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Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast by TEIVOVO Digital – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights every morning - coming to you from Fiji on the...
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Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast by TEIVOVO Digital – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights every morning - coming to you from Fiji on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Join host Culden Kamea daily for a 5 minutes update on post-match round-ups, analysis and interviews with current Pacific Island stars and past sporting legends.
#BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji
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Join host Culden Kamea daily for a 5 minutes update on post-match round-ups, analysis and interviews with current Pacific Island stars and past sporting legends.
#BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji
Breakfast Bites - the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast - a TEIVOVO Digital Podcast
Breakfast Bites - the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast - a TEIVOVO Digital Podcast
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18-09-2024 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S10E777 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital
17 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 77 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Wednesday morning 18 September 2024.
Happy 80th birthday Saiosi.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is cloudy and a cold 20 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning.
In Rugby Union: Fiji Water Flying Fijians Captain Waisea Nayacalevu revealed to British media last weekend that his team nearly boycotted their Test against England just before their RWC2023 quarterfinal in France!
Surprise, surprise - they threatened Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) with this action over unpaid player allowances!
Our theory is that FRU did this to purposely make the players angry and so get out there and play their best against England – smart eh?
In Rugby League: Sharks Coach Craig Fitzgibbon is backing Nicho Hynes at No.7 despite suggestions the star playmaker could be benched — or dropped against the Cowboys at Allianz Stadium, 7.50pm AEST on Friday.
Meanwhile, star enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves returns from suspension for the Sydney Roosters must-win clash versus Manly Sea Eagles at Allianz Stadium, 7.50pm on Saturday.
In Sports Biz: Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is looking to breach a valuation of US$7Billion as he resumes a search for individuals or private equity firms, to buy a stake in his NFL franchise, according to The Athletic.
This after, an initial effort to sell a stake to billionaire Ken Griffin at a valuation of US$7.5B fell through.
Ross purchased the Miami-based NFL franchise in 2008 at a valuation of US$1.1B - it is now the eighth-most valuable NFL franchise, according to CNBC, with a 2024 valuation of $7.1B.
Unlike any other NFL franchise, a stake in the Dolphins comes with partial ownership of Formula One Racing’s Miami Grand Prix, which surrounds Hard Rock Stadium.
In Combat Sports: UFC broke new ground on so many levels with UFC306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
The event generated US$22Million in gate receipts, setting a new record for the MMA entity and breaking the US$17.7M total set back in 2016 at UFC205 featuring Conor McGregor.
Additionally, UFC posted a new record for the biggest gate for a single date at the Sphere, and set a new mark for merchandise sales at a single UFC event.
Beyond raw numbers, though, UFC was also able to successfully stage the first live sporting event at the US$2.3Billion Sphere, redefining live entertainment.
In the NFL: The Carolina Panthers have made the massive call to bench their quarterback, 2023 No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Bryce Young.
It’s been a terrible start for Young and the Panthers this season, losing both games, with Young throwing only 245 yards with three interceptions.
That’s on average 4.4 yards per pass, which is the second lowest in the NFL.
Meanwhile Jordan Mailata, who is one of the Philadelphia Eagles seven Captains, played a crucial role despite the Eagles going down to the Falcons 22-21 in a Monday night thriller.
The 27-year-old 166Kg Samoan-Australian was in the thick of things on offence as Philadelphia scored a touchdown in the final quarter, as Mailata proved to be too powerful for the Falcons.
“Who’s stopping him from half a yard?,” former teammate Jason Kelce said of Mailata in commentary.
But Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins got Atlanta over the line with a game-winning touchdown pass with just 34 seconds to go.
In Football: An ESPN survey reveals that all 14 US Women’s Soccer League General Managers believe their new Collective Bargaining Agreement has skewed way too far to the side of the players.
“There’s a fear amongst staff about what you can say, what you can’t say, what you have to ask players’ permission for, what you don’t, or you get into trouble,” one GM told ESPN.
Geez, I know that feeling!
That’s a wrap Peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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16 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 76 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Tuesday morning 17 September 2024.
