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Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 47 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another bright and warm Thursday morning 17 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA Football World Cup semi-final last night, the Matildas World Cup dream ended in heartbreaking fashion with a 3-1 loss to England in front of 75,784 fans at Stadium Australia. England will now play Spain in Sunday night’s final in Sydney, while Australia will face Sweden in the third-place playoff in Brisbane on Saturday. Our world famous tips for the key NRL games this weekend: Tonight the Cowboys to hullabulloo the Sharks in Townsville. Tomorrow the New Zealand Warriors to mangojango Manly in Auckland, the Eels to oohlala the Roosters at Fort CommBank and on Saturday the Dolphins to kitkat the Tigers in Sydney. In SportsBiz: Spain or England will win US$4.3M cash, in addition to the US$270,000 for each player of the victorious squad on Sunday. But by the time of the 2027 Women’s World Cup, FIFA hopes to offer equal prize money for the men’s and women’s tournaments like the US$440Million awarded last year in Qatar. Amid record-breaking gates, this FIFA World Cup down under is projected to bring in US$300Million in sponsorship revenue, US$100M from media rights, and nearly US$50M in ticket sales. By comparison, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar generated over US$6Billion revenue, including nearly US$1B in ticket sales. In combat Sports: "I think it's bull," Jermell Charlo says of the World Boxing Organisation warning, the moment he is introduced to fight Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas on 30 September for the undisputed Junior Middleweight World championship - "his status and recognition as WBO World Champion is terminated." The WBO's decision is due to Charlo bypassing his mandatory challenge from Aussie champ, Tim Tszyu. And in Rugby: In the fight for the soul of Pacific Islanders, the Australian Government and the Australian Rugby League Commission have announced a partnership to promote and develop Rugby League in the Pacific through the Pacific Championships in 2023 and 2024 involving men’s and women’s teams from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Cook Islands playing in a tournament in October. Thank you China!!! 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 46 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and warm Wednesday morning 16 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA Football World Cup semi-final yesterday: Spain stunned Sweden 1-2 at Eden Park in Auckland last night to reach their maiden FIFA World Cup Final in a thrilling upset; given Spain are competing in just their third-ever World Cup, have never gone beyond the Round of 16 before, and they had never beaten Sweden in 11 previous games. Australia will now face England in the second semi-final tonight in Sydney. In other football news, Neymar is joining the Saudi Pro League in a deal that will cost nearly US$300Million, including a US$98.5M transfer fee. Al-Hilal lured the Brazilian superstar from Paris Saint-Germain with an US$88M annual salary for the next two seasons. In background buzz today I dive into the case of Fiji Football Association Vice-President, Aiyaz Musa jailed for four years in Auckland this week for importation of drugs. In Rugby: Social media has exploded at the BREAKING NEWS that England Captain, Owen Farrell has had his red card against Wales at Twickenham last Saturday, rescinded by a disciplinary panel. Farrell was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on a Welsh player that was later upgraded to a red card in England's 19-17 win. Fans are shocked at how easily Farrell got off the hook, particularly given his disciplinary record, which includes a five-match ban in 2020 for a high tackle. In fact, the disciplinary committee said Farrell was free to play again immediately, when he should have faced a mid-range sanction of a six-week suspension, but this would have ruled him out of some of England's pool games at the Rugby World Cup in France, starting 08 September. World Rugby has 48 hours to appeal the Farrell decision, purely under their much vaunted “player welfare” policy – will they? Former All Black and now Tongan international, George Moala has been ruled out of the RWC2023 after he was slapped with a 10-week ban for a red card tip tackle against Canada in Nukualofa last week. Where is the justice in all this? It seems like there is one rule for Englishman and another rule for Pacific Islanders? In rugby league: Tevita Pangai Jr has dropped a bombshell on the Bulldogs, retiring from the NRL at the end of this season to pursue a boxing career. The Tongan enforcer joined the Bulldogs at the start of the 2022 season following stints with the Broncos from 2016 to 2021 and the Panthers for one season. The 27-year-old leaves with a year left on his deal, so in a silver lining for Canterbury it frees up A$750,000 in their salary cap which they could use to launch a raid on Samoan strong man and Broncos gun, Payne Haas. The BIG NRL Round 25 games this weekend: Tomorrow sees the Cowboys vs the Sharks in Townsville. On Friday the NZ Warriors vs Manly in Auckland followed by the Eels vs the Roosters at Fort CommBank and on Saturday also at CommBank Stadium the Dolphins are in a must-win game against Wests Tigers. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 45 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and warm Tuesday morning 15 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In football: The raging success of the FIFA World Cup has Australians optimistic about launching another bid to host the Men’s tournament in 2034, after their failed 2022 bid. Much of that bid’s problem, difficult time zones for the rest of the world, has been shown up as much less of an issue than expected by the huge TV ratings for the women’s event. Given the FIFA World Cup for Men is contested by 48 countries, the tournament will have to be staged in Australia, New Zealand and Apia Park or Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku’alofa - no? In Rugby: World Rugby has unveiled the bumper match schedule for WXV, the new women’s international XVs competition. In WXV1 starting Friday 20 October in Wellington, New Zealand sees England up against Australia, followed on Saturday with Canada facing Wales and World Champions, New Zealand versus France. In WXV2 on Friday 13 October in Cape Town, South Africa sees Italy take on Japan before Scotland versus South Africa and USA will then tackle Samoa on Saturday. Dubai is the venue for WXV3 with Fiji set to face Colombia and Ireland up against Kazakhstan on Friday 13 October. The next day sees European qualifier Spain pitted against Kenya. In rugby league: So what does the Gold Coast Titan’s 10-year deal locking in their Captain, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui on a yearly salary of A$1.2Million mean for the market? Payne Haas recently turned down a contract extension from the Broncos worth A$1.1M a season for three years. The sky’s the limit. In SportsBiz: The 2023 Women’s World Cup is down to its final four teams, and whoever is left standing next weekend in Sydney is guaranteed to be a first-time winner — with a record cash prize. Four countries have won the Women’s World Cup since its inception in 1991: The USA (4), Germany (2) Japan and Norway. But Japan’s quarterfinal loss means a new country will lift the trophy, as Spain, Sweden, Australia, and England are left to compete for the title. FIFA increased this year’s prize money to US$110Million, up from US$30M in 2019. The winning country will receive US$4.3M cash, in addition to the US$270,000 allocated to each player on the victorious squad. By the time the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup begins — potentially in the US — FIFA has said it wants to offer equal prize money for the men’s and women’s tournaments. So US$440M was awarded to the men last year in Qatar. Amazing! In combat Sports: UFC is donating US$1Million to the Hawaii wildfires relief fund after Maui and Lahaina suffered catastrophic losses. In addition, the UFC created a special “UFC Hawai’i” T-shirt with 100 percent of proceeds going toward recovery efforts. “It’s been horrible to see the wildfires raging across Maui, causing devastation to that beautiful place and the amazing people who call it home,” UFC Prez Dana White said. “My heart goes out to all of you who have suffered so much loss. But I want all of you to know you’re not alone. The Hawai’i people embody the warrior spirit like no one else, and we stand with you.” 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 44 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on an overcast and windy, but warm Monday morning 14 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA World Cup: French President Emmanuel Macron has joined millions of Australians in jumping aboard the Matildas bandwagon after Australia’s penalty shootout victory over France in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday night. Macron proved he is indeed a man of his word by publicly declaring his support of the Matildas in their upcoming semi-final match against England on social media. “Nothing personal against our English friends, but a bet is a bet,” Macron wrote on X (formerly Twitter) - “Good luck Australia for the semi-finals!” In Rugby World Cup 2023 warm up Tests yesterday England 19-17 Wales and Scotland 27-30 France. Tonga plays Canada in Nukualofa at 1pm local time tomorrow and Fiji plays France in Nantes at 7:05pm local time this Saturday, while Manu Samoa is on holiday soaking up the sun somewhere in Europe. In rugby league: Two big scores in the NRL games yesterday: Melbourne Storm 48-2 Canberra Raiders at AAMI Park and the Newcastle Knights 42-6 Canterbury Bulldogs at McDonald Jones Stadium. In SportsBiz: Millions of Australians turned on their TVs to watch the Matildas defeat France in