Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula and Welcome to Season 08 Episode 49 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Monday morning 19 February 2024.

Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent.

In rugby union: Watch out for France superstar halfback, Antoine Dupont at the SVNS Vancouver 7s this weekend.

The France XVs Captain at the RWC2023 will make his international 7s debut in Canada as he pushes to make the French 7s team for the Paris Olympic Games later this year.

After three legs of the HSBC 7s Series, Argentina leads with 58 points, Fiji is second on 44 points, tied with Australia and France
is currently in 7th place.

In rugby league: The Dolphins secured an impressive 26-14 win over the Titans, with Wayne Bennett unleashing a number of big-name recruits like Centre Herbie Farnworth, scoring only seven minutes into his debut and fellow former Bronco, Tom Flegler got to work in the middle and ate up metres, delivering several trademark runs for his new team.

In combat sports: Spaniard, Ilia Topuria’s time has come, capturing his first UFC title and improving his record to 15-0 with a stunning second-round KO of 35 year old Aussie, Alexander Volkanovski in UFC298 yesterday in California USA.

Volkanovski had branded Topuria a “Conor McGregor wannabe” after the challenger updated his Instagram bio to “UFC World Champion” and “Undefeated 15-0” before their fight.

Is Volks too old now?

In SportsBiz: The WNBA gets US$25Million annually from ESPN, and another US$13M per year from Scripps Ion, in deals running through the 2025 season.

In comparison, the NBA receives a combined US$2.6Billion annually from Disney and Warner Brothers Discovery.

Finally in Paris Olympic news: Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao’s bid to fight at the Paris Olympic Games has been rejected by the International Olympic Committee.

A special request for the former multi-weight World Champion to participate despite being over the age limit for Olympic boxers at 40 was denied.

That’s crazy - age is just a number!

And that’s a wrap!

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