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Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games

July 29, 2024

By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist The Fijiana women’s sevens rugby team have lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics today and look set to miss the quarterfinals in the process. Bronze medallists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Fijians lost 17-14 to Canada in their first pool game. China then handed ... <a title="Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/paris-olympics-fijiana-sevens-on-thin-ice-after-losing-two-games/" aria-label="Read more about Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games">Read more</a>

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Tony Fala: Pelé – a tribute from Aotearoa and Oceania

January 6, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala Edson Arantes do Nascimento passed away at the age of 82 after a brave battle with colon cancer in Brazil on 20 December 2022. Known as “O Rei”, “The Black Pearl”, and “Pelé”, he was an ambassador, businessperson, community worker to the world, cultural force, leader, soccer player, and politician. In ... <a title="Tony Fala: Pelé – a tribute from Aotearoa and Oceania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/06/tony-fala-pele-a-tribute-from-aotearoa-and-oceania/" aria-label="Read more about Tony Fala: Pelé – a tribute from Aotearoa and Oceania">Read more</a>

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Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham

August 9, 2022

RNZ Pacific Pacific athletes have won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, split among six nations. Samoa won the region’s only gold, through weightlifter Don Opolenge and the nation’s lifters also won three silver medals. They also gained a silver in boxing. Fiji won four medals overall, two of them ... <a title="Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/pacific-takes-impressive-games-haul-of-13-medals-in-birmingham/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham">Read more</a>

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End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM

March 13, 2019

By Lance Polu in Apia World Rugby must adopt a “one country one national team” in world competitions as it is done in the Olympics and all the other world sports, says the prime minister of Samoa who is also his nation’s rugby chairman. This means the United Kingdom must have one rugby team to ... <a title="End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/13/end-colonial-mindset-over-skewed-world-rugby-says-samoan-pm/" aria-label="Read more about End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM">Read more</a>