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Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 59 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Wednesday morning 01 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – smart move by new Flying Fijians Head Coach, Simon Raiwalui to name unsuccessful local applicant, Senirusi Seruvakula and fan favourite and junior rugby academy organizer, Seremaia Bai as national co-coaches alongside former Fiji rep, Graham Dewes, plus a bunch of expats. The Samoan 7s team had a grandstand finish to the LA7s yesterday, thrashing South Africa 5-45 for 5th place and can now look forward to the Vancouver 7s with confidence. Meanwhile, powerful Tongan No. 8 Sione Kalamafoni, now 34, will leave Scarlets at the end of the 2023 season to join French second-tier side, Vannes on a two-year deal. In rugby league – Wayne Bennett has kicked off the Dolphins era with an unexpected halves pairing of Isaiya Katoa and Sean O’Sullivan, cutting veteran playmaker Anthony Milford for their game against the Sydney Roosters. And kicking it all off tomorrow night, the Eels vs Storm clash at CommBank featuring for the Eels - Clint G, Maika S, Waqa B, Dylan B, Mitch M, Reagan C-G, Josh Hodgson and Junior P. And for the Storm: Reimis S, Young T, Xavier C, C Munster, Jahrome H, Lord Nelson, Harry G and C Welch. In football – FIFA is still fuming over a leak from within a very tight circle of who won the FIFA Player of the Year Award in the hours counting down to the big Awards night event in Paris yesterday. Millions of dollars are bet on such awards so whoever did it must have got a tip! Show me the money honey! In boxing – Youtuber Jake Paul has accepted his defeat by the fists of Tommy Fury, but dropped a couple of excuses at their post-fight media conference, saying that he was flat and not feeling 100%. Yeah whatever, meanwhile we’re all waiting to see the 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 58 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Tuesday morning 28 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – New Zealand won Los Angeles 7s gold with a 22-12 over Argentina. Fiji claimed the bronze medal thanks to a two-point win over Australia. All the HSBC 7s action moves north to Canada this weekend, where for the first time ever, the Women’s 7s comp will be played inside BC Place Stadium alongside the Men in downtown Vancouver. The Women’s pools for Vancouver have New Zealand, Fiji, Great Britain and Colombia in Pool A. Reigning Series champions Australia will be looking to bounce back in Pool B against France, Japan and Spain and Pool C sees the USA together with Ireland, Canada and Brazil. The Men’s pools for Vancouver have New Zealand in Pool A alongside Cape Town champions Samoa, Spain and the United States. Pool B includes Argentina with South Africa France and Japan. Fiji will meet Great Britain, Uruguay and Kenya in Pool C, while Australia lead Pool D alongside Ireland, Canada and Chile. Go Fiji go Samoa go! In rugby league – just three days out from their season opener and Parramatta is stuck “in a staring contest” with their best player, Halfback Mitchell Moses who is yet to re-sign beyond 2023 with a monster offer of A$1.4Million for five years, that’s A$7M on the table from Wests Tigers which dwarfs the Eels deal of A$1.25 million for four years. In football – Liverpool’s humiliating 5-2 Champions League defeat at the hands of Real Madrid was emphatic proof that the Reds have reached ‘the end of an era’. After winning two domestic cups last year, missing out on the Premier League trophy on the final day of the season, and losing the Champions League final – to Madrid no less – Liverpool has fallen off a cliff. They sit eighth in the EPL, have already been knocked out of both domestic cups, and are now all-but-out of the Champions League. In boxing – Youtuber Jake Paul’s undefeated run has come to a shuddering halt as Tommy Fury defeated ‘The Problem Child’ via split decision, with two judges awarding it 76-73 in his favour and one in Paul’s favour, 75-74. Fury landed 49 power punches compared to Paul’s 24. He also out-landed the social media star with 88 shots to 49. Jake Paul had three hair pulls, two face scratches a bitch slap and a handbag whack LOL! See you later Faker! 