Saturday's FIFA World Cup quarterfinal. Seven West Media has reported an estimated average audience of 4.17 million people — making it the number one television event of 2023 so far. Of this number, 472,000 viewers watched the game on Seven's streaming platform 7plus — making it the biggest streaming event ever seen in Australia. These figures do not capture out-of-home viewers at clubs, pubs, sporting venues and multiple live site broadcasts. Go Matildas Go. In combat Sports: Promoter Eddie Hearn says there is a “three-fight plan” for Anthony Joshua that will ideally see him take on Dillian Whyte, Deontay Wilder and the Gypsy King Tyson Fury. AJ takes his record to 26-3 as he continues his quest to return to the top of the heavyweight division after two losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and 2022. Boy, the Bronze Bomber gonna whip your ass in one round! 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 43 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on an overcast and windy, but warm Sunday morning 13 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals yesterday: The Matildas claimed the biggest win in their history, beating France 7-6 in a penalty shootout to reach the Women’s World Cup semi-finals for the first time. In front of another huge crowd of 49,461 in Brisbane, the longest shootout in World Cup history (men’s or women’s) took 10 attempts from each team, before youngster Cortnee Vine buried the winning penalty for Australia to emerge 7-6 victors. Australia will now face England in the semi-final on Wednesday night in Sydney, after the European champions beat Colombia 2-1 in the last quarter-final. Spain and Sweden clash in the other semifinal on Tuesday at Eden Park in Auckland. In rugby league: The Dolphins were brave in the first half, but couldn’t match the Roosters intensity and class in the second, after they flicked a switch at 39:45 of the game, and from there the Roosters showed how good they can be, defeating the Dolphins 14-30 at Allianz Stadium last night. In other NRL games: South Sydney Rabbitohs 26-14 St George Dragons in Cairns and Wests Tigers 22-30 NZ Warriors in Hamilton. Today sees Melbourne Storm vs Canberra Raiders at AAMI Park at 2pm followed by the Newcastle Knights vs Canterbury Bulldogs at McDonald Jones Stadium. In SportsBiz: Paris Saint-Germain has accepted a lucrative transfer offer for Neymar, according to reports. Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal is believed to have slapped big money on the table, with the Brazilian seriously considering joining the exodus of attacking superstars from the Parc des Princes. Lionel Messi has already started a new chapter in his career with Inter Miami, while Kylian Mbappe is in the midst of a public row over whether or not he will run down the final year of his contract with PSG. In combat Sports: Anthony Joshua returned to action in the familiar surrounds of London’s O2 Arena, taking seven rounds to knockout late replacement, Robert Helenius who the Bronze Bomber Deontay Wilder knocked out in the first round of their fight. This was supposed to be AJs second grudge match against long-time rival Dillian Whyte, but that fight was cancelled last week after Whyte returned “adverse analytical findings” in a random anti-doping test. So now, will AJ finally face Wilder, or run for the hills? 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 42 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on an overcast and windy, but warm Saturday morning 12 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals yesterday: Spain beat the Netherlands 1-2 in Wellington and Sweden chopped Japan 1-2 at Eden Park in Auckland. Today in Brisbane at 5pm it’s the big one, where we tip Australia to didgeridoo France and Colombia to brexito England at 8.30pm at Stadium Australia in Sydney. In Rugby: The smart early money on who will win the Rugby World Cup 2023 is, that while the All Blacks have been excellent this year, the French – with the Irish a whisker behind them – are Europe’s best chance in 20 years to win it. And then there are the underdogs – the Springboks and Fiji. In rugby league: Reece Walsh was the star once again, as the Broncos engineered a 54-10 demolition job on the limp Parramatta Eels at the Gabba last night. Star Bronco halfback Adam Reynolds scored 22 points on his return from a week off with a groin injury, scoring a try, nailing eight conversions and a penalty goal to become the second player in NRL history to kick 1000 goals. Reynolds also overtook Jonathan Thurston as the fourth highest points-scorer of all-time. In the other NRL game last night: The Cronulla Sharks 36-6 the Gold Coast Titans. Today sees South Sydney Rabbitohs versus St George Dragons at Barlow Park in Cairns at 3pm AEST, Wests Tigers versus the NZ Warriors in Hamilton at 5.30pm and the Sydney Roosters versus the Dolphins at CommBank Stadium at 7.35pm. In SportsBiz: News Corp is reporting that the Gold Coast Titans will fork out A$15Million for their superstar forwards, David Fifita at A$3M over three years and Tino Fa’asuamaleaui set to earn A$12M over 10 years in a major coup for the Club. The duo had get-out clauses which became active, after head Coach Justin Holbrook was sacked recently. And in combat Sports: The Battle of the Billionaires, an MMA fight between social media moguls, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg has been officially confirmed by Musk on Twitter, revealing that the fight will be managed by their respective foundations, and not the UFC. Musk also revealed that the fight will be live-streamed on both Twitter and Facebook, and that the fight will take place in Italy with an “ancient Rome” theme. Ummm like the gladiator Russell Crowe. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 41 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another overcast day, but warm Friday morning 11 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Just reminding myself of my world famous tips for the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals starting today: Spain to oladora the Netherlands at 1pm in Wellington and Sweden to Barbie Japan at 5.30pm at Eden Park in Auckland. In Rugby: Eddie Jones said he was backing his youthful squad, with 25 attending their first World Cup and 22-year-old flyhalf Carter Gordon as the lone No.10 because they had “earned it” and Jones was adamant the group could shock the world. “Rugby World Cup is a tournament, and tournament rugby is different to competition rugby. Favourites get beaten. Upsets happen. It’s all part of the challenge. All the teams start from the same place. We all get the same opportunity,” Jones added. Tonga scored four converted tries to beat Canada 3-28 in Nukualofa yesterday and play the Canadians again on Monday. In rugby league: Stephen Crichton and Dylan Edwards led the Panthers to a 24-12 come-from-behind win, after Manly fullback Reuben Garrick produced a mind blowing kick on the first tackle that allowed the Panthers to score a try that broke a 12-12 deadlock, take the lead from which they never looked back. Our world famous tips for the NRL games tonight: The Cronulla Sharks to suzuki the Gold Coast Titans and the Brisbane Broncos to honda the Parramatta Eels at the Gabba. In SportsBiz: Disney-owned sports media giant ESPN and Pennsylvania-based gaming company PENN Entertainment have agreed a US$2Billion pact with the devil to create ESPN Bet to enter the domestic US online sports betting market. Their agreement will leverage PENN Entertainment’s database of 27 million customers and ESPN’s digital portfolio of 370m social media followers, more than 100m monthly digital unique users, more than 25m subscribers of ESPN+, and 11m for its fantasy mobile app. And in combat Sports: “Yes he’s fighting Chandler. He likes to f*** with everybody. You know what I mean? Especially his opponent, or possible opponents,” UFC Prez Dana White said about mad Irishman Conor McGregor, who hasn’t fought since he broke his leg in a brutal loss to Dustin Poirier in 2021 and it is unclear if he will ever return to the Octagon. The Irishman had set his sights on fighting Justin Gaethje after his brutal knockout kick sent Poirier into another stratosphere at UFC291, but a fight against fellow veteran Michael Chandler appears more likely now that the Prez has spoken. And that’s a slap, I mean 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 40 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another brilliantly bright, sunny and warm Thursday morning 10 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We start with our world famous tips for the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals: Spain to oladora the Netherlands, Sweden to Barbie Japan, Australia to didgeridoo France and Colombia to brexito England. In Rugby: A lingering injury to Michael Hooper and superstar Centre Samu Kerevi, who broke his hand in the Wallabies 20-23 loss to the All Blacks last Saturday in Dunedin, could force Eddie Jones to make some tough calls as the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France looms. Meanwhile, Tonga is still pondering their selection. In rugby league: Our world famous tips for the NRL games tonight: The Penrith Panthers to maserati Manly at 4 Pines Park and tomorrow the Cronulla Sharks to suzuki the Gold Coast Titans and the Brisbane Broncos to honda the Eels at the Gabba. And the NRL’s civil war with the Rugby League Players Association could end before the next Round, after ‘positive and constructive’ talks yesterday. Speaking after Wednesday’s marathon meeting between the two sides, ARL Chairman Peter V’landys labeled the progress made as “very positive.” In SportsBiz: As the traditional media landscape fractures and streaming captures increasing attention, FOX is still betting on traditional linear television. “Pay-TV continues to be of tremendous value for our businesses and really drives the value of FOX Sports and that content, and will for a long time to