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Andreescu waiting for test results on painful ankle injury
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu on Tuesday thanked her fans for their support and said she is still awaiting test results on the left ankle injury that forced her to leave the...
eqUIP targets youth
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) participated recently in a week-long eqUIP Oceania Workshop organised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). eqUIP Oceania is a CGF initiative to develop youth leaders through internship and employment opportunities, empowering them to make a positive contribution to communities through sport. FASANOC was represented by...
28th March
IBA says IOC misused information about its officials
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The International Boxing Association (IBA) on Monday upped the ante in its battle for control of Olympic boxing by accusing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of misuse of information about its officials. In an open letter to IOC chief Thomas Bach and executive board members before their meeting in Lausanne on Tuesday,...
Underfunding means Australia face failure in Brisbane – AOC
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has called on the government to make up an A$2 billion ($1.33 billion) shortfall in sports funding over the next 10 years or risk failure at the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane. In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday, AOC Chief Executive Matt...
27th March
Latham returns to T20s to captain NZ against Sri Lanka, Pakistan
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tom Latham will captain an inexperienced New Zealand team in next month’s home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka and the five-match series in Pakistan that follows, returning to the shortest format for the first time in nearly two years.With Kane Williamson and Tim Southee playing in the Indian Premier League and unavailable,...
South Africa chase down record T20 target to beat Windies
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa pulled off the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 international cricket on Sunday to beat the West Indies by six wickets at Centurion on an afternoon of blistering assault on the ball as well as the record books. Opener Quinton de Kock hit a first T20 century as South Africa...
Mumbai Indians win inaugural WPL title after Sciver-Brunt fifty
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Mumbai Indians were crowned champions at the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) after Nat Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 60 secured their seven-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals in the final at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Delhi captain Meg Lanning elected to bat after winning the toss and the Australia skipper top-scored for her side...
Hill to host Nadi fights
The Lewis Hill Boxing Promotion will have its first event in Nadi in July. This has been confirmed by promoter Winston Hill after two successful promotions in Suva. Hill was overwhelmed with the response from fans at his last event in Suva last Saturday. “It was a good show. Good turnout. Started on a good...
Controversial bout set for rematch
Joseph Kwadjo won the bout but Isikeli Senidoko was the crowd favourites as the Lewis Hill Pacific Showdown Boxing Promotion lived up to the expectation of fans at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva on Saturday night. Kwadjo beat Senidoko in the main bout after the referee stopped the fight with seconds remaining in the second...
Ralulu breaks barriers
In a field dominated by men, it was never going to be easy for a woman to adjust to it, forget about being one of the best. The Fiji Times photographer Sophie Ralulu had other ideas on her mind, being a women photographer among men always inspire her. Ralulu couldn’t hold back her emotions when...
Glamour at sports awards
It was a night of glamour for sporting federations around the country that came together to award the best athletes in their respective grades. The 2022 FASANOC Fiji Sports Awards had a big turnout with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as chief guest. The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) dominated the awards list taking out seven out...
Government to address key issues – PM Rabuka
The Coalition Government will, through sports, continue to address issues such as gender disparity, disability, youth empowerment and social inclusion. These were the words of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka while speaking at the FASANOC 2022 Sports Awards at the Vodafone Arena in Suva on Saturday night. “Initiatives such as the PacificAus Sports Partnership help create...
Pitching in millions – Contracts contribute up to $60m in remittances
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says remittance inflows from Fiji’s sportsmen and women contracted abroad remain one of the country’s highest foreign exchange earners. Speaking at the 2020 Fiji Sports Awards on Saturday, Mr Rabuka said this amounted to remittances between $30 million and $60m annually. “And totally, our people abroad remit, in the last calendar...
Games Council expects Pacific Games venues to be ready on time
The Pacific Games Council says it expects all Pacific Games venues in Honiara to be ready several months before the Games opens on November 19. President Vidya Lakhan and Chief executive Officer Andrew Minogue visited Honiara last week to assess preparations for the 17th Pacific Games. The delegation visited several of the Games venues, including...
Rybakina rallies past Badosa, Potapova upsets Gauff in Miami
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) -Elena Rybakina kept her “Sunshine Double” hopes alive as she battled from the brink to beat Paul Badosa in the Miami Open third round on Saturday, while Russian Anastasia Potapova upset Coco Gauff in three sets. Wimbledon champion Rybakina, fresh off her Indian Wells triumph last week, calmly saved a match...