Happy birthday Mr. P.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mostly cloudy and a cool 21 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning.
In Rugby Union: Japan smashed Manu Samoa 17-49 in Tokyo Sunday, so will now play the Fiji Water Flying Fijians in the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup, in Osaka, Japan next weekend.
While Tonga play USA for third spot. Canada finished in 5th.
In Rugby League: Manly stunned the Bulldogs 22-24 in a thrilling elimination final, scoring one of the great tries to end the season for Cameron Ciraldo’s pack.
Anthony Seibold’s side will now face the Sydney Roosters in the second semifinal next weekend, with the winner of that game then coming up against the Storm in the preliminary final.
In Football: Liverpool’s perfect start under new Manager Arne Slot came to an abrupt end as Nottingham Forest stunned Anfield with a 1-0 win on Saturday.
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the only goal 18 minutes from time, to secure Forest’s first away league win against Liverpool in 55 years.
And the strength in depth of Chelsea’s bloated squad, assembled for over £1Billion in transfer fees, paid off after Christopher Nkunku came off the bench to score the winner four minutes from time for Chelsea 1-0 at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Jadon Sancho, introduced as a half-time substitute, impressed on his first appearance since joining from Man U on the final day of the transfer window.
In Sports Biz: NBC is set to take over the NBA’s new “B” package of media rights next year for US$2.5Billion annually.
Great, except the problem is; they will be paying nearly the same price as incumbent “A” package rights holder ESPN, which will shell out US$2.6B per season over the 11-year contract.
NBC obviously bid way too much!
“We have a plan. We know exactly what we paid … and we have a rationale for why that makes sense,” NBCUniversal Media said.
Yeah right NBC – you screwed up - period.
And finally in Combat Sports: Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez beat Puerto Rican-American knockout artist Edgar Berlanga on points to defend his three Super Middleweight World boxing titles – the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization titles in Las Vegas yesterday.
Alvarez knocked down the previously unbeaten Berlanga in the third round and punished him throughout their 12-round fight.
Alvarez was awarded the fight 118-109 by two judges and by 117-110 from the third.
“Now what are they going to say – that I fight younger fighters? Before they say I fought older fighters. Now what are they going to say,” the Mexican superstar asked after the fight?
“I’m the best fighter in the world,” added Alvarez, who improved to 62-2-2 and retained his belts.
That’s a wrap Peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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14 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 75 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Sunday morning 15 September 2024.
Happy birthday Pitila Thompson!
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mostly cloudy and 23 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning.
In Rugby Union: Robust Number 8 Elia Canakaivata scored twice for the Flying Fijians win over USA 3-22, to claim a finals berth in the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup, at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo, where earlier yesterday, Tonga trumped Canada 17-30 for 5th spot.
We tip Manu Samoa to talofalava Japan later today in the second semifinal.
In Rugby League: The Storm are through to the NRL preliminary final after trashing the Sharks 10-37 on the back of hat-trick to Harry Grant and a double to Will Warbrick at AAMI Park yesterday.
And the Newcastle Knights superstar fullback, Kalyn Ponga was at his brilliant best in Townsville, but couldn’t do it all himself.
The Cowboys veteran Kyle Feldt wound back the clock, while co-captains Reuben Cotter and Tom Dearden scored, as they came from behind to beat the Knights 16-28 in a hard-fought elimination final win last night.
So the brave Knights are gone.
Today it’s the Bulldogs versus Manly at 4:05pm at Accor Stadium where the winner lives to fight another day, while the loser goes home.
In the NFL: “He’s going to live longer than he’s going to play football, so I’d be honest and tell him to retire and take care of his family,” Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Antonio Pierce said, after watching Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins suffer his third concussion in three years.
Pierce added, “It’s not worth it. It’s not worth it. Played the game, I haven’t witnessed anything like I’ve seen that’s happened to him three times. Scary. You can see right away, the players’ faces on the field. You can see the sense of urgency to get Tua help.
In Sports Biz: NBA superstar Steph Curry launched the first store for his brand, which is tied to Under Armour, in Chengdu, China.
