Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula and Welcome to Season 08 Episode 75 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Thursday morning 21 March 2024.
                                                                  
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. 
 
In rugby union: Fijian Drua Head Coach Mick Byrne has made big changes to win their game against the NSW Waratahs this weekend in Lautoka.
 
Dynamic Hooker Tevita Ikanivere, prop Mesake Doge, halfback Frank Lomani and centre Apisalome Vota all start this weekend with Wing Taniela Rakuro making his first start opposite Selestino Rautaumada.
The match day XV: Haereiti Hetet, Tevita Ikanivere, Mesake Doge, Mesake Vocevoce, Ratu Leone Rotuisolia, Etonia Waqa, Vilive Miramira and Captain Meli Derenalagi in the forwards. While the backs are Frank Lomani, Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, Taniela Rakuro, Apisalome Vota, Iosefo Masi, Selestino Ravutaumada and Ilaisa Droasese.
In football: Results of the UEFA Womens Champions League Quarter-finals: Yesterday Chelsea 3-0 Ajax, Benfica 1-2 Lyon, this morning Hacken 1-2 PSG and Brann vs Barcelona has just started. 
 
In SportsBiz: Major League Baseball’s 2024 regular season starts this week with a two-game series in Seoul, South Korea featuring the Dodgers against the Padres.
 
The Seoul Series is part of a so-called MLB World Tour, which also includes stops this year in the Dominican Republic, England and Mexico.
Similar to other major US sports leagues such as the NFL, NBA and NHL, international play is a critical ambition for MLB as it seeks to expand its global audience.
 
In rugby league: A month on from having the opportunity to represent his indigenous heritage at the NRL All Stars, Alofiana Khan-Pereira is excited to fly the flag for the other cultures he possesses links to this weekend.  
 
A proud Bundjalang man, in addition to his Indigenous roots on his mum's side, the Titans winger also has Pakistani heritage, while his father is of Samoan and Māori lineage. 
 
Welcome to the NRL Multicultural Round
 
In Boxing: TKO Holdings, the parent company for the UFC, has reached a US$335Million settlement in two class-action antitrust lawsuits filed by more than 1200 fighters seeking better pay, alleged the UFC was an illegal monopsony that used anti-competitive practices to suppress fighter wages and stifle rival promotions.
 
The settlement was agreed to on March 13, a little more than a month before a trial was set to begin in the District of Nevada.
And that’s a wrap!
 
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