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 57 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Monday morning 27 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! And we start with Klikiti – Australia has won the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup in brilliant fashion, defeating home side South Africa by 19 runs in front of a sold out Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town on Saturday. Ash Gardner, who was named player of the tournament, helped Australia to a respectable 156-6, which seemed an achievable target for South Africa, but accurate bowling and crisp fielding stifled any comeback and secured Australia’s victory - a three-peat under captain Meg Lanning and sixth Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup out of seven. And in Rugby – LA7s semi-finals at 10.14am: Argentina-Fiji and New Zealand-Australia. Earlier today in the quarter-finals: Argentina tripped up Samoa 12-19, while Fiji shut out South Africa 7-28. Great Britain 12-24 New Zealand and Ireland 7-31 Australia. Samoa face arch-rivals South Africa at 9.30am in their 5th place semi-final and Ireland square up against Great Britain. The LA7s Cup Final is at 1.28pm In rugby league – Wayne Bennett has landed another major blow on the Broncos with the signing of Thomas Flegler, just a day after rising star Herbie Farnsworth penned a three-year deal with the Dolphins. News Corp reported they offered the Queensland Origin forward more than A$800,000 a season. In football – Man U has won the Carabao Cup, running out 2-0 victors over Newcastle United this morning with Casemiro scoring a header from a Luke Shaw free kick in the 33rd minute plus an own goal, just six minutes later and it was 2-0 as a Marcus Rashford shot was steered home by Sven Botman, with the official classification being an own goal. Arsenal opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 1-0 win at Leicester on Saturday. West Ham fired four goals past Nottingham Forest in the final 20 minutes, to save Coach David Moyes’ job with a 4-0 win. In boxing – an alleged script has been leaked on Twitter this morning, setting out each twist and turn in the fight between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury in Saudi Arabia from start to finish – even going so far as to suggest Tommy Fury would need medical assistance in round five. What can I say - true or fake? 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 56 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Sunday morning 26 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – typically brilliant Fijian Drua snatching the win on the buzzer 36-34 against Moana Pasifika in Auckland yesterday. Meanwhile at the LA7s right now: Great Britain 7-5 Argentina, France 19-7 Spain, Samoa 26-19 USA, NZ 26-7 Chile, Australia 7-12 Kenya, Fiji 50-0 Japan, the  game on right now Ireland-Uruguay and South Africa-Canada to come. Tonga should really be there in place of Japan. Anyway, back to Super Rugby, and the BIG question is – where was the Moana Pasifika fans? Obviously the Samoans and Tongans living in Aotearoa have not bought into the team. Imagine if that game was played in Fiji yesterday? In rugby league – our world famous tips for the NRL R1: Eels to calm the Storm, NZ Warriors to kapahaka the Knights, Panthers to pongo the Broncos, Bulldogs to woofwoof Manly, Cowboys to wrangle the Raiders, Rabbitohs to bongo the Sharks, Dolphins to roast the Roosters and Wests to press Titans. In boxing – “You’ve got a deal — all or nothing,” Tommy Fury’s father, former pro boxer and bare-knuckle fighter John, said, pointing at Youtuber Jake Paul. Fury is estimated to make US$4.5Million without pay-per-view buys factored in, which means a win could land him around US$12M. In football – at least five players of the DC Motema Pembe, a women’s soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, chased and attacked a referee after he did not grant them a penalty. The ref was grabbed by several members of the team, with at least one of them throwing a punch and another player added a jump kick as stadium staff tried to break up the attack. In the end, the team chased the referee off the pitch. DC Motema Pembe was trailing 5-1 to their opponents when the incident occurred in the second-largest city in the Congo. I am truly speechless – probably best not to say anything anyway, except maybe – “Go girls Go – no?” 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 55 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Saturday morning 25 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – yesterday the Fiji Rugby Union appointed Simon Raiwalui as Head Coach of the Flying Fijians, replacing Vern Cotter and Inoke Male to Coach Team Fijiana, replacing Senirusi Seruvakula. So whatever happened to Scott Razor Robertson shall be consigned to the annals of Fiji Rugby Union history. In rugby league – Wayne Bennett is threatening to make a bombshell statement in the Dolphins’ first ever NRL game by naming 19-year-old Isaiya Katoa in the halves over Anthony Milford. The Courier-Mail reported Milford is in danger of being axed with Katoa “told he will make his NRL debut” at five-eighth, alongside halfback Sean O’Sullivan. It would complete a meteoric rise for Katoa from Penrith’s Jersey Flegg side to the NRL in less than a year. In boxing – Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic, who was only introduced to the Sevilla line-up at the last minute after the regular goalkeeper felt unwell prior to the game, was punched in the face in a shocking fan attack during Sevilla’s Europa League defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands. In football – this week, Adidas renewed its sponsorship deal with Major League Soccer, reportedly worth US$830Million through 2030 — the company’s largest investment in North American soccer. This allows the MLS to add two more teams per conference for a total of nine each. Companies continue to invest in Major League Soccer as its franchises prosper; since 2019, Forbes reports the average team value has increased 85% to US$579Million, with a 29th team — St. Louis City SC added for this season, which starts today. In Sportsbiz - LIV Golf stars have scored a significant victory in their rebellion against the PGA Tour, in that LIV Golf players will be eligible to compete in all four major tournaments this season after the PGA of America gave them the green light. LIV stars Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Martin Kaymer who won the PGA Championship before defecting to the Saudi-backed golf tour. The PGA of America’s decision came only one day after the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews said all LIV players were cleared to play in the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool in July. Augusta National Golf Club previously said LIV golfers would be eligible for the 2023 Masters and U.S. Open. It’s all about the money honey! 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 54 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Friday morning 24 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – it is highly unlikely now that Scott Razor Robertson will Coach the Flying Fijians to the Rugby World Cup 2023. This after All Blacks Head Coach, Ian Foster admitted Wednesday it was “highly unlikely” that he would be in charge next year, as speculation grows in New Zealand about his future. Foster doesn’t expect his contract to be extended after this year’s Rugby World Cup in France, telling Newstalk ZB radio, “I think it’s pretty highly unlikely that I will be in this job next year.” Our guess is, that Razor will land the top job. In rugby league – Parramatta Eels host the Storm in the first game of the 2023 NRL regular season next Thursday, followed by New Zealand Warriors vs Knights, Panthers vs Broncos, Manly vs Bulldogs, Cowboys vs Raiders, Sharks vs Rabbitohs, the Dolphins vs Roosters and Wests vs Gold Coast Titans. In Sportsbiz – Brooks Running - the American running shoe and sports apparel company, reported a record US$1.2Billion in global revenue for 2022, a 6% year-over-year increase from 2021. The low profile company says it is the top brand in adult performance running footwear in US retail, now with 21% market share. In boxing – Jake Paul the Youtuber and Tommy Fury have agreed to winner-takes-all in their grudge fight this weekend. The deal was made during their press conference in Saudi Arabia yesterday. It is clear that there is no love lost between the two, with Fury yelling at Paul: "Look at my eyes. You're getting put to sleep inside four rounds. I'm going to take your head off." In football – in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg yesterday: Leipzig 1-1 Man City. Meanwhile in the EUROPA League today, the big games see: Nantes vs Juventus, Man U vs Barcelona, Roma vs Salzburg and PSV up against Sevilla. 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 53 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Thursday morning 23 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – ESPN preview of the Fijian Drua: More will be expected of the Fijian Drua in 2023, with the team having a longer preseason and six home games. The key will be finding the balance between structure and the natural Fijian flair to counter attack from anywhere and crazy offloads. If the Drua are to reach the finals in their second season, then winning at least four of their home games will be necessary, while their opening match against Moana Pasifika in Auckland this weekend will also be one they will have targeted. In rugby league – the new NRL season is just eight days away, and FOX League commentator, Cooper Cronk believes the five best defensive teams in the 2022 NRL competition - Melbourne Storm, the Roosters, the Cowboys, Parramatta Eels and the Panthers will be fighting it out again for the title. And what does his fellow FOX League commentator, Matty Johns think about South Sydney: “What really impressed me on the weekend about Souths,”he said, “was that they had a lot of new attacking shapes.” In Sportsbiz – Brooks Running - the running shoe and sports apparel company reported a record US$1.2Billion in global revenue for 2022, a 6% year-over-year increase from 2021. The company says it is the top brand in adult performance running footwear in US retail, now with 21% market share. Revenue for Brooks grew 15% in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, 33% in the Pacific and Latin America region, 24% in Australia, and 21% in China. In boxing – superstar Sydney Roosters recruit, Brandon Smith is in discussions to become Australia’s next crossover boxing star – with promoters, No Limit, convinced that Smith can replace recently retired heavyweight Paul Gallen who, at his height, generated A$25Million from the fight game. In football – remember how Liverpool fans set off fireworks outside Real Madrid's hotel in Liverpool at 2am yesterday morning? Well it worked – Real Madrid thrashed Liverpool 2-5 at Anfield yesterday and Napoli dumped Frankfurt 0-2. Later this morning in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg: Leipzig vs Man City and Inter Milan vs Porto. Happy Diwali Liverpool! 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 52 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Wednesday morning 22 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In Rugby – ESPN’s take on Moana Pasifika: Led by Head Coach Aaron Mauger and Captain, Sekope Kepu, they were always going to have a difficult debut season in 2022, add in COVID, a lack of quality time together and the youthfulness of the squad, and it all resulted in just two wins in an otherwise admirable season. One year wiser and with plenty of trials and tribulations under their belt, Moana Pasifika enter the 2023 season no longer behind the eight ball. Eying a top eight finish, Aaron Mauger is expecting plenty from his side. So expect some excitement from young new signings, like loose forward Miracle Fai'ilagi getting plenty of praise from co-captain Christian Leali'ifano, and 25-year-old Timoci Tavatavanawai sure to be a handful on the edge. Add in a game in Apia for the first time for Moana Pasifika and there's plenty to be excited about this year. In rugby league – flying Englishman, Dominic Young has reportedly informed the Knights that he will join the Roosters next season, which means the Titans and Dolphins have also missed out. Apparently the Titans offered Young over A$500,000 a season but it couldn’t compare to the Roosters deal. And Mitchell Moses is expected to announce today that he is staying with Parramatta! In football – Liverpool fans set off fireworks outside Real Madrid's hotel at 2am, in an attempt to disturb the sleep of the opposition, ahead of their Champions League last-16 first-leg game at Anfield today. Liverpool supporters did the same thing before their Barcelona clash at Anfield in 2019. Happy Diwali Real Madrid! Other UEFA Champions League games today: Frankfurt vs Napoli, and tomorrow Leipzig vs Manchester City and Inter Milan vs Porto. In boxing – Youtuber Jake Paul claims Cristiano Ronaldo will be ringside to watch his grudge match against Tommy Fury in Riyadh on Sunday evening since the Portuguese legend is living Saudi Arabia. Tyson Fury joked, Tommy can stay in Saudi Arabia and become Ronaldo's personal trainer should he lose to the fake American fighter. 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 51 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Tuesday morning 21 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In Rugby – so the World Rugby HSBC 7s Series is on again, with the LA7s up next. After a morale-boosting visit by Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to the Fiji Men’s Team training camp before they flew out to the US, Ben Gollings and the boys will be jumping out of their skins to do well. I wonder, how many other 7s teams in the world have their Prime Minister or President visiting them in camp? Only in Fiji and maybe in Samoa. With stacks of Samoans hanging out in California, the Samoan 7s team can expect massive support for their brilliant young home-grown 7s team in LA. While the Tongan 7s team is unlucky not to be there in LA after outstanding performances in Hamilton and Sydney last time around. In rugby league – veteran rugby league journalist Phil Rothfield expects Mitchell Moses and Joseph Suaali’i to make a call on their futures this week. Both Moses and Suaali’i have options in their favour for 2024 at the Eels and Roosters respectively. So where will they end up? In football – Referees are to trial wearing body cameras in four adult football leagues in England. This comes after a survey of 7,000 members of the Referees Association found that almost 98 per cent of them revealed they had experienced verbal abuse from spectators, players, coaches and managers. In boxing – fights we’d love to see in 2023: “The Gypsy King” Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk in Kiev Ukraine, Deontay Wilder “The Bronze Bomber” versus Francis “The Predator” Ngannou in Cameroon and Tim Tszyu versus Jermall Charlo in Sydney Australia, AND my Tongan girlfren versus my ex- er never mind cut, cut! 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 50 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  Monday morning 20 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In Rugby – as  Fiji Rugby Union patiently waits for their Kiwi counterparts – New  Zealand Rugby Football Union, to make up their minds about who will be  their All Blacks Head Coach from 2024, the chances of Fiji landing Scott  Robertson are slipping day by day; time waits for no man. In  rugby league – a New Zealand Warriors old boy - Eliesa Katoa, an ex-All  Blacks 7s star - Will Warbrick and a Kiwis test regular - Nelson  Asofa-Solomona all scored tries as the Melbourne Storm beat up the New  Zealand Warriors 6-24 in a scrappy, sloppy NRL Pre-season game in  Christchurch yesterday. In  football – The Battle of Britain is on, with the UK’s richest man, Sir  Jim Ratcliffe, the founder of chemicals company INEOS, up against Sheikh  Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank, for  ownership of the jewel in the crown of English football, Manchester  United. Meanwhile  in Ligue 1, Lionel Messi curled a magical free kick in late for PSG to  beat Lille 3-4 in a thriller and most importantly stop their  embarrassing run of losses lately. In  boxing – boxers from Britain and the Czech Republic have joined a  United States-led boycott of the world championships, in a standoff over  the International Boxing Association's current Russian President  insisting on letting Russian fighters compete with their country's flag  and anthem. In Sportsbiz – the current owners of Manchester United, the Glazer family are hoping  to receive at least five billion pounds for the Club they took full  control of in 2015. That would comfortably surpass Chelsea and NFL  franchise, the Denver Broncos sales - both in 2022 - as the richest  takeover deal in sporting history. 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 49 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  Sunday morning 19 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In  Rugby – another attraction for avid surfer, Scott Robertson coaching  the Flying Fijians in Fiji will be surfing the world famous, Cloudbreak  where surf legend, Kelly Slater scored a perfect “10” at the place he  calls his spiritual home of surfing. Can you imagine Razor and Slater surfing Cloudbreak? Former British and Irish Lions Centre, Manu Tuilagi was  red-carded in the 14th minute of a Premiership Club game for Sale  against Northampton in England yesterday, dashing his hopes of a return  for England in the Guinness Six Nations. In  rugby league –English Champions St Helens stunned reigning NRL  champions the Panthers, sealing a third World Club Challenge title in a  stunning golden point finish. St Helens came into the clash with four  straight Super League titles, while the mountain men have gone  back-to-back in the NRL. The  Broncos have won their final pre-season trial, beating the Cowboys  18-20 in a tight game, with flyer Selwyn Cobbo impressive at Fullback. Gun  Cowboys backrower, Jeremiah Nanai showed no signs of slowing down, once  again crossing for a four-pointer against the Broncos. And  the Rabbitohs won back the Charity Shield with a dominant 42-24 win  over the Dragons at Mudgee. South’s big guns stole the show in the first  half running out a 26-nil lead. Just one NRL Challenge game left to play today: New Zealand Warriors v Melbourne Storm in Christchurch. In football – the  football world is in mourning after the body of former Newcastle United  and Chelsea player, Christian Atsu was discovered under the rubble of  the building where he lived in Turkey, which collapsed during their  recent catastrophic earthquake. Rest in Peace Brother. In  boxing – “I hope you are a man of your word. See you soon,” ‘The  Predator’ Francis Ngannou posted on Twitter in response to former WBC  World Heavyweight Champion, Deontay Wilder expressing his interest to  fight Ngannou and sign a two-fight contract with ‘The Predator’. In  Sportsbiz – following the lead of the IPL, there was big money on show  at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction in India, where  A$1Billion has been generated around the richest Women’s sporting event  in history! Last  week, 450 professional Women cricket players went up for auction with  over 120 landing lucrative contracts for the ground-breaking three-week  comp next month. Aussie  all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner was the highest auctioned international  cricketer of 30 in total, earning a staggering A$558,000. Just  15-years ago, the IPL changed the way people thought about domestic T20  cricket in the Men’s game, now all eyes are on the WPL to do the same. Go girls go! 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 48 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  Saturday morning 18 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In Rugby – Eroni “The Hammer” Sau is replacing Vinaya Habosi in the Fijian Drua for 2023. Meanwhile  Fiji Rugby Union is partnering up with ANZ Bank to teach financial  literacy skills to all FRU staff and players in an effort to help  players in particular manage their hard won and relatively short-term  finances during their professional playing career. Fiji’s  largest bank is also the major sponsor of the ANZ Marama Challenge  which kicks off in late March, featuring Fiji’s eight top XVs provincial  Womens teams playing against each other through to July. Go girls go ANZ go! In rugby league – the  Eels recorded a dominant 36-14 victory over the Knights in Gosford to  finish their NRL Pre-season Challenge on a positive note, while  the Sydney Roosters 16-28 Manly Sea Eagles. Today St George Dragons PLAY  Souths in Mudgee and the Broncos AND Cowboys battle it out on the  Sunshine Coast. And  English Super League giants, St Helens look to win a third World Club  Challenge against Penrith Panthers at 6:50pm AEDT tonight at BlueBet  Stadium, Penrith. The  Dolphins have reportedly beat out a host of rival NRL Clubs including  the Rabbitohs and West Tigers, who reportedly flew the teen star to  Sydney from the Gold Coast, but the lure of Wayne Bennett won the race  to sign 14-year-old Kingston Seve - who is “already as big as Latrell  Mitchell” and considered one of the best junior prospects in the  country. In football – Barcelona  and Man U shared a gripping 2-2 draw at Camp Nou on Thursday as the two  European heavyweights traded blows in an intense Europa League play-off  first leg with the red hot Marcus Rashford drilling home another goal  to level for the visitors. In  boxing – we’re only days away now from American Tony Harrison arriving  Down Under for his WBO Super Welterweight blockbuster against the  undefeated new face of Australian boxing, Tim Tszyu at Qudos Bank Arena  on Sunday 12 March. Undoubtedly  the biggest test of Tszyu’s career, the 32-year-old Detroit native also  doubles as the only man to have beaten the division’s undisputed King,  Jermell Charlo. In Sportsbiz – Super Bowl LVII brand exposure wasn’t just on TV, where Ads went for over US$6Million a pop. They aired on YouTube as well with Melissa McCarthy’s Booking.com spot the most watched last Sunday with 100 million views, followed by John Travolta’s T-Mobile Ad at 37 million views and Snoop Dogg’s Skechers gig at 26 million. In golf – he’s back! Tiger  Woods birdied his last three holes to wrestle a two-under-par 69 from  Riviera Country Club on Thursday and thrill fans cheering his return to  PGA Tour action at the Genesis Invitational Golf Tournament. The 15-time major champion hadn’t teed it up in a tour-level event since the British Open in July 2022. Go Tiger go! 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 47 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a wet but warm Friday morning 17 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In Rugby – the Fiji Rugby Union CEO, Tevita Tuiloa revealed yesterday that the 33-member Fijiana Drua squad would be contracted for F$10,000 each starting this season. So members the Fijiana Drua girls were all smiles as they prepare to defend the Buildcorp Super W trophy in Australia this year with this important first step for the development of Women’s rugby in Fiji and the Pacific. Go girls go! In rugby league – NRL Pre-season Challenge games: Tonight Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels in Gosford, followed by the Sydney Roosters v Manly Sea Eagles 8pm. On Saturday St George Dragons v Souths 4:20pm AEDT in Mudgee and the Broncos v Cowboys 8:55pm AEDT on the Sunshine Coast. Only one Challenge game on Sunday: New Zealand Warriors v Melbourne Storm 12:50pm AEDT in freezing and wet Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch. Well that’s the weather forecast anyway. In football – no matter how big the points difference was between Arsenal and Man City, there was always that feeling Pep G’s side was not out of the EPL title race. And those feelings became all too frighteningly real as the Gunners fell 1-3 to City at the Emirates in a thrilling clash yesterday. In the UEFA Champions League Rd of 16 first leg: Club Brugge 0-1 Benfica and Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Chelsea. Next week Liverpool vs Real Madrid in a clash of the titans and Leipzig vs Man City. In boxing – Australian boxing superstar Tim Tszyu has revealed ahead of his maiden world title fight against American Tony Harrison that he spared no expense in a 10-week USA training camp in preparation for his fight against unified super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo at a cost of A$250,000; only for Charlo to suffer a broken hand in December that canned the fight. In Sportsbiz – Nike was the most visible brand in Super Bowl LVII, with 1,079 seconds on-screen, valued at US$211.1Million in un-weighted media equivalency, according to media marketing experts. State Farm, the naming rights partner of the stadium, was the second-most visible with US$34.6M in value. 