Kings All-Star De’Aaron Fox, the first signature athlete to sign with Curry Brand, joined the Warriors legend at the store opening.
Curry is also promoting the launch of his latest signature shoe, Curry 12, while Fox’s first signature shoe, Fox 1, releases later this year.
And finally in Combat Sports: Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez aims to turn the tables on knockout artist Edgar Berlanga, when he defends his three Super Middleweight World boxing titles in Las Vegas.
“It’s easy to say you’ll knock me out, but it’s much more difficult to do ,” said Alvarez, who puts his World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization belts on the line against the top rated WBA contender.
“I’ve prepared for the knockout. I love the feeling of a knockout. I’m going to do my best to get it done,” Canelo said.
That’s a wrap Peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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13 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 74 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Saturday morning 14 September 2024.
Happy birthday Ron Blake & Dean Jennings!
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mostly cloudy and a sizzling 25 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning.
In Rugby Union: The Super Rugby Pacific 2025 season will feature an additional round of action, including more family-friendly afternoon fixtures and three Sunday afternoon games.
- 11 teams will play 14 regular season games, consisting of seven home games and seven away games, with two byes.
- Teams will play four teams twice, with a focus on rivalry match-ups, and the six remaining teams once
- The top six teams on the table at the end of the regular season will qualify for the three-week Finals Series
In Rugby League: Panthers skipper Nathan Cleary has only played 11 NRL games this season, but his 12th last night was a masterclass, leading Penrith to another preliminary final.
Cleary finished with 47M run, four tackle busts, three line-break assists and three try assists to guide the Panthers to a 30-10 rout of the Sydney Roosters in their qualifying final.
Today at 4:05pm at AAMI Park in Melbourne, the Melbourne Storm take on the Cronulla Sharks.
In Football: The hearing over 115 financial irregularity charges filed against Manchester City by the Premier League starts Monday.
The EPL is accusing the winners of its last four titles of breaching financial rules.
Manchester City could face a penalty as strict as outright relegation.
In the NFL: Miami Dolphins star Samoan quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa left the field in distressing scenes after another brutal head knock during the Dolphins clash against the Buffalo Bills yesterday.
Tagovailoa, who signed a four-year US$211Million contract extension in July, has a history of concussion in his short NFL career, having suffered two in 2022, just four days apart, which resulted in the firing of the neurological consultant who cleared Tagovailoa to play on after the first one.
The NFL has since altered its concussion policy, allowing a medical spotter to have players removed from the game if they show concussion symptoms.
In Sports Biz: Football giants Manchester City plan to introduce an Oasis-themed alternate jersey, in collaboration with Noel Gallagher and Puma.
The recently reformed band hails from Manchester, where the other half of Oasis – Liam Gallagher supports crosstown rivals Manchester United.
And finally in Combat Sports: “Yeah, why not?” Saul Canelo Alvarez told BoxingScene. “Easy. Very easy money… I will knock him out any time I want. One, two or three rounds – whatever I want.”
This after UFC President and CEO, Dana White told BoxingScene to “put a pin on” a potential fight between Canelo and Conor McGregor.
Canelo has wiped out the boxing Super Middleweight division over the last four years, with Edgar Berlanga up next on Saturday night in what many assume will be a cakewalk for boxing’s biggest breadwinner.
McGregor meanwhile, predicts that UFC306, which is also being held Saturday night in Las Vegas at The Sphere, will blow Alvarez’s fight out of the water: "Canelo is a cornflake," said McGregor. "He doesn't sell.”
Even though Alvarez perceives McGregor as child's play, the crossover fight could generate big business, but first McGregor needs to return to the UFC cage and pick up some wins.
McGregor, 36, has not fought since suffering a broken leg in 2021.
And he wants to be President of Ireland!
That’s a wrap Peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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12 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 73 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Friday morning 13 September 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is cloudy and a crazy 24 degrees Celsius already at 5am.
In Rugby Union: Our world famous tips for the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup, at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo this weekend; where we tip Tonga to torpedo Canada, the Fiji Water Flying Fijians to utoniyalo USA and Manu Samoa to talofalava Japan.
In Rugby League: So the NRL Qualifying Finals this weekend sees: The Penrith Panthers vs Sydney Roosters at 7:50pm AEST at BlueBet Stadium in Penrith tonight, and tomorrow 4:05pm at AAMI Park in Melbourne, the Storm take on the Cronulla Sharks.
The winners earn a bye and the losers live to fight another day.
In Football: The once most-valuable Premier League franchise – Man U announced its fifth consecutive year of losses.
But CEO Omar Berrada believes the franchise is poised for a turnaround both on and off the field. “Our clear objective is to return the Club to the top of European football,” Berrada said.
One of their key initiatives to boost their financial standings is a new 100,000-seat stadium at Old Trafford.
It’s all about winning Erik.
In F1 Racing: The total salary of Formula One designer Adrian Newey over a five-year deal with Aston Martin, according to BBC Sports is US$195Million.
So, Newey’s US$39M annual salary is higher than all but two F1 drivers – my guess - Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton.
Newey, who has spent nearly four decades in F1, will join Aston Martin from Red Bull in March.
And finally in the WNBA: Las Vegas Aces star A’Ja Wilson has broken the single-season WNBA scoring record of 939 set just a year ago, and is now just 44 points away from becoming the first WNBA player to score 1000 points in a single season, with four games to go.
This season may be Wilson’s best as she is on her way to a unanimous WNBA MVP while having the Aces in the WNBA title mix once again.
And finally, finally, in Combat Sports: Samoan-Australian warrior, Jai Opetaia defends his IBF World Cruiserweight title on 12 October against Jack Massey in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
While Samoan-Kiwi cult UFC Heavyweight, Justin Tafa has signed to fight Kennedy Nzechukwu – aka ‘The African Savage’ – at UFC308 in Abu Dhabi on 27 October.
And that’s a wrap Uso!
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11 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 72 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Thursday morning 11 September 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mostly cloudy and a muggy 23 degrees Celsius at 5am, with an expected high of 26!
In Rugby Union: Former Scotland rugby Captain and star fullback, Stuart Hogg is facing stalking charges against a second woman ahead of a trial into domestic abuse charges against his ex-wife.
Hogg appeared in Court on Tuesday, where he was charged with new offences of causing fear and alarm, by "repeatedly" telephoning a woman and sending her messages of an "alarming and distressing" nature, despite being urged not to contact her.
Hogg also faces two new breach of bail offences over seven years between 2017 and 2024, where he is accused of shouting, swearing and acting aggressively towards his ex-wife, and of repeatedly accusing her of infidelity.
Unbelievable!
In Rugby League: Our world famous tips for the NRL Finals this weekend: In the First Elimination Final, we tip the North Queensland Cowboys to nuke the Newcastle Knights in Townsville, and in the Second Elimination Final, the Bulldogs to “outfoxx” Manly on Sunday at 4:05pm at Accor Stadium.
“Outfoxx” – got it?
In Football: There is a growing rift between Chelsea’s American co-owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital - the majority shareholder, with each trying to buy out the other’s share and take full control of the Club.
The two sides worked together to acquire the club for a record US$5Billion just two years ago.
Meanwhile, Chelsea keep losing.
In the NFL: Despite the blowout win for Dallas that was largely devoid of any on-field drama, the high profile debut of new Fox Sports lead NFL analyst, Tom Brady boosted viewership on Fox Sports for the Cowboys-Browns game to 23.8 million average, up 46% from the comparable game to open last season, and was the network’s most-watched Week 1 game since 2020.
And in the WNBA: The WNBA’s regular season was the most-watched in history across all ESPN platforms, with an average of 1.2 million viewers per game.
That number is a 170% increase versus the average viewership of last season’s games, with the 2023 WNBA Finals averaging less than 800,000 viewers over four games.
My goodness – Caitlyn Clark!
Finally, in SportsBiz: ESPN’s biggest name is nine months away from free agency. “They’ve made an offer; I’ve countered,” Stephen A Smith said. “And that’s where we’ve left it.”
At US$12M a year, ESPN’s top dog has been eclipsed in pay by NFL personalities Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Pat McAfee, who each make US$15M or more.
Smith said. “When you’ve been No. 1 for 12 years, well, what the hell does that warrant?”
As everyone knows, “First Take” generates 10 times more revenue now compared to when Smith started hosting the show in 2012.
ESPN bosses have repeatedly said they want Smith to remain at the network.
“If somebody wants you bad enough, they show you. It’s not always about the money,” Smith said.
No way Smiffy . . it’s always about the money!
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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10 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 71 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Wednesday morning 11 September 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is raining lightly and a warm 23 degrees Celsius at 5am!
In Rugby Union: Oceania Rugby has suspended Papua New Guinea Rugby Union after they failed to comply with several orders issued by Oceania Rugby in July.
The suspension comes after months of dialogue between Oceania Rugby and PNG Rugby on concerns raised by numerous stakeholders, including provincial unions, regarding the conduct of the board and management.
Consideration was also attributed to the failure of PNG Rugby to attend the first round of the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championships in Brisbane earlier this year, as well as the Olympic 7s repechage qualification tournament in June.
In Rugby League: Our world famous tip for the NRL Finals starting this weekend: In the First Qualifying Final, we tip the Melbourne Storm to crunchygranola Cronulla Sharks on Saturday at 4:05pm at AAMI Park.
In SportsBiz: USC and LSU drew a record crowd of 63,969 fans to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to kick off their 2024 college football seasons.
Nearly 300 miles away, another sellout crowd descended on Hollywood Park in Los Angeles to watch the same game.
What’s more, they had a better view than most of the fans attending live, thanks to one of the sports industry’s most ambitious tech firms: Cosm, Sports Business Journal reports.
Featuring an 87-foot-by-55-foot diameter dome, that offers a hyper-realistic and up-close viewing experience, Cosm is changing the way fans view games with what it calls “shared reality”.
Cosm attendees saw plays from the end zone just yards away, thanks to a camera affixed to the goalpost.
Fans also viewed the game at the line of scrimmage from the USC sideline, with that camera freely moving up and down the field throughout the game, ensuring Cosm attendees had the best seat in the house on every play.
The LA location, which is part of the Hollywood Park development that includes SoFi Stadium and the Intuit Dome, opened in June and includes 700 seats, all of which require advance purchase at up to US$127 per ticket.
And some of the Sport’s & Entertainment’s biggest names - ESPN, Fox, NBC, TNT, the NBA and UFC are working with Cosm to reimagine how fans watch live sports.
In the NFL: It was supposed to be about the long-awaited return of Aaron Rodgers, but instead it was undrafted running back Jordan Mason who stole the show as the San Francisco 49ers beat the New York Jets 19-32 yesterday.
The four-time MVP, who lasted just 94 seconds in his Jets debut last year before tearing his Achilles, looked solid in his return.
But the 49ers controlled the game on the ground, with Mason leading the way, running for a career-high 147 yards off 28 carries.
In Combat Sports: UFC has employed a team boasting Hollywood directors and producers, plus experts involved in everything from Taylor Swift tours and Super Bowl halftime shows, to deliver one of world sport’s most ambitious undertakings in Las Vegas this weekend for UFC306.
Dubbed “Riyadh Season Noche UFC” – UFC306 will be held inside the famed Las Vegas Sphere, boasting 160,000 square feet of wraparound LED screen.
The event will be headlined by UFC Bantamweight King Sean O’Malley against Merab Dvalishvili, and in the co-main event, UFC Flyweight Queen Alexa Grasso defends her crown against Valentina Shevchenko.
Finally, in Football: Swiss-born Ipswich Town and Kosovo goalkeeper Arijanet Muric has issued a statement after he and two Kosovo teammates were sent home after their 3-0 UEFA Nations League defeat to Romania on Friday.
Muric claimed he and his teammates went to a nightclub to buy food at 2am, and they were not partying.
Yeah right Muric we believe you!
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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9 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 70 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Tuesday morning 10 September 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mostly cloudy and 21 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning!
In Rugby Union: YAY All Black flyhalf, Damian McKenzie is on the verge of taking up a short-term deal in the Northern Hemisphere next year with French Club La Rochelle.
According to rugbyprime.com in France, the Top 14 professional rugby union club La Rochelle is about to reach an agreement with the 29-year-old McKenzie to join them next season.
In Rugby League: Our world famous tip for the NRL Finals 2024 starting this weekend: In the Second Qualifying Final, we tip the Penrith Panthers to ponchogonzalez Sydney Roosters on Friday night at BlueBet Stadium.
The rider of course, is that Nathan Cleary plays!
In SportsBiz: The Kansas City Chiefs 27-20 victory over the Baltimore Ravens last Thursday night, was the most-watched NFL kickoff game ever, averaging 28.9 million viewers across NBC and Peacock.
Was Taylor Swift there? Of course!
On Friday night, Peacock drew an average audience of 14.2 million viewers for its exclusive stream of the Philadelphia Eagles 34-29 win over the Green Bay Packers.
In Tennis: The US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows surpassed one million attendees for the first time in history.
It was also the first time an American man had made a Grand Slam final since Wimbledon 2009.
Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes were in the crowd, three days after their NFL season-opening win.
Of course, Kelce was accompanied by girlfriend Taylor Swift, who was also in Kansas City on Thursday.
The final US Open attendance number was 1,048,669, up 8% on last year.
Italian, Sinner and US Open Women’s Champion Aryna Sabalenka each earned US$3.6Million in prizemoney, part of the record US$75M tournament purse.
In Boxing: Remember Alex Leapai? The Samoan warrior fought Wladimir Klitschko in Germany for his World Heavyweight title in 2014 and lost.
Check out his son - 120kg 18-year old with a 210cm wing span, Alex Leapai Jnr is about to make his boxing debut under the bright lights.
In his last amateur fight, he was 15 years old and 110Kg, fought a 20-year-old and stopped him in the second round.
In the NFL: Miami Dolphins receiver, Tyreek Hill scored a spectacular touchdown just hours after being arrested by police in their 17-14 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Hill was arrested by traffic cops near the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami as he drove to the game.
The 30-year-old speedster was filmed lying face down on the road as police officers handcuffed him for what was later described as “a minor traffic violation” before being released without charge.
Geez so what happens if you get stopped for a major traffic violation, and you’re NOT an NFL star?
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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8 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 69 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Monday morning 09 September 2024.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mainly cloudy and 20 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning!
In Rugby Union: In the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup semifinals: Japan will play Manu Samoa and the Fiji Water Flying Fijians will play USA.
The Rugby Championship is a dead rubber now, especially after Los Pumas thrashed the Wallabies in Santa Fe by 50 points.
Fans in New Zealand are chomping at the bit for revenge against the Boks, not another Bledisloe Series against a soft bunch of Wannabies!
Hopefully Los Pumas can challenge the Boks fearsome forwards.
In Rugby League: Kalyn Ponga led his band of Knights to a 14-6 win over the Dolphins, in what was Wayne Bennett’s last game in charge, before he takes up digs at Redfern next year.
And the NRL Second Qualifying Final 2024 sees [2] Penrith Panthers vs [3] Sydney Roosters on Friday 13 September at 7:50pm at BlueBet Stadium.
While the First Qualifying Final pits [1] Melbourne Storm vs [4] Cronulla Sharks on Saturday 14 September at 4:05pm at AAMI Park, and the First Elimination Final: [5] North Queensland Cowboys vs [8] Newcastle Knights at 7:50pm at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.
The NRL Second Elimination Final sees [6] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs vs [7] Manly Sea Eagles on Sunday 15 September at 4:05pm at Accor Stadium.
In Football: Former Man U and Chelsea star, Juan Mata has made a stunning move to the A-League, signing with Western Sydney Wanderers.
The midfield star won the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and EURO2012 with Spain, as well as winning the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea and the FA Cup with Man U following a decade in the Premier League.
Now 36, Mata signed a one-year deal ahead of the season-opening derby in October in Parramatta.
In the US Open Tennis at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows: American hope, Taylor Fritz lost to World number one Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-4 7-5 in the Men’s final.
As Swiftees would say – “Oh Taylor Oh!”
Finally, in the UFC: Former UFC Champion, Conor McGregor, has expressed his interest in running to be the President of the Republic of Ireland in 2025.
Dana, your boy is drunk again.
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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7 SEP 2024 · Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 68 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Sunday morning 08 September 2024.
Congratulations Miss Hibiscus Fiji – Melania Tora!
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is mostly cloudy and 22 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning!
In Rugby Union: In the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup, Japan 41-24 USA in Kumagaya earlier today, to take the top spot in Pool B with Fiji top of Pool A.
And in The Rugby Championship: South Africa came from behind to win their fourth successive Test against the All Blacks 12-18 this morning, to remain unbeaten in The Rugby Championship.
Yet again as the contest progressed, so the Springboks grew into the game, lowered their error count and benefited once again from the incredible depth they have off the bench with Kwagga Smith and try scorer Malcolm Marx making a thundering impact in the second half.
While the All Blacks, trailing 12-13 at the 70-minute mark, effectively lost the Test on two key plays:
· Damian McKenzie had a relatively easy penalty kick at goal, which he inexplicably missed.
· Shortly afterwards, Tyrel Lomax’s indiscipline cost a penalty and a yellow card.
Games over.
In Santa Fe, Argentina, Los Pumas crushed the Wallabies this morning; inflicting a record 27-67 loss.
In Rugby League: The Titans held a shock 6-4 lead at halftime after outplaying the three-time reigning premiers in the opening 40 minutes at Penrith Park.
But the Panthers rallied to beat the Gold Coast Titans 12-18 last night to secure a home qualifying final for the fifth year in a row.
However, what was obvious is - Penrith need Nathan Cleary back if they’re to have any chance of winning a record fourth straight NRL premiership.
In SportsBiz: It’s been six years since Nike parted ways with tennis icon Roger Federer.
And while Nike has a massive portfolio of some of the biggest stars in every sport, Mike Nakajima, the former tennis director of Nike, is quoted in the 2023 book “The Roger Federer Effect” saying, “That should never have happened. For us to let somebody like that go, it’s an atrocity.”
That looks more and more correct as Federer continues to shine in retirement – by far the biggest star in New York this week.
Nike blew it.
In UFC: The UFC's inaugural and longest reigning Flyweight Champion, widely considered to be one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time – Demetrious Johnson has retired at 38.
After beating Joseph Benavidez in the final of the 2012 UFC Flyweight tournament, Demetrious went on to reign supreme over the 125lb division for 2,142 days.
Along the way, he broke records for:
· the most consecutive UFC title defences (11),
· the most submissions in UFC title fights (5) and
· the longest winning streak in UFC flyweight history (13).
In the Paralympics in Paris: At the same stadium where his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall won Olympic gold just three weeks ago, American “blade runner”, Hunter Woodhall surged to an emotional first career Paralympic gold medal in the Men's 400M T62.
Finally, at the US Open Tennis at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows: In the Women’s final, American Jessica Pegula went down fighting 7-5, 7-5 to World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus in front of a star-studded sold out partisan crowd in New York.
American hope, Taylor Fritz plays World number one Jannik Sinner in the Men’s final tomorrow.
As Swiftees would say – “Go Taylor Go!”
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mas for all your love and support.
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Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast by TEIVOVO Digital – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights every morning - coming to you from Fiji on the...
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Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast by TEIVOVO Digital – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights every morning - coming to you from Fiji on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Join host Culden Kamea daily for a 5 minutes update on post-match round-ups, analysis and interviews with current Pacific Island stars and past sporting legends.
#BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji
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Join host Culden Kamea daily for a 5 minutes update on post-match round-ups, analysis and interviews with current Pacific Island stars and past sporting legends.
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