Ma’lelei, talofa, bula and Welcome to Season 05 Episode 45 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another cloudy, warm and bright Thursday morning 18 May 2023.

Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

In rugby: Our World Famous Tips for Super Rugby Pacific Round 12 games this weekend: Starting tomorrow, the Crusaders to chrisrock Moana Pasifika, the Reds to rodstewart the Blues and on Saturday, the Highlanders to harrystyles the Rebels.

And on Saturday: the Chiefs to charliesheen the Hurricanes, the Fijian Drua to freddymercury the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney and the Force to fredastaire the Brumbies.

In rugby league: Our World Famous fruity-tooty Tips for the NRL Round 12: The Broncos to banana the Panthers at Suncorp Stadium tonight, the Dragons to dragonfruit the Roosters, the Rabbitohs to raspberry the Eels, the Sharks to strawberry the Knights.

And the Cowboys to cherry Wests Tigers, the Dolphins to durian the Storm at Suncorp Stadium, the Bulldogs to blueberry the Titans and the Canberra Raiders to cranberry the Sea Eagles at GIO Stadium.

In football: Inter Milan is through to the UEFA Champions League grand-final and we tip Man City to follow them today ahead of Real Madrid.

In the NBA: The San Antonio Spurs were the obvious big winners out of the NBA’s lottery, awarded the top pick in next month’s NBA draft and so in prime position to pick French basketball sensation, Victor Wenbanyama, who at 18 is considered a once-in-a-generation talent and described by Lakers superstar LeBron James as an “alien”.

ESPN’s draft expert Jonathan Givony says that Wembanyama had been impressing NBA teams long before this year.

He measures 7-foot-4 tall barefoot and with an 8-foot wingspan, has an exceptional combination of fluidity, perimeter skill, shot-blocking instincts and feel for the game, and has cemented himself as the likely No. 1 NBA Draft pick.

In SportsBiz: One bit of data that is a blow to the recent F1 Miami Grand Prix - TV viewership was down significantly from 2022. The US currently has more races than any other country, with Las Vegas now added to the calendar this year making it three, with the sport making a big bet that it can compete with NASCAR and Indycar.

However, the Athletic report that this year's F1 Miami grand prix race averaged 1.6 million viewers on ABC and 2M viewers on ESPN, likely including streaming viewers as well.

Those numbers are both significantly down from the 2.6M in 2022 which made it the second most watched F1 race in American history.

Finally in boxing: BREAKING NEWS: Five months after breaking his hand while training to fight Aussie champ, Tim Tszyu in a January 2023 unification blockbuster for all his four World Super Welterweight titles, American superstar Jermell Charlo has been ordered to fight Tim Tszyu before October by the WBO.

And that’s a wrap!

For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea – please hit the like and subscribe buttons below if you want to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites.

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