned by former La Liga  refereeing committee member, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira at least  US$7.4Million — but say it was all for legitimate purposes like  consulting and video analysis. Yeah right! Meanwhile, in real football news – our  world famous UEFA Champions League tips for the Last 16 Round 2 games  today: Manchester City to ziggymarley Leipzig and Inter Milan to  portaloo Porto. Meanwhile,  FIFA has announced that the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by the  US, Mexico and Canada, will feature 104 games, up from 64, with the  expanded format of 48 participating teams, up from the 32-team  tournament in Qatar in 2022. Ka-ching goes the FIFA cash register overflowing with roubles, sterling, euros, pesos whatever! For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 72 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Tuesday morning 14 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby union – Lost  in the wild celebrations and widespread jubilation surrounding the  historic Fijian Drua win over the Crusaders in Fiji last weekend, the  removal of the Fiji Rugby Union interim CEO, Tevita Tuiloa is back in  the spotlight, after he revealed that Fiji 7s star, Jerry Tuwai has not  received F$30,000 for his new house, promised by Prime Minister  Bainimarama after the Tokyo Olympics. Tuiloa also questioned the current contracts of the Men’s Fiji 7s squad. This  apparently upset some FRU Board members and shortly afterwards it was  announced by the Chairman, Humphrey Tawake, that Tuiloa was no longer  interim CEO. The big questions are – was Tevita Tuiloa pushed? By whom - who had the most to ylose from these revelations? In rugby league – consecutive  close losses in golden point against the Storm in the NRL season  opener, and a 26-30 loss to the Sharks, see the Eels drop to 0-2. And in  facing the Sea Eagles, the Panthers and the Roosters next, Parramatta  could fall to 0-5, but Head Coach Brad Arthur isn’t panicking. Meanwhile,  Mal Meninga believes “it could be a long year” for the Storm as they  deal with mounting injuries with Munster, PNG Kumuls star, Justin Olam,  Paps, Tariq Sims and Xavier Coates all out, plus Lord Nelson also under  an injury cloud now. Meninga said, “I’m not quite sure about their depth  this year.” In  football – after four years living in Paris and now 31, Neymar is  planning to retire at Paris Saint-Germain, despite links with a return  to Barcelona, or a move to the English Premier League. The  Brazilian superstar has helped PSG win 12 trophies, including four  Ligue 1 titles, but is yet to steer them to glory in the UEFA Champions  League. In boxing – Ukrainian  Heavyweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk is eyeing a return to playing  football as his heavyweight unification fight against Tyson  Fury remains unconfirmed. The Gypsy King is now insisting that there is no rematch clause in the contract ahead of their proposed fight date of 29 April. It comes after Usyk verbally agreed to Fury's demand that the purse is split 70-30 in the Gypsy King’s favour. Wow what’s that saying about “pay unto Ceasar what is due to him.” For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 71 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Monday morning 13 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby union –  In all the excitement of the Fijian Drua win on Saturday, we missed the boring Six Nations where England suffered a record 53-10 thrashing by France at Twickenham, and the Irish are one win away from a Grand Slam after outlasting Scotland 7-22 at Murrayfield yesterday. Meanwhile, Major League Rugby, currently a 12-team comp, is looking for US$100Million to surf the expected boost from the Rugby World Cup — the third-biggest sports event in the world – after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, is coming to the US in 2031, and the RWC Women’s in 2033. This after CVC Capital Partners bought a stake in the Six Nations in March 2021 and Silver Lake bought a stake in the New Zealand All Blacks.  In rugby league – Fiji Bati strongman, Jacob Saifiti is set for a lengthy sideline stint after being sent off in yesterday’s game against Wests Tigers for a coat-hanger tackle on Tigers hooker Jake Simpkin and now faces a nervous wait before today’s charge sheet comes out. Without Kalyn Ponga, Jayden Brailey (both HIAs), Tyson Frizell and Jack Johns (both ankle), Newcastle did well to hold off the Tigers in a tense 14-12 victory at Leichhardt Oval. In football - England’s Women’s soccer team landed another win off the pitch on International Women’s Day. The UK government agreed to their request, providing US$710Million over the next two years to create equal sporting access and two hours minimum physical education per week for school girls. In Sportsbiz – Hernan Lopez, the ex-CEO of Fox International Channel, faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found guilty by a New York federal jury of wire fraud and money-laundering. Charges related to the funneling of millions of dollars to soccer officials, to bolster Fox’s chances of securing FIFA World Cup and other soccer media rights. It was the latest verdict in a US federal corruption investigation into international soccer from 2015, that led to the ouster of longtime FIFA President Sepp Blatter – remember him? More than 50 defendants have been charged around the world, with more than 30 guilty pleas by individuals and corporations. Fox Corp. believe it or not was not implicated in the case – well not yet anyway. In boxing – "What's my motherf—ing name?" Tim Tszyu now 22-0, with 16 KO yelled in sheer jubilation after he stopped American Tony Harrison in their WBO Super-welterweight championship fight in Sydney yesterday, sending a statement to undisputed Junior Middleweight King, Jermell Charlo. “I'm coming to America! You know what's up? You know what's next?” Tim Tszyu called out Charlo who was ringside. "Man, I'm ready," said Charlo whose injured left hand is still healing. "I'm a different animal in there. I'm a different fighter than Tony." So let’s get it on whatsyername!  For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support.  #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 70. of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Sunday morning 12 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!   In Super Rugby Round 3: The Fijian Drua was brilliant in crunching the Crusaders 24-25 in Lautoka yesterday. Willed on by a loud capacity crowd, they played scintillating, open-running rugby, with their special mix of speed, handling skills and power prevailing over the structured style of the Kiwis.   In fact, three of the Crusaders’ four tries came from driving mauls off lineouts - boring, but the home side kept striking back on the counter attack, running in tries from deep inside their half to deservedly take home the chocolates.   There were a number of standout players for the Fijian Drua who put their hand up for MVP, including midfielders, Apisai Vota and Iosefo Masi, plus Eroni Sau on the Wing. Loose forward “Smokin’ Joe” Joseva Tamani also put in a big shift, but sparkling halfback, Frank Lomani was the best on the day with his crisp service, clean passing and inspiring general play.   In other Super Rugby Round 3 games: the Blues 25-19 Hurricanes, the Reds 17-23 Brumbies and Moana Pasifika 18-21 Western Force.   In rugby league – the Dolphins have produced another stunning upset, beating the Raiders 20-14 yesterday. Canberra looked headed for victory most of the game in Redcliffe, but a week after upstaging the Roosters, Wayne Bennett’s men again found a way to win, with rising Teen star Isaiya Katoa delivering the game-winning pass for Tabuai-Fidow to score.   Meanwhile in Melbourne, Craig Bellamy tore his team to shreds at AAMI Park yesterday, after the Bulldogs scored five tries to dominate the Storm in a 26-12 win despite their late comeback.   Josh Addo-Carr and Jacob Kiraz put in masterclasses, while the Storm could only manage two tries to Nelson Asofa Solomona and Jahrome Hughes.   And the Sydney Roosters beat the NZ Warriors 12-20.   In football – the French Football Federation has sacked their Head Coach just four months before the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, following a French revolution led by the team Captain and leading players. France is ranked fifth in the world.   In Sportsbiz – the New York Yankees rewarded superstar, Aaron Judge for his historic 2022 record-setting 62-homer season with a massive nine-year, US$360Million contract, and for good reason.   According to recent bond-market disclosures, Judge’s heroics helped sell US$344.7M in tickets and VIP hospitality suites — a jump of more than US$100M from 2021, of which US$61M was sold in the fourth quarter of 2022, for the 2023 season, thanks to Judge.   In total, the ballpark attracted 3.16 million fans in 2022, a big bounce back from COVID19-affected 2021. Pre-pandemic, in 2019, the Yankees sold US$336M in tickets.   So the Yankees are back!   In boxing – both fighters comfortably made weight yesterday with Tony Harrison claiming Tim Tszyu was trembling in their stare down because he was nervous. “He has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Is he going to be able to carry it tomorrow? I don’t think so.”   “I’m ready to go, this is my moment,” Tszyu responded.   Let’s get ready to R U M B L E! Today the big fight *is this afternoon around 3pm.   For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support.   #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 69 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Saturday morning 11 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Super Rugby Round 3 last night: the Chiefs 28-7 Highlanders and the Rebels 34-27 NSW Waratahs. Today  in Lautoka, Fiji we tip the Fijian Drua to khazikhstan the Crusaders,  the Blues to honduras the Hurricanes, the Reds to brunei the Brumbies  and Moana Pasifika to mexico the Force. In  rugby league – NRL Round 2 has been ambushed by a racial attack against  Latrell Mitchell. NRL CEO, Andrew Abdo fronted the media yesterday  saying they would come down hard on the offender. Roosters Coach Trent Robinson joined Souths Coach Jason Demetriou calling for a life ban for the attacker. Meanwhile,  the Broncos won their grudge match 28-16 in front of 45,000 fans at  Suncorp Stadium last night, but they lost Wing Corey Oates to a broken  jaw from a high tackle which saw Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater  binned, lucky to only spend 10 minutes off the field. Locked  10-10 at that time, just four minutes into the second half, it proved a  pivotal turning point as the Broncos scored twice with Drinkwater out. And  a rampaging Maika Sivo opened his 2023 ledger for Parramatta with two  tries as the Sharks and the Eels traded blows with 10 tries scored in a  blockbuster CommBank Stadium clash last night, before Cronulla came away  with the chocolates and a 30-26 win. In  football – Man U bounced back from their thrashing by Liverpool to beat  Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie,  while a lucky 2-2 draw away to Sporting Lisbon gave Arsenal hope, but  also work to do to reach the quarter-finals. In  Sportsbiz – PSG wants to buy the Parc des Princes stadium, with a  capacity of 80,000 seats, valued at between US$427Million to  US$640M. The Club has already spent US$75 - $76M on improvements and PSG  is committed to spending US$540M more on renovations and expansion if  they can buy it. Meanwhile,  Major League Soccer and Apple announced last week that the producers of  “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” will be making an MLS docuseries to stream on Apple TV+. MLS drew 380,502 fans to games on opening weekend 2023 - the most in league history. In boxing – at  their final media conference before their blockbuster fight on Sunday,  Tony Harrison and Tim Tszyu exchanged rather odd pleasantries: “I like  him. I don’t think he understands how corny he is. I like him though,”  said Harrison. “I don’t like him right now. I’m ready to fight now. There’s no kisses and hugs,” replied Tszyu. Harrison again with a smile: “You like me? You like me?” Tszyu “Why would I like you? I’m going to punch you in the face in a couple of days. Why would I like you?” Me thinks they’re in lurrrv! For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 68 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Friday morning 10 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby – our  world famous tips for Super Rugby Round 3 starting tonight: the Chiefs  to costarica the Highlanders and the NSW Waratahs to russia the Rebels.  On Saturday, the Fijian Drua to khazikhstan the Crusaders, the Blues to  honduras the Hurricanes, the Reds to brunei the Brumbies and Moana  Pasifika to mexico the Western Force. In rugby league – the  Panthers bounced back into form as Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai led  Penrith to a convincing 16-10 win over Souths, who got two second half  tries to Alex Johnston and Isaiah Tass, but their big guns were missing  until late. Tonight,  one of rugby league’s fiercest rivalries resumes at Suncorp Stadium  when the Broncos host the Cowboys, with both sides coming off one-point  wins last weekend, this Queensland derby is sure to be a beauty, with  the Cowboys holding bragging rights from last year. In  boxing – less than a month after securing the biggest win of her own  career, undisputed Super featherweight queen, Alycia Baumgardner has  jetted into Sydney this week to be chief “motivator” for Tony Harrison,  and she may even be in his corner for Sunday’s WBO blockbuster against  Tim Tszyu. In  football – “Did you see on Netflix what FIFA did?” said Aurelio De  Laurentis, owner of top Serie A club Napoli, referring of course to  Netflix’s “FIFA Uncovered” documentary, which explores scandals related  to soccer’s global governing body. “They stole millions. They are in Switzerland, out of every European jurisdiction, and nobody controls them,” the Italian added. Ummm never really thought of FIFA like that. In Sportsbiz – a stunning investigation by  the Philadelphia Inquirer has connected the astroturf at Veterans  Stadium, the Philadelphia Phillies’ former home, to the deaths of six  retired Major League Baseball players. The players all played for the Phillies and all died of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma before the age of 60. Two  separate labs used by the investigators found 16 types of dangerous  chemicals in the astroturf, which was produced by Monsanto, that don’t  break down and can last in the human body for years. These  chemicals have been connected to kidney and testicular cancer, among  other maladies, and the brain cancer rate among the 532 Phillies who  played at Veterans Stadium from 1971 to 2003 is around triple the  average rate of adult men. Veterans  Stadium was demolished in 2004 and thousands of small patches of the  astroturf were sold to Phillies fans as memorabilia. You can just feel one astronomical lawsuit coming soon! For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 67 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Thursday morning 09 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby – Fiji-born  All Blacks, Sevu Reece and George Bower are expected to start for the  Crusaders this weekend, when the champions take on the Fijian Drua at  3.35pm Saturday at Churchill Park in Lautoka, Fiji. Last time they played, in 2022 in Christchurch, the Crusaders crushed the Fijian Drua 61-3. So what can we expect from Scott Robertson this time? And what can we expect from the Fijian Drua? Only time will tell. In  rugby league – our world famous NRL tips: Rabbitohs to curry potato the  Panthers at Penrith tonight, the Eels to pumpkin soup the Sharks at  CommBank, the Cowboys to bake the Broncos at Suncorp. And on Saturday  the Dolphins to ration the Raiders in Redcliffe and the Storm to outfoxx  the Bulldogs. In  football – Chelsea beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Stamford Bridge  yesterday to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2-1  on aggregate. Raheem  Sterling and Kai Havertz - with a twice-taken penalty, got the goals as  the Blues relieved the pressure on Manager Graham Potter. In  boxing – Aussie boxing superstar, Tim Tszyu has got it all worked out,  revealing his blueprint for 2023 is to beat Tony Harrison on Sunday,  then unify the super welterweight division against Jermell Charlo, and  finally take out Errol Spence Junior in a super fight anytime anywhere. In Sportsbiz – a 2019 study by a global gender equality charity, which analysed over  1,300 comments on popular Facebook posts shared by major Australian  sports news media over a 12 month period – including Fox Sports, Wide  World of Sports, 7 Sport, 10 Sport and ABC Grandstand, found that  Sportswomen received three times as many negative comments as men (27%  compared to 9%). More than a quarter of all comments about sportswomen  were derogatory or negative – very sad. Over  23 per cent of negative comments about sportswomen were sexist, while  14% were sexual and 20% were belittling of sportswomen. Go Girls Go! Don’t let this get you down. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 66 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Wednesday morning 08 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In  rugby – the HSBC Hong Kong 7s on 31 March Women’s Pools see Series  leaders New Zealand in Pool A alongside Canada, Great Britain and  invitational team Hong Kong in Pool A. Australia will take on Fijiana,  Ireland and Brazil in Pool B while Pool C sees USA with France, Japan  and Spain. Go Girls Go. In rugby league – NRL Round 2 Draws: Thursday Penrith Panthers vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at BlueBet Stadium, 8.00pm AEDT, Friday Parramatta Eels vs Cronulla Sharks at CommBank Stadium, 6.00pm and Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium, 8.05pm. In football – UEFA  Champions League Last 16 Round 2 games tomorrow: Benfica already up two  nil will kill off Club Brugge, while hosts Chelsea must overturn a one  nil deficit against Borussia Dortmund or kiss the Champions League  goodbye. In Sportsbiz – tickets start at A$49 for the stands and zoom all the way up to A$5000 for a ringside seat at the Sydney Olympic Park 20,000-seat arena, for the Tim Tszyu versus Tony Harrison WBO Super-welterweight blockbuster this coming Sunday from 10am local time Sydney. In  boxing – only days out from that fight - Tony Harrison for the WBO  interim super welterweight championship in Sydney versus Tim Tszyu,  where Tim has branded American boxing superstar, Errol Spence Jnr “a  punk” and an Aussie fan has challenged Spence to bet A$50,000 on  Sunday’s fight. So come on Spence – put up or shut up! For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 65 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Tuesday morning 07 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby – New Zealand women and Argentina men secured HSBC World Rugby 7s Series gold to cap off a thrilling weekend in Vancouver. USA women and Australia men claimed bronze medals, while the Black Ferns 7s are the first women’s team to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Samoa and Fiji are still running . . . The HSBC Hong Kong 7s on 31 March sees Argentina in a very tough Pool A with Fiji, Samoa and Canada while in Pool B France, Great Britain, Uruguay and Hong Kong. Australia, USA, Spain and Japan are in Pool C. Ireland will meet New Zealand, Kenya and South Africa in Pool D. In rugby league – NRL Round One wrap: The Dolphins upset title heavyweights the Roosters to arrive on the NRL stage in style, while Cameron Ciraldo’s Bulldogs failed to live up to the hype in a round of intriguing results to kick off the 2023 season. The Panthers were stunned at home and Souths’ premiership talk only grew louder after they made a statement showing they are the real deal this season. And BOOM just like that the Broncos are back, but their fans will be asking, how long will it last? Despite going down to the Storm in a golden-point thriller, the Eels off-season recruits, especially Matt Doorey delivered big time. In football – when Liverpool lost 3-0 at Wolves a month ago, a return to the Champions League next season looked a distant dream with Jurgen Klopp’s men down in 10th place, 11 points off the top four. Now, the gap to fourth-placed Tottenham is just three points with a game in hand after a historic 7-0 rout of Manchester United at Anfield yesterday. In Sportsbiz – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is on the shortlist to succeed Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger. A source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed that Silver is only being considered for the top position, and not on Disney’s board due to a conflict of interest. Silver’s contract with the NBA runs through 2024. In boxing – the Sydney Olympic Park arena, beat out bids from Melbourne and the Gold Coast for the right to host the Tim Tszyu-Tony Harrison WBO Super-welterweight blockbuster this Sunday with a sellout crowd of 20,000 expected to support the Aussie champion. Tickets start at A$49 and go up to A$5,000 for a ringside seat. For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 64 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Monday morning 06 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby – Fijiana has just beaten Britain 19-28 and will play for 5th place. Fiji  Men is playing USA in a 5th place semifinal at 8.30am this morning,  after being knocked out of the Vancouver 7s Cup quarter finals by  Argentina again 19-14. Samoa  smashed Uruguay 7-38 earlier this morning and will play Kenya for 9th  place in the HSBC Vancouver 7s after they beat Spain 14-24 just now. Go  Samoa Go. In  Super Rugby Super Round in Melbourne yesterday: the Blues 20 -25  Brumbies and the Queensland Reds absolutely annihilated the Force 20-71. In  rugby league – the Dolphins pulled off one of the biggest upsets in NRL  history, stunning premiership favourites, the Sydney Roosters in their  inaugural match. Wayne  Bennett’s side dominated in defence and outmuscled the Roosters for a  gritty 28-18 win in front of 32,177 fans at Suncorp Stadium. Not  many people gave the Dolphins a hope of upsetting the Roosters, except  Wayne Bennett: “Yeah not too bad,” the Master Coach said of the result  in his understated way, “I’m proud of everything they did,” Bennett  said. “It was special for a lot of reasons today,” he added. Man  of the Match, Felise Kaufusi changed the game with some brutal defence  in the first half. “I think that was the turning point in the game  personally,” Wayne Bennett said. “He made a couple of crucial hits there  where they lost the ball and I didn’t think they recovered from it  actually.” In  football – the Gunners showed they can cope with the pressure of the  title race with a comeback win that keeps them five points ahead of Man  City. After conceding the second fastest goal in EPL history, Reiss  Nelson’s stoppage-time strike gave them a thrilling 3-2 win over  Bournemouth. In Sportsbiz – as its competitors, like Amazon, dive headfirst into live sports, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos shared  a rare glimpse into the enigmatic streamer’s thought process as it  pertains to sports. “We’ve not seen a profit path to renting big  sports,” he said. “We’re not anti-sports … We’re just pro-profit.” In  boxing – Jon Jones had not stepped into the ring for three years and  was making the step-up in weight in UFC285 against one of the division's  fiercest finishers, but Jones flipped the script on Ciryl Gane, scoring  a submission victory within two minutes to become undisputed  Heavyweight Champion and re-establish his standing as the greatest of all time. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 63 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Sunday morning 05 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby – With a win and loss on Day One of the Vancouver 7s yesterday, Team Fijiana came up against the mighty Black Ferns at 7.06am this morning and lost 24-7. Quite unbelievable that Fiji lost to Uruguay 17-14 in Vancouver yesterday, anyway they play Great Britain at 8.42am this morning and need Kenya to beat Uruguay to go through to the Cup quarter finals. Samoa  thrashed Spain 31-19, but just lost to USA 14-12 yesterday and play the  All Blacks 7s in what should be cracker of a game at 10.13am this  morning. The  Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika suffered big losses in the Super Round  of Super Rugby at AAMI Park in Melbourne yesterday. The Chiefs swept  Moana Pasifika 29-52 and the fight was taken out of the Fijian Drua when  they lost two players to the bin for an easy 46-17 Tahs win in the end. Today at 3pm Blues-Brumbies and 5.30pm Force-Reds. All games played at AAMI Park and times shown are Fiji local time. In rugby league – the  Cowboys scored three first half tries to Murray Taulagi and a double to  Scott Drinkwater to beat the Raiders in their one-point thriller with  Canberra coming back from 18-0 down to draw level, before a Chad  Townsend field goal sealed the game at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. “A  star is born,” Fox League’s Dan Ginnane said of Lachlan Ilias, in his  second season at Souths; the young gun halfback stealing the show in a  tight 27-18 win over the Sharks, with the 22-year-old having a hand in  everything, in a “statement victory” according to Cooper Cronk. Move over Russell Crowe. In football – Roberto  Firmino is set to leave Liverpool on a free transfer when his contract  expires at the end of the season, bringing an end to an eight-year  career at Anfield. Firmino,  who has scored 102 goals in 352 appearances for the Club, is also the  highest-scoring Brazilian in the EPL with 78 goals. He has also won the Champions League, Premier League, Club World Cup and FA Cup since joining from Hoffenheim in 2015. In  boxing – NRL Cowboys wrecking ball and Tongan enforcer, Jason Taumalolo  has been given the green light by the Cowboys to launch his boxing  career. CEO Jeff Reibel said the Club would not stand in Taumalolo’s way  and are keen see the star forward in the ring. Maybe this will entice Paul Gallen out of retirement. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 62 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Saturday morning 04 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby - Team  Fijiana just lost to Great Britain 26-24 in their opening game of the  Vancouver 7s earlier this morning: Fiji 31-12 Kenya, Samoa 31-18 Spain,  New Zealand-USA 9.23, Australia-Chile 10.07, Fijiana-Columbia 12.14,  Fiji-Uruguay 14.16, Samoa-USA 15.37, NZ-Spain and Australia-Canada to  wrap up Day One. Super  Rugby Pacific Round 2: Order was restored to the Universe last night  with the Crusaders back after their beating by the Chiefs, thrashing the  Highlanders 15-52 followed by the Hurricanes taming the Rebels 33-39.  Tonight 6.05pm Moana Pasifika-Chiefs followed by the Fijian Drua-NSW  Waratahs. In rugby league – NRL 2023 Round 1: The Broncos  produced the first big upset of the season, downing the reigning  premiers in Penrith 12-13 in a thriller last night. Today, the Cowboys take on the Raiders in Townsville, followed by the Sharks against Souths at PointsBet Stadium, Sydney at 7.35pm. In  football – two gunmen opened fire at a supermarket owned by Lionel  Messi’s in-laws in Rosario, Argentina’s third-biggest city, according to  police, who said that the attackers fired at least two dozen shots, and  left a note threatening Messi which read: “Messi, we’re waiting for  you. In Sportsbiz – Pro  Football Hall of Famer, Troy Aikman, now with ESPN’s “Monday Night  Football” on a reported US$90Million five-year contract, after over 20  years as the No. 1 NFL analyst at Fox Sports, has launched EIGHT beer after his old Dallas Cowboys and UCLA jersey numbers. The  three-time Super Bowl winner expects to take the new light brew outside  of Texas for the first time this year. EIGHT Elite Light Lager is the  fastest-selling independent beer in Texas. Cheers to that! In  boxing – after disappearing for three years, Jon Jones returns to  headline UFC285 on Sunday in Las Vegas, to fight Frenchman, Ciryl Gane  in a UFC Heavyweight fight for the Baddest Man on the Planet status, and  for the American Jones to cement himself as the greatest fighter who  ever lived. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa,  Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 61 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  sunny and bright Friday morning 03 March 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In  Super Rugby Pacific Super Round: Tonight 7pm Crusaders-Highlanders,  9.10pm Rebels-Hurricanes, Saturday 6.05pm Moana Pasifika-Chiefs and the  big one, Fijian Drua-Waratahs, Sunday 3pm Blues-Brumbies and 5.30pm  Force-Reds. All games played at AAMI Park in Melbourne and times shown  are Fiji local time. In rugby league – Storm  superstar Cameron Munster suffered a compound dislocation to his finger  but remarkably returned to the field to orchestrate a thrilling 16-12  golden-point win over the Eels after Harry Grant darted out of  dummy-half three minutes into extra time for the match-winning try. The  Storm hasn’t lost an opening game since Craig Bellamy took over as  Coach in 2003 and he has only missed finals once in two decades - in  2010 following their salary cap scandal. The 63-year-old revealed on FOX  this week that 2023 would almost certainly be his final season. In  football – Southampton has been sensationally dumped out of the FA Cup  by League Two outfit Grimsby Town, with the visitors stealing a 2-1 win  to book their quarterfinal. While  at the other end of the Premier League table, Arsenal moved five points  clear at the top with a 4-0 rout of Everton and Liverpool moved into  the top six with goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah deepening  Wolves’ relegation fears after a 2-0 loss at Anfield. In Sportsbiz – Formula  1 teams are agitating for a massive increase to the US$200Million  joining fee for new entrants after the FIA opened expressions of  interest to join the grid. According  to Autosport, the 10 current F1 teams want to at least triple that  figure to US$600M, with some pushing for an even higher figure still. As  part of the commercial agreement with F1, the US$200M joining fee is  distributed evenly among the existing teams to compensate them for  having to split the prize pot with an 11th constructor. In boxing – Jake  “the Fake” Paul is claiming that his fight against Tommy Fury may be  the biggest boxing match of 2023 after it received over half a million  pay-per-view buys. The bitter rivals finally fought in Saudi Arabia on  Sunday, and it was Fury who earned the bragging rights as he won via  split decision. Yeah Jake-the-Fake, what are the real pay-per-view numbers? For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 60 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Thursday morning 02 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – Team Fijiana and the Men’s draws for the Vancouver 7s on Saturday: 5.59 Fijiana-Great Britain, 7.52 Fiji-Kenya, Samoa-Spain 9.01, New Zealand-USA 9.23, Australia-Chile 10.07, Fijiana-Columbia 12.14, Fiji-Uruguay 14.16, Samoa-USA 15.37, NZ-Spain 16.05 and Australia-Canada 17.03. Me gets the feeling these are Canadian times, but we’ll confirm tomorrow. In rugby league – Melbourne Storm maestro Craig Bellamy says it’s “time for the Club to have a new Coach” hinting this will be his final year in charge. “I’m pretty sure this is gonna be my last year. I’ll still be around the Club a bit in a part-time role at the end of this year,” he explained. In NRL 2023 Rd 1 games starting tonight at CommBank Stadium it’s the Storm vs Parramatta Eels and then Panthers vs Broncos at Penrith on Friday night, and on Saturday, Cowboys vs the Raiders in Townsville, followed by the Sharks vs Souths at PointsBet Stadium, Sydney at 7.35pm. In football – Pep Guardiola’s side were never in danger of a giant-killing in their fifth round FA Cup tie at Ashton Gate, thanks to a brace of goals from Phil Foden and a late strike from Kevin De Bruyne as Man City eased into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-0 win against Bristol City. Meanwhile 2021 winners Leicester suffered a shock 2-1 defeat against second tier Blackburn. In Sportsbiz – the NFL’s top talent agency, Athletes First, represents eight Super Bowl MVPs and the most first-round NFL Draft picks for three consecutive years. With more than 450 clients, Athletes First has negotiated more than US$11Billion in contracts since its founding in 2001, including Deshaun Watson’s US$230Million contract — the richest guaranteed-money deal in NFL history. In boxing – Tommy Fury is estimated to have made US$4.5Million without pay-per-view factored in, for his fight with Jake Paul last weekend in Saudi Arabia, which means with ppv, the win could land him around US$12M. Now his Father is calling for Jake Paul to pay up: “You owe us some money.” Yeah Jake-the-Fake, what are the real pay-per-view numbers? For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji