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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 89 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this cloudy but  beautiful Friday morning 30 December 2022, coming to you from paradise  on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  rugby union – our rugby predictions for 2023: Team Fijiana to defend  their Australian title. The Fijian Drua to win their first Super Rugby  Australia title and following in the footsteps of Toa Samoa, the Flying  Fijians and Manu Samoa to make the Rugby World Cup 2023 semifinals in  France. The All Blacks to lose Scott Razor Robertson as Head Coach to somewhere else. Eddie Jones to pop up at the Rugby World Cup in France 2023 in a surprising move! In  rugby league – the Dolphins have so far missed out on the likes of  Kalyn Ponga, Reece Walsh and Cameron Munster and are desperate to land a  marquee man to show they mean business. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck could be the ideal candidate to fill the Fullback and marquee man roles in one go. Wayne  Bennett and the Dolphins are also reportedly keen to make Toa Samoa  star, Stephen Crichton their Fullback, but face stiff competition from  the Panthers and the Bulldogs for his signature and may struggle to lure  him away from his family based in Sydney. In  boxing – the WBO has moved very quickly to demand “a detailed medical  explanation” from Jermell Charlo of his broken hand, within five days,  or face the possibility of being stripped of his title, after his  defence against Aussie challenger, Tim Tszyu in Las Vegas on 29 January  was postponed indefinitely. And did you know - that the NFL has media rights deals worth a total US$113Billion over 11 seasons? Well they do and with some of the biggest broadcasters in the world – CBS, NBC Disney, FOX, and Amazon. That’s right Amazon has exclusive rights to stream “Thursday Night Football” — the first time a tech company has held exclusive NFL rights. In football – fans at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar spent 39% more on in-stadium purchases than the 2018 World Cup in Russia, according to data from Visa — the tournament’s official payment provider. Only Visa-branded cards were accepted for in-stadium purchases during the tournament across its eight stadiums in Qatar. And  even though their teams didn’t even make the final, fans from the US,  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico and the UK spent the most money at the World Cup. The iconic final between France and Argentina generated the most spending of any game. What were they all buying if there was no alcohol on sale? Me thinks Coca-Cola to mix with the rum they all smuggled in? 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 88 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  Thursday morning 29 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  rugby union – the Italian Rugby Federation said yesterday that Treviso  have suspended an unnamed player after black prop Cherif Traore received  a rotten banana as a Christmas gift. Traore,  a 28-year-old Italian international, who was born in Guinea, was given  the present on Tuesday during a Secret Santa exchange and he posted on  social media that he had been “hurt” by the “offensive” gesture. “What hurt me most was seeing most of my mates laughing as if everything is normal,” he posted on Instagram. In  rugby league – hundreds of families and fans of the Toa Samoa rugby  league team waited for over two hours at Fale’olo International Airport  in the early hours of yesterday morning and broke into the national  anthem as their 2022 Rugby League World Cup heroes emerged from the  arrivals lounge. The  arrival of the Toa Samoa players from Australia, New Zealand and Great  Britain kick-starts ceremonies and festivities planned by the Samoa  Rugby League and the government to celebrate their recent Rugby League  World Cup success. Melbourne  Storm 2022 Season Review: While the Storm appeared on track to  challenge for the 2022 title with 11 wins in their opening 14 games;  injuries and rep games came back to bite them. From then on it was a  rollercoaster season both on and off field with a loss in the opening  week of the finals landing the KO punch. In boxing – undefeated  WBA Lightweight World Champion, Gervonta “Tank” Davis was arrested on a  domestic violence charge in Florida yesterday and booked into Broward  County jail. It is unclear if his arrest will affect his 7th January fight against Hector Luis Garcia. In  football – the US Women’s Soccer Team claimed a big win in its fight  for equal pay after the “Equal Pay for Team USA” Act was passed by the House of Representatives. The bill ensures equal compensation and benefits for all athletes representing the USA in more than 50 international sports. The bill is an outcome of a gender discrimination lawsuit filed in 2019 against US Soccer. Earlier  this year, the US Women’s National Soccer Team signed a new collective  bargaining agreement for pay structures that equates to the Men’s team  through 2028. Thanks to the new CBA, the women’s team earned US$6.5Million from  the Men’s team advancing to the knockout stage in the 2022 FIFA World  Cup in Qatar — more than the US$6M the Women’s team received from  winning the 2015 and 2019 World Cups combined. 