26th March
Peru’s Garcia Leon breaks 35 km race walk world record
(Reuters) – Peru’s Kimberly Garcia Leon broke the 35 km race walk world record on Saturday with a time of two hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds in Dudince, Slovakia. The world champion in both the 20km and 35 km walk broke the previous record of 2:38:24 set by Russian Klavdiya Afanasyeva in 2019, in...
25th March
Managing boxing
AT the outset, I would like to apologise to readers that this week we do not have an article totally focused on Citizenship and Belonging. Instead, it is being replaced by one on boxing in Fiji (interspersed with some crosscultural references) for a number of reasons. One, boxing returns to Suva this weekend with a...
Jai Narayan sets aim
Suva’s Jai Narayan College is confident of a good outing at this year’s Suva Zone Two after the completion of its inter-house at its school yesterday. The school’s head of sports Dan Vakamoce said the school aimed to select the best available athletes for the upcoming zone. “It has been wonderful as the students took...
France looks to AI-powered surveillance to secure Olympics
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s National Assembly on Thursday approved the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from civil rights groups that the technology posed a threat to civil liberties. The government says algorithmic video surveillance can detect “pre-determined events”, abnormal behaviour and crowd surges, helping ensure the...
24th March
World governing body bans transgender women athletes
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes, the governing body said on Thursday. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said that the decision to exclude transgender women who had gone through male puberty was based “on the overarching need to protect...
Dates set for Fiji Finals
The 2023 Coca-Cola Games will be held from May 2-4 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva. The secondary schools athletics annual competition falls mid-week from Tuesday to Thursday. The Ministry of Education, in consultation with the games committee, confirmed the dates fall in the last week of this term one. “The current dates have...
IOC and Games cannot be referees in political disputes – Bach
ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) -The Olympic Games and its ruling body, the International Olympic Committee, cannot be referees in global political disputes, its president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday, defending the IOC’s plans to includes Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Games. Speaking at a political forum, Bach said the Games should stay away...
McIlroy supports R&A proposals to limit ball distance
LONDON (Reuters) – Proposals to limit the distance golf balls travel when struck by elite players have received the surprise backing of four-time major winner Rory McIlroy. Several players including world number two Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas have criticised the Model Local Rule (MLR) proposal outlined last week by golf’s rules makers the R&A...
23rd March
Australia back on top ahead of ODI World Cup
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia leave India with the world number one ranking in one-day cricket and will return to the subcontinent for this year’s World Cup with confidence after edging the hosts 2-1 in the series. Australian white ball cricket looked to be at a crossroads only a few months ago, with Aaron Finch stepping...
Rohit wants India’s IPL players to manage workload ahead of World Cup
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma said his team mates should consider skipping the occasional match during the Indian Premier League (IPL) to manage their workload ahead of the Cricket World Cup on home soil later this year. A recurring back injury kept middle order batter Shreyas Iyer out of the home one-day...
Usyk promoter says unification fight with Fury is off
LONDON (Reuters) -A heavyweight unification title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is off after talks broke down, the Ukrainian’s promoter said on Wednesday. Promoter Alexander Krassyuk confirmed the failure to Sky Sports television although Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren suggested the fight, which had been pencilled in for April 29 at London’s Wembley Stadium,...
Torun awarded 2026 World Indoor Championships
(Reuters) – The Polish city of Torun will host the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, the sport’s global governing body said on Wednesday. Torun, located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region, previously hosted the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2021 and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe pointed to Poland’s track record as a reliable host. “Poland is...
Ah Tong: ‘I’m here to win’
Samoan Olympian Marion Faustino Ah Tong has set his eyes on veteran Abhay ‘the Tiger’ Chand. The two face off in a super welterweight category bout during the Lewis Hill Boxing Promotion in Suva this Saturday. Ah Tong beat Fijian Ratu Rakuro Daunivavana in November last year, which was the Samoan’s debut in the professional...
Olympics-Paris 2024 plans Games relay changes, fewer torches-source
BERLIN (Reuters) – Paris 2024 Olympic torchbearers may not all get to keep their torches as a cherished memento of the Games because organisers plan to cut down on the number made in the name of sustainability, a source told Reuters. It is still unclear how many torches, which usually burn a mixture of gases,...
22nd March
NFL poised to beat players’ bid to revive lawsuit over painkillers
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to revive a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the National Football League of allowing teams to over-prescribe painkillers to players so they could stay on the field while injured. Judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Pasadena, California, repeatedly pressed a...