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 46 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  Thursday morning 16 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In Rugby – Lami  Kava, the official Kava sponsor of the Fijian Drua – Fiji’s Super Rugby  team, yesterday launched its “Fijian Drua Kava Pack” honouring the  longstanding tradition of rugby and kava. Managing  Director Donny Yee said that a portion of the sale of every Fijian Drua  Kava Pack will go towards supporting the Fijian Drua and also  supporting local Fijian Farmers”. In  rugby league – the clock is ticking as 29 year old Mitch Moses tries to  make a contract decision in the tug-of-war between Parramatta and Wests  Tigers. Crunch the numbers and the Wests Tigers offer ends up being a  A$6.5Million deal over five years compared to the Eels offer of A$4.4M  over four. In football – the  UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg results: AC Milan 1-0  Tottenham and PSG 0-1 Bayern Munich. Today Club Brugge vs Benfica and  Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea. In  boxing – the Gypsy King has absolutely zero interest in talking about,  let alone trying to fight Anthony Joshua. Tyson Fury told local media  recently that after chasing AJ for five years since 2017 for a fight he  has given up, saying: “He is dead as far as I am concerned.” In the NBA – Six  time NBA Champion Micheal Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday this  Saturday by making a US$10Million donation to the “Make-A-Wish  Foundation” for children suffering from cancer. It will be the largest donation ever received from an individual in the organisation's' 43-year history. Jordan first supported “Make-A-Wish” in 1989. In the NFL – the most searched Google term in the US during Super Bowl LVII was reportedly “Is Rihanna pregnant?” Rihanna performed in Apple Music’s Super Bowl Halftime show, which averaged 118.7 million viewers. In  the AFL - get this, while they may wear really tight shorts, which is  why many young Pacific Island boys don’t play AFL footy, the AFL  released its Total Player Payment for 2022 yesterday, revealing the  average wage across the 659 contracted AFL players had jumped to  A$406,000. Much higher than rugby or league boys so come on get those tight shorts on. 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 45 of Breakfast Bites,  by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful  Wednesday morning 15 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  Rugby – former Fijian Drua superstar, Vinaya Habosi has flown the coup  according to local media reports in Fiji. The flying Wing has joined Top  14 French Club Racing 92 a year early as he was due to join them in  2024, but has done so now after losing his Drua contract. And  in Wales it seems like “Delilah” has got her revenge! Just weeks after  the Wales Rugby Union took the ridiculous decision to ban the singing of  the Tom Jones hit song “Delilah” at Wales’ home Tests at the  Principality Stadium in Cardiff, players are threatening going on strike  over pay claims. And guess what, fans are still singing the song! In rugby league – the  NRL and RLPA are close to final terms for the first ever NRLW  Collective Bargaining Agreement for policies relating to pregnancy and  parental arrangements allowing leave provisions and support for primary  carers of infants. NRLW  players can receive private health insurance plus 12 month contracts  and the ability to sign multi-year deals from 2023 onwards. In football – the  UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg gets underway today: Milan  vs Tottenham and PSG vs Bayern Munich. Tomorrow Club Brugge vs Benfica  and Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea. Next week Liverpool vs Real Madrid, Frankfurt vs Napoli, Leipzig vs Manchester City and Inter Milan vs Porto. In boxing – Aussie  UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski has poured fuel on the  fire of cheating allegations against UFC Lightweight Champion Islam  Makhachev; accusing him of using an IV drip for drastic weight-cutting  and to mask the use of performance enhancing drugs. The use of IV drips was banned by the UFC in October 2015 after a decision by the US Anti-Drug Agency. Ummm weight-cutting??? 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