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 87 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this bright and  sunny Wednesday morning 28 December 2022, coming to you from paradise  on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  rugby union – after the success of and momentum from, hosting the FIFA  World Cup, Qatar is looking to go big time hosting a one-off British  Lions Test plus a tournament in the HSBC World Rugby 7s Series. Meanwhile they are pulling down two of the stadiums and re-purposing a couple of others. In rugby league – while  the NRL Women’s salary cap has increased to A$884,000 per season, some  girls are pissed - Channel 7 reporter Katie Brown posted on Twitter:  “Lol “record breaking” deals for the NRL $12.1M and NRLW $884,000.  You’re giving a whole women’s team ONE man’s salary. What a joke.” ARLC  Chairman Peter V’landys said of the NRLW’s new and much higher salary  cap: “They’ve had the biggest increase of anyone. Don’t forget there are  10 teams, so we’ve invested heavily in the women’s game and rightly so.  It has still sparked an angry response from some. Another  angry chic, sports commentator Lavender Baj posted on Twitter: “For  context: Kalyn Ponga did not win a premiership for the Knights, but  makes more than the entire NRLW team that brought home the trophy for  the first time in two decades. OUCH. In  combat sports – UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar has died at the age of  45, leaving fighters and fans across the MMA community shattered. Bonnar  was a finalist on the first ever season of The Ultimate Fighter and was  credited by UFC Prez, Dana White as saving the promotion when he and  Forest Griffin stood toe-to-toe and unleashed at the end of a hellacious  fight during the season finale. No official cause of death has been released. In  football – the only player in history to have won three FIFA World Cups  - in 1958, 1962 and 1970 - Pele took the 1958 World Cup by storm when  he was only 17 years old, netting a hat trick in the semifinals and two  more goals in the final, catapulting his own career and launching the  dynasty of the Brazilian national team. Family  members spent Christmas with Pele at the Sao Paulo hospital where the  legendary footballer is battling worsening cancer as well as kidney and  heart problems. Considered by many to be the greatest of all time, Pele has been hospitalised since November. Long live the King of Football – Pele! 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 86 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this sunny and  bright Tuesday morning 27 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Happy Day-after Boxing Day sports fans ! In  rugby union – Tongan All Black stars, Richie Mo'unga with 44 caps and  Shannon Frizell with 25 caps, will join Toshiba Brave Lupus after next  year's Rugby World Cup in France. Under New Zealand Rugby rules, Mo'unga  and Frizell will not be eligible to play for the All Blacks while in  Japan. So when they finish up in Japan all cashed up for retirement, they can switch back to play for Tonga. In rugby league – the  Dragons are poised to sign Tongan international Ben Murdoch-Masila for  2023 after he obtained a release from the final year of his NZWarriors  gig. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Murdoch-Masila is making the  switch to the Dragons on a two-year deal. In F1 Racing – wanna start an F1 racing team? F1 charges US$200Million entry fee for new teams, then you need about US$135M for operating costs per year. Driver salaries and other costs push the total cost of operating a team much higher. Mercedes’ F1 team for example, spent US$347M in expenses in 2021. In football – while global football legend, Lionel Messi is supporting Argentina’s joint FIFA World Cup bid for hosting in 2030 with Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile, he also promotes tourism to bid rivals, Saudi Arabia in a deal believed to be worth around US$30Million per year. A 2018 study by The Boston Consulting Group claimed that the 2026 FIFA World Cup would generate an economic impact of US$5Billion for  its North America hosts. After investments for playing facilities and  tourism, the net benefit would end up at US$3B to US$4B. In boxing – while Tim Tszyu admits he is “very disappointed” by the setback of his much-anticipated  fight with undisputed World Junior Middleweight Champion, Jermell  Charlo being postponed indefinitely due to injury, Tszyu is  philosophical: “I felt like the stars aligned … but we move on.  I’m ready to take on the next mandatory challenger and I’ll be back for  Charlo once he is ready and healed.” Finally - for the first time since Forbes’ highest-paid female athletes ranking began in 2008, more than seven women made at least US$10Million — boosting the total amount made before taxes and agents’ fees by the 25 highest-paid female athletes in the world to US$285M in 2022. Of the top 10 highest-paid female athletes, seven play tennis. Naomi Osaka took the top spot for the third consecutive year with US$51Million in earnings, followed by fellow tennis star Serena Williams on US$41M and 19-year-old skier Eileen Gu US$20M. · No. 4: Britain’s teen star,Emma Raducanu earned US$19M · No. 5: Iga Świątek (tennis) US$14.9M · No. 6: Venus Williams US$12M · No. 7: Coco Gauff US$11M · No. 8: US gymnast Simone Biles on US$10M · No. 9: Jessica Pegula (tennis) US$7.6M · No. 10: Minjee Lee (golf), US$7.3M And guess what guys most of them are single and unattached! 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 85 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this wet and  warm Monday morning 26 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Happy Boxing Day ! Happy  Boxing Day sports fans! Later today start reviewing all the goals that  you set for yourself in 2022. How did you score? How well or how badly  did you do? As painful as it may be, doing this honestly and accurately  over the next couple of days will help set you up for 2023. In  Kirikiti – Australian cricket all-rounder, Cameron Green is the latest  Indian Premier League multi-millionaire after an insane bidding war for  his services between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals ended with a  massive bid of 17.50 crore, which is approximately A$3.2Million – way  above his reserve price of $A360,000. In football – Saudi Arabian Club Al Nassr offered Cristiano Ronaldo a reported three-year contract worth US$640Million, but he will also have to be an Ambassador for Saudi Arabia’s 2030 FIFA World Cup bid against – get this - his home country Portugal’s joint bid with Spain and Ukraine for the same gig. In boxing – “I  was sparring, and I threw this nice punch and as soon as it landed, I  knew something was wrong. I felt my hand throbbing right away. I had two  X-rays and an MRI scan to see what was wrong and they showed it was  broken in two places – between the pinkie and ring finger and at the  base of the thumb,” and with that terrible  news, from the undisputed World Junior Middleweight Champion, the  much-anticipated Jermell Charlo fight against undefeated Aussie  challenger, Tim Tszyu, scheduled for 28th January has been postponed  indefinitely. “The  way I am, I would have beaten Tim Tszyu with one hand, but the doctors  and the boxing commission won’t allow that. It’s even more dangerous  when a lion faces adversity and has to come back to defend the pride”. WOW OK if you say so! 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 84 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  cloudy Saturday morning 24 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  rugby league – Merry Christmas, the NRL has announced a record-breaking  salary cap for the 2023 season yesterday, for both male and female  players. The  NRL salary cap increases from A$9.6Million in 2022 to A$12.1M in 2023, a  25 per cent increase. The salary cap for development players lifts from  A$240,000 to A$650,000. The NRL Women’s salary cap increases by 153 per cent to A$884,000. Parramatta Eels 2022 season review: A  few weeks before the finals, Brad Arthur was a dead man walking. While  the Eels fell short of lifting the trophy, BA guided them to second  best, which has to stand for something. Arthur now faces his toughest  challenge in 2023, to try and get the side back into the final. In  Kirikiti as pronounced in Samoa or cricket in English - the record for  the highest-ever sale at the Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction was  broken yesterday with Punjab Kings buying England all-rounder Sam  Curran for 18.50 crore which is approximately A$3.3Million. Aussie  all-rounder, Cameron Green is another IPL multi-millionaire after  an insane bidding war for his services between Mumbai Indians and Delhi  Capitals ended with a massive bid of 17.50 crore, which is approximately  A$3.2M – way above his reserve price of $A360,000. In football – all  hail Lionel Messi’s FIFA World Cup records: Most Man of the Match  awards at 11, First person to assist goals at five different World Cups,  Most World Cup games at 26, Most games as Captain at 19 and Most FIFA  World Cup tournaments by a male player at five. In boxing – BREAKING  NEWS: Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight each other  next in a fight that will unify all the World Heavyweight boxing titles,  according to veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum. Fury is the WBC title holder and Ukrainian hero Usyk, holds all the rest - the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA belts. 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 83 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  cloudy but bright Friday morning 23 December 2022, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In rugby league – BREAKING  NEWS: Former South Sydney star and England rugby league player, Sam  Burgess has been charged by New South Wales Police, after allegedly  failing a roadside drug test in Sydney yesterday afternoon. Burgess strongly denies using any drugs. South  Sydney 2022 Review: Souths overcame a slow start in 2022 to go within  one game of making the NRL grand final. Their preliminary final exit to  Penrith would have left every Redfern player and fan burning, but from  where the Bunnies came from, to get there, it should also give them hope  for the future. In boxing – undisputed  World Super Middleweight Champion, Canelo Saul Alvarez turned  professional in 2005 and has racked up 58 wins – 39 by way of knock out  with two losses and two draws. The 32 year-old Mexican has won world  championships from Lightweight to Super Middleweight at 154, 160, 168,  and 175 pounds. In football – FIFA is investigating how a number of unauthorised people, including celebrity chef ‘Salt Bae’, gatecrashed Argentina’s  World Cup celebrations on the field in Qatar, after Argentina’s penalty  shootout success over France in last Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final. Turkish  chef Nusret Gokce, nicknamed “Salt Bae” because of how he theatrically  seasons meat in his chain of steakhouse restaurants, was seen holding and kissing the World Cup trophy and harassing Argentine players, including Lionel Messi for selfies like all social media pests do.   What’s the bet he had a fake pass and he will be basking in all this attention. 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 82 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this cloudy but  warm Thursday morning 22 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In football – the 2022 World Cup in Qatar leaves behind a legacy of record viewership: Television viewership in France through the leading broadcaster TF1, averaged a record 24.1 million viewers for the FIFA World Cup final last Sunday, peaking at 29.4 million. BBC One reported peaking at 14.9 million, while ITV One peaked at 4.4 million viewers across Britain. In India, 32 million viewers tuned in. VIP  guests at the FIFA World Cup final included Twitter billionaire Elon  Musk, Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and French President  Emmanuel Macron. In rugby union – Roger  Tuivasa-Sheck is reportedly giving it one more season in rugby union,  with a possible return to the 13-man code in 2024. With the NZWarriors  unlikely to have room in their salary cap to accommodate him, the former  Dally M Medal winner is perfect for the cashed-up Dolphins. In rugby league – the North Queensland Cowboys season review 2022: The  Cowboys were the surprise packet of the 2022 season with the men from  Townsville shocking the comp to get within one win of the decider. They  let slip a big chance to make their first grand final in five years, but  should be proud of a season that sets them up nicely for 2023. In basketball – the NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver said this week that Mexico City is doing all things necessary to demonstrate that ultimately we may be able to base an NBA team there. Mexico City has the highest population of any city in North America with an estimated 9 million people. Mexico City Arena can seat 22,300 fans — larger than the NBA’s largest arena, at 21,000 for Chicago Bulls’ games. There are reportedly around 30 million NBA fans in Mexico. So what are you waiting for guys? Sounds like a no-brainer to me! In boxing – former  world boxing title challenger, Viviane Obenauf has been sentenced to 16  years in prison for the brutal murder of her husband. The  Brazilian, 36, stood trial in Switzerland more than two years after the  October 2020 death of her 61-year-old Swiss husband. Police claimed she  hit her husband 19 times in the head with a baseball bat at their home  in Interlaken, Switzerland. And the reason it was claimed – wait for it - she became angry at her husband’s less  than enthusiastic reaction to the news that she was pregnant. Big mistake dude! 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 81 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on an absolutely  stunningly beautiful bright and sunny Wednesday morning 21 December  2022, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of  the Pacific Ocean ! In football – now  that the 2022 World Cup is over, this year’s tournament in Qatar leaves  behind a legacy of record viewership and off-field spending. Hosted by Qatar, the biggest sports event in the world saw fans surpass spending totals from each of the prior two tournaments. Before the quarterfinals, fans had already spent 89% of what they did at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, according to Visa, and this was despite a ban on stadium alcohol sales. In rugby union – Max Brito, who was paralysed while playing for Ivory Coast at the 1995 Rugby World Cup on the Wing, has died aged 54. Brito  was left paralysed from the neck down after being hurt in the third  minute of Ivory Coast's pool game against Tonga in Rustenburg, South  Africa. He  ran the ball up against Tonga and was tackled by Inoke Afeaki. While  lying on the ground on his back, Brito raised his head slightly, only to  be hit by the Tongan forward pack and that broke his spine. Rest in Peace brother. In boxing – undisputed  World Super Middleweight Champion, Canelo Saul Alvarez has been  honoured with a statue in Juanacatlán, Mexico which was unveiled on  Monday. “I'm proud of being here with all the people that made this  possible, and it’s proof that dreams come true,” said Alvarez. The  32-year-old Alvarez turned professional in 2005 and has racked up 58  wins with 39 by way of Knock Out with two losses and two draws. Alvarez has won world championships at four weight categories from 70Kg super welterweight to 79kg middleweight. In rugby league – the  Broncos 2022 Review: They restored some pride last season, appearing on  track to make the finals before a six-week nightmare quickly shut down  their hopes in a finish to forget. Overall, the positives outweighed the  negatives and this season should produce some clear answers going  forward. Finally  Melbourne Storm star Harry Grant has teamed up with former Geelong  Premiership Captain and AFL legend Joel Selwood, who coincidentally has  joined Storm as a leadership consultant, as ambassadors for a Surf Life  Saving Australia campaign that aims to reduce drowning deaths this  summer. 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 79 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another  brilliant blue sky Tuesday morning 20 December 2022, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  football – the FIFA World Cup final in Qatar was truly a World Cup  Final like no other and one of the greatest football games of all time  with Lionel Messi leading Argentina to a 4-2 win on penalties, after  Kylian Mbappe scored a hat trick for France to draw 3-3 at fulltime. The expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026 is setting FIFA up for a major payday. Football’s global governing body expects to  earn US$11Billion for the 2023-26 commercial cycle, an almost 50% rise  in income, thanks mainly to sponsorships and media deals for the World  Cup. Finally  in football, the page has turned, the chapter has come to an end –  Ronaldo has left the field and Lionel Messi won the FIFA World Cup, but  Kylian Mbappe won Player of the Final with his hat trick and is  undoubtedly the new King of football. In  rugby union – Steve Borthwick is the new Head Coach of England,  appointed on a five-year contract. Borthwick, 43, masterminded  Leicester’s Premiership title triumph last season. The Rugby Football  Union also announced that his assistant at Leicester, Kevin Sinfield as  defence coach. In  boxing – Conor McGregor is facing another lawsuit – this one from a  close friend, Artem Lobov who was once a training partner of McGregor’s,  is suing the mad Irish UFC star for five per cent of the sale of  McGregor’s “Proper No. 12 Irish Whiskey” brand for US$600Million in  2021. In  rugby league - Storm star Nelson Asofa-Solomona has recently been  connected with a potential move to the Canterbury Bulldogs. The  26-year-old was previously linked with a code-swap to rugby union due  to his stance on vaccinations, the Storm is unaware of the Bulldogs  interest. In  tennis – former tennis great, Boris “Boom Boom” Becker who had been  declared bankrupt in June 2017 and was jailed for two and a half years  in April this year for hiding £2.5 million of assets and loans to avoid  repaying £50 million in debts, was released from Huntercombe prison near  Oxford, southern England late last week. Becker  was initially held at Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, near the  All England Club at Wimbledon where he won three titles. The  Sun newspaper said Becker’s mother Elvira, 87, told a friend that her  son’s release from prison was “the best Christmas present I could hope  for and I cannot wait to hold my beloved son in my arms,” she was quoted  as saying. But get this, media reports suggested he would be staying with friends after flying to Frankfurt, Germany in a private jet! 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 78 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another  brilliant blue sky Monday morning 19 December 2022, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! The  greatest sporting event on earth, the FIFA World Cup has just ended in  Qatar this morning with Lionel Messi leading Argentina to a 4-2 win on  penalties over France in the final, after Kylian Mbappe scored a hat  trick for France to draw 3-3 at fulltime. Like every other game at this World Cup that went into extra time, the game ended up in a penalty shootout. And like every other game at this World Cup that went to a penalty shootout, the team taking the second penalty won. Lionel Messi won the coin toss to decide who went first and he chose second. Kylian  Mbappe won the Player of the Final award for scoring a hat trick to  keep France in the contest – his third goal, leading from the front,  coming from the first penalty for France. The  final was notable also for the most goals ever 3-3 