come,” FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch said, doubling down on their existing cable and satellite TV infrastructure. He added, “We don’t envision leaving pay TV and transitioning to a direct-to-consumer universe.” As proof, Murdoch sites the shift of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football to Amazon as a “disaster” following a 42% viewership drop in its first season. His comments aren’t surprising, given that sports television audiences are still typically much larger than their streaming counterparts. But the writing is on the wall, as cord-cutting has slashed the number of traditional TV households from 102.1 million in 2014 to 63.2 million in 2023. FOX posted flat quarterly revenue of US$3.03Billion and a 7% boost in full-year revenue of US$14.91B, boosted in part by TV ad revenue from Super Bowl LVII and the FIFA Women’s World Cup. And in combat Sports: Aussie battler, Issac Hardman earned a sixth round TKO against Japanese fighter Kazuki Kyohara in their middleweight clash, in front of a crowd boasting plenty of sporting talent – including South Sydney’s Latrell Mitchell plus UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa in the Sydney Entertainment Quarter last night. And finally - only in America: A television commercial created by US World Cup hosts FOX Sports which starts with the line: “The whole world is wondering, what’s it going to take to stop this US team?” And after 90 seconds of hype around Megan Rapinoe and the USA Women’s soccer team, it ends with veteran striker, Alex Morgan replying with a half-smile, “good luck with that.” I guess it’s fair to assume that Megan and Alex and the rest of the American girls now know who Zecira Musovic is? 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 39 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright, warm and sunny Wednesday morning 09 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 games yesterday: Colombia 1-0 Jamaica in Melbourne and France 4-0 Morocco in Adelaide. So in the quarterfinals: Spain vs Netherlands, Japan vs Sweden, Australia vs France and Colombia vs England. In Rugby: Fiji Water Flying Fijians Head Coach, Simon Raiwalui and his fellow national selectors have made a couple of brave choices in naming their Rugby World Cup 2023 squad yesterday; chief among them, dropping incumbent flyhalf Ben Volavola for the Fijian Drua duo of Caleb Muntz and Teti Tela. Sure Volavola has shown frustrating inconsistency in the past, but many fans thought Volvavola played his best ever game for Fiji against Japan last weekend, and maybe, just maybe he had hit his best form and finally matured into his full potential. Also the fact that Volavola plays his Club rugby in France for Racing 92 would count in his favour. But it didn’t. So time will tell if the far less experienced Tela and younger Muntz, will be able to handle the pressure of Test match rugby, heated up in the cauldron of a Rugby World Cup, especially in the key position of flyhalf where you have to convert your shots at goal at +80% success rate no less. The other player who could count himself lucky to be given a ticket to France is young fullback, Sireli Maqala. The Bayonne Club player was jittery and so so at best in his recent PNC games for Fiji. But Maqala just may be the perfect bait to entice opposition teams to kick at him in France and with the likes of Jiuta Wainiqolo, Waisea Nayacalevu, Iosefo Masi, Josua Tuisova, Selestino Ravutaumada and Semi Radradra licking their lips to counter attack, Maqala could be the perfect foil for Fiji. Apart from that, great to see so many Fijian Drua make the final RWC2023 squad. In rugby league: In the NRL tomorrow sees Manly vs the Panthers at 4 Pines Park at 7.50pm AEST. On Friday it’s Cronulla Sharks vs the Gold Coast Titans at PointsBet Stadium 6pm and the Broncos vs the Eels at The Gabba at 8pm. And in combat Sports: “I plan to Send him back to Mt Fuji with a f***ing headache,” all-action Aussie, Issac Hardman said of Japanese fighter Kazuki Kyohara for tonight’s middleweight clash in Sydney, with both fighters weighing in on the limit at 72.5Kg yesterday. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 38 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright, warm and sunny Tuesday morning 08 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 games yesterday: Australia survived an early Danish onslaught before Caitlin Foord struck in the 29th minute against the run of play, and in the 70th minute when Hayley Raso slotted home Australia’s second for a 2-0 win in front of 75,784 fans at Stadium Australia last night, to book a place in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. England also booked a spot in the quarter finals, but only after scraping past Nigeria in a penalty shootout. Today sees Colombia vs Jamaica at 6pm in Melbourne and France vs Morocco at 7pm in Adelaide. In Rugby: Congratulations to the Chiefs Fijian fullback cum Wing, Emoni Narawa and Tongan Wing cum Centre, Lester Fainga’anuku for making the All Blacks 33-man Rugby World Cup 2023 squad named yesterday. There were no other real surprises, except for Chiefs halfback, Brad Webber missing out and injury ruling out Braydon Ennor. Now for the Fiji and Ikale Tahi squads. In rugby league: Broncos superstar Payne Haas is going to reject a four-year extension offer worth A$1.1Million per season from the Broncos, to test his value on the open market. His hope is to attract offers of up to A$1.3M from struggling Sydney Clubs, or even from the Storm. The gun front-rower is currently contracted until the end of next season which means he’ll be free to sign with rival clubs from November if Brisbane cannot lock him down. And in Sports Biz: Sunday’s Inter Miami-Dallas Football Club Leagues Cup match sold out in just 10 minutes after initially going on sale last week. The secondary market saw tickets to the match at the 20,000-seat Toyota Stadium being sold for as high as US$20,000 — just the latest sign of Messi-mania in the US. And in combat Sports: America’s Sean Strickland has finally been given the green light to head Down Under and fight – with the polarising striker set to be confirmed as the man facing Kiwi-Nigerian superstar, Israel Adesanya at UFC293 in Sydney, where the venue - Qudos Bank Arena sold out in just 13 minutes. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 37 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and sunny Monday morning 07 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Australian Diamonds have won the Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa after they thrashed England 45-61 for the gold medal and the Sunshine Girls of Jamaica beat up the New Zealand Tall Ferns 45-52 for bronze. The “USA, USA” chant will never be heard again at the FIFA World Cup after they were dumped out of the Round of 16 by Sweden, thanks to a stunning performance by Swedish goalkeeper, Zećira Mušović, who made a tournament-high 11 saves for a nil all draw, before the penalty shootout last night. It is the United States’ first defeat at a World Cup since the 2011 final, and the first time they have ever failed to make at least the semi-finals. World number three Sweden will now face Japan in the quarter finals. In the other Round of 16 game yesterday: the Netherlands 2-0 South Africa in Sydney. Today England vs Nigeria at 5:30pm in Brisbane and Australia vs Denmark at 8:30pm in Sydney. Tomorrow sees Colombia vs Jamaica at 6pm in Melbourne and France vs Morocco at 7pm in Adelaide. In Rugby: Samoa is first cab off the rank in officially naming their Rugby World Cup 2023 squad of 33 players with the All Blacks naming scheduled for 5pm New Zealand time today. So when will the Wallabies, Ikale Tahi, Springboks, Los Pumas and the Flying Fijians squads be named? In background buzz at the end of this podcas,t I dive into the unprecedented three World Cups – netball just finished, rugby union next month and FIFA Football World Cup for women ongoing. In rugby league: Despite the Saint George Dragons Fijian Bati Wing, Mikaele Ravalawa scoring four tries - his fourth giving the Dragons a 20-10 lead in the 58th minute, Sean Russell crossed to close the gap to six for the Eels, who regained the ascendency at CommBank Stadium, and finished all over the top of the Dragons 20-26 after tries to Junior Paulo and Bryce Cartwright to save their season and Brad Arthur’s job. And in Sports Biz: Michael Jordan’s majority ownership of the Charlotte Hornets, which he acquired in 2010 for US$275Million has ended, and with it, the NBA’s only franchise with Black-majority ownership. And you can’t blame him for that - the sale represents an overall profit of US$2.725Billion for MJ. In combat Sports: Iron Mike Tyson is in Francis Ngannou’s corner for his upcoming fight against Tyson Fury, saying in a media release: “It is no secret I back Ngannou 100 per cent in this face-off of champions. He has one hard punch, and when it lands, it’s game over. It remains unclear if Tyson will be in Ngannou’s training camp ahead of his fight against Tyson Fury, or if he is simply helping to promote the fight. What is clear, is that Iron Mike must be raking in big cash paid out by the promoter for this statement, and more likely even more dosh for him just to turn up for the fight. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 36 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and sunny Sunday morning 06 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Results from the two FIFA World Cup Round of 16 games yesterday: Switzerland 1-5 Spain at Eden Park in Auckland and Japan 3-1 Norway in Wellington. Today sees the Netherlands vs South Africa in Sydney and Sweden vs USA in Melbourne. Tomorrow England vs Nigeria at 5:30pm in Brisbane and Australia vs Denmark at 8:30pm in Sydney. And at the Netball World Cup semifinals in Cape Town, South Africa: The Australian Diamonds are through to the Final, claiming a thrilling win over the previously unbeaten Jamaica 54-57 so Australia will play England for the gold medal, after the poms beat the Tall ferns 40-46 or are they the Black Ferns, while the Sunshine Girls will take on New Zealand for bronze. In other results: Singapore 49-46 Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe 75-48 Barbados, Malawi 46-57 Uganda, South Africa 72-46 Tonga, Fiji 71-37 Trinidad and Scotland 42-57 Wales. In Rugby: Results for all the big rugby yesterday: the Fiji Water Flying Fijians smashed the Cherry Blossoms 12-35 in Tokyo last night with Frank Lomani scoring a double after he came on in the second half for an impressive clean sweep by Fiji of the Pacific Nations Championship title 2023. Samoa obliterated Tonga 9-34 in Apia and the New Zealand All Blacks escaped with a skinny 20-23 win over the Australian Wallabies in Dunedin. In rugby league: The Sharks were in cruise control, leading 26-0 in the 63rd minute before Alex Johnston crossed for the Rabbitohs, sparking a late rally, but it wasn’t enough - the Sharks are back in the winners circle after a 26-16 victory at Optus Stadium in Perth. In the other Perth double-header thriller yesterday, the Newcastle Knights pipped the Dolphins 28 -30, almost certainly ending the Dolphins’ finals chances in their inaugural NRL season. Meanwhile, up in Townsville, Pat Carrigan, Ezra Mam, and Reece Walsh starred as the Broncos won an entertaining Queensland derby 30-14. On Friday, the Storm scored the first try but it was one-way traffic from there as a ruthless Panthers pride crushed their top-four rivals with a 26-6 victory in Penrith with their Samoan stars, Brian To’o scoring two, Jarome Luai and Stephen Crichton all scoring. Earlier at Cbus Super Stadium, the Gold Coast Titans went down fighting 18-28 to the New Zealand Warriors. And surprise, surprise - the Maroons have locked in Billy Slater for 2024 with the superstar Coach only agreeing to a one-year extension. Slater has won his first two State of Origin series in charge of Queensland and will now try for a hat-trick next year. And in Sports Biz: English soccer Club Birmingham City FC announced that NFL icon, Tom Brady has purchased a minority stake in the team and will serve as Chairman of a new advisory board. Last season, Birmingham finished 17th in the second-tier EFL Championship, where it has played since 2011. So Brady’s sports ownership portfolio now includes minority stakes in the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces and Birmingham City FC. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 35 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and sunny Friday morning 04 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In the FIFA World Cup Group Games yesterday: Korea 1-1 Germany in Brisbane and Morocco 1-0 Colombia in Perth. So football powerhouses Italy, Argentina and Brazil are all going home to watch the Barbie movie, along with Germany and Canada – poor girls! Today is a rest day before the Round of 16 games tomorrow. And at the Netball World Cup pool games in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday: Sri Lanka 60-56 Barbados, Fiji 46-62 Scotland, Jamaica 59-48 New Zealand, South Africa 52-50 Uganda, Tonga 51-56 Malawi and Australia 55-56 England. In the next round of games: Singapore-Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe-Barbados, Malawi-Uganda, South Africa-Tonga, Fiji-Trinidad, England-New Zealand, Jamaica-Australia and Scotland-Wales. In Rugby: Key selections in the Fiji Water Flying Fijians against Japan tomorrow to impress for RWC2023 spots: Will be Props – Eroni Mawi and Luke Tagi and the back row of Lekima Tagitagivalu, Kitione Kamikamica and Meli Derenalagi plus halfback Simione Kuruvoli and fullback Sireli Maqala. Key selections for the All Blacks to play Australia in Dunedin tomorrow night who must impress for RWC2023 spots: Flanker Samipeni Finau, midfielder Dallas McLeod and Wings Shaun Stevenson and Leicester Fainga’anuku - all named in the run-on side except McLeod coming off the bench. In rugby league: The Sydney Roosters beat the Manly Sea Eagles 16-26, despite Nathan Brown being sent off for an ugly high shot at The Sydney Cricket Ground last night. James Tedesco was the only member of the Roosters’ back five not to score, but he was in everything as Daniel Tupou grabbed a double and Billy Smith, Joseph Manu and Joseph Suaali’i all scored. Tonight sees the Gold Coast Titans versus the New Zealand Warriors at Cbus Super Stadium at 6pm and the Panthers versus the Storm at BlueBet Stadium at 8pm. Our world famous sweet biscuit tips for the NRL games tomorrow: The Cowboys to macaroon the Broncos in Townsville, and in the Perth double-header, the Dolphins to waffer the Knights and Cronulla to anzac South Sydney. That maybe should be the other way around. And in Sports Biz: WWE has reported record quarterly revenue of US$410.3Million, up 25% year-over-year, and US$87.3M in operating income, a boost of 26%. The results stemmed from 26% audience growth for its weekly flagship program - SmackDown and 19% growth for Raw, plus strong viewership also for WrestleMania and