at fulltime and 4-2  in the penalty shootout so 7-5 overall and twelve goals in total. Truly a FIFA World Cup Final like no other and one of the greatest international football games of all time. The pool games also saw two of the biggest upsets in World Cup history: Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win over Argentina and Japan’s 2-1 victory over Germany. The quarterfinals featured four thrillers, two decided on penalty kicks. And who can forget Morocco’s run - the first African nation to advance to the semifinals. So how did the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar measure up? Surrounded  by controversy from when it won the bid back in 2012, one can only  admire Qatar for the massive investment – US$300Billion in major  infrastructure and beautiful stadiums that they built especially for  this tournament. No  fan who attended the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has had a bad word to  say about their hosts, the hospitality, the facilities and the event –  quite simply it was one of the best. Qatar did the Arab world proud and so too did Morocco with their unprecedented run and fourth place finish. Now we can all move on with our lives. 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

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 77 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  blue sky Sunday morning 18 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In the FIFA World Cup in Qatar – Kylian  Mbappe is just 23 years old but he already pockets the highest salary  in football – reportedly a whopping €630Million or A$1Billion over three  seasons. He  is also the leader of France’s world champion team, one of a select few  to reach the final of the FIFA World Cup as defending champions. Tomorrow  morning, they face his PSG teammate and Captain of Argentina, Lionel  Messi in a bid to become just the third team in Cup history to go  back-to-back, and the first since Brazil in 1962. The  Melbourne derby between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory was  abandoned yesterday after fans stormed the AAMI Park pitch and a metal  bucket was thrown at Melbourne City’s goalkeeper — leaving him with a  bloodied face — on a dark day for football in Australia In  rugby union – New Zealand Rugby is reviewing their sponsorship  agreement with Altrad Group after the French construction engineering  company’s founder and Chairman, Mohed Altrad was found guilty in a  corruption case in which Bernard Laporte, President of the French Rugby  Federation, stepped down as vice-chairman of World Rugby after he  received a two-year suspended prison sentence for corruption. In  rugby league news – Australian rugby league insiders are tipping the  Gold Coast Titans as the NRL Club most likely to be one of two to have  reached out to sacked England rugby union Head Coach, Eddie Jones with a  view to signing him up. And the other Club? Sorry mate I dunno. In boxing – former  WBA regular heavyweight champions, Mahmoud Charr and Lucas Browne were  left stranded in Dubai after their fight collapsed after the Middle East  Professional Boxing Commission stepped in on Friday, the day before the  bout was scheduled and shut down the event for safety reasons. Safety reasons? Sorry mate I dunno. 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

Malo and welcome to Season 3 Episode 76 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful blue sky Saturday morning 17 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean !  In the FIFA World Cup in Qatar – A top level FIFA meeting has given approval for an expanded World Cup of 48 teams from the 2030 World Cup, which means the tournament growing to 104 games from 64 this year. While European teams and leagues, including the English Premier League are expected to take issue with a longer, more taxing tournament, they all know that the FIFA World Cup is the goose that lays the golden egg. The potential growth in earnings from tickets, broadcasts and more from an expanded World Cup, with the likely inclusion of China, will guarantee hundreds of millions more fans and billions more dollars in income. Trust me, come 2030 in wherever, with or without alcohol in the stadiums, they will all be lined up to play.  In rugby union – “Everyone knows I love a scrap and I’m up for whatever challenge is next. I’m open to everything in rugby and I’ve made no secret of my wish to give the NRL a go too. Nothing is off the table. It’s all about the right job at the right time and I’ll look at it all,” Eddie Jones in full “show me the money” mode. Apparently “Fast Eddie” has already received ‘serious’ offers from two rugby league Clubs. With a 73 per cent win rate as England Head Coach over seven years – the most successful Coach ever – you gotta wonder why the English sacked him. In rugby league news – Kangaroos second-rower Angus Crichton is free to play for Sydney Roosters in the NRL opening round against the Dolphins after being allowed to serve his Rugby League World Cup two-game suspension in the pre-season. Remember he was suspended for striking Toa Samoa Hooker Chanel Harris-Tavita with his elbow in the World Cup final at Old Trafford. Surely that penalty should be taken more seriously. Would this have happened if it was the other way around and the Samoan was suspended? In boxing – debate continues to rage over the shock unanimous decision win, with all three judges scoring it 29-28, for rising undefeated UFC lightweight star, Paddy Pimblett from Liverpool, England over American veteran Jared Gordon dubbed “highway robbery”. As I said yesterday, if you are a UFC fighter with a large social media following, you win more than you lose. In the WNBA – safely back home in the arms of her wife, WNBA star, Brittany Griner posted on Instagram, “It feels so good to be home! The last 10 months have been a battle at every turn, I dug deep to keep my faith and it was the love from so many of you that helped keep me going. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone for your help.” A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Griner was returned to the United States after the Biden administration agreed to swap convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for her. The deal has been criticized by those who believe either that Bout should not have been released, because of a threat he could pose in future, or that additional detainees should have returned home with Griner. Finally the PGA Tour has teamed up with a film producer for a Netflix documentary series featuring several top golfers participating in the 2021-22 season with my cousin Tony Finau expressing his interest in the series. Go Tony 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

Malo and welcome to Season 3 Episode 75 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this cloudy but bright and sunny Friday morning 16 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In the FIFA World Cup in Qatar - the whole of the Kingdom of Morocco is furious with Referee Cesar Ramos over his performance during their two nil loss to France in the FIFA World Cup semi-final in Qatar yesterday. So much so, that they have filed an official complaint with FIFA, while Les Bleus advance to the Final against Lionel Messi and Argentina. In rugby union – the Australian Rugby Union could “weaponise” Eddie Jones by bringing him into their Wallabies coaching set-up for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France next year after “Fast Eddie” was sacked by England last weekend. In rugby league news – Tigers great Benny Elias has told nephew and Eels star Mitchell Moses to shun a mega offer and stay at Parramatta. Elias has put club loyalties aside and told Moses that if he is happy at the Eels, he should stay there rather than return to the Tigers where he debuted in 2014. In boxing – the first media conference between undisputed Super Welterweight champion, Jermell Charlo (35-1) and Aussie challenger, Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15 KO) for all Charlo’s belts on 29 January at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was weird because it was online rather than live at Charlo’s request.

Malo  and welcome to Season 3 Episode 74 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this warm and  sunny Thursday morning 15 December 2022, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! Lionel  Messi is the star and darling of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar after  doing the tango with the Croatian defence for a famous Argentina 3 nil  win in their semi final, while we tip Morocco to Mbojango Kylian Mbappe  and mango frango France in the second semi today. Go Morocco go. Former  England Women’s defender, fashion label brand ambassador and now TV  Commentator, Alex Scott got a dressing down from BBC bosses for  appearing to promote a designer brand during World Cup coverage. Her  outfit was made up of a A$505 orange blazer with matching trousers  costing A$305, silk shirt at A$415 topped off with a pair of sequin  heels. There  is no rugby union and rugby league news – almost 12 hours after  national elections closed in Fiji at 6pm yesterday, there is no clear  winner with Prime Minister Bainimarama’s Fiji First Party leading with  45.89%, ex-PM Rabuka’s People’s Alliance Party on 32.96%, NFP on 9.33%,  SODELPA 4.51% and UNITY 2.56%. In  boxing – Tyson Fury has confirmed he’ll spar with Wayne Rooney -  currently coaching MLS Club DC United - in preparation for his world  title fight against Oleksandr Usyk. “I spoke to Wayne and he’s well up  for it,” Fury said. “He’s going to come into camp for about four weeks  to help me.” Only in the USA – a growing number of US celebrities including Steph Curry, Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neil, Serena Williams, Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg and Madonna are all are accused of pumping up the value of NFTs and crypto currencies by making false and misleading statements to lure in unsuspecting investors who have lost millions in the recent crash of NFTs and crypto thanks to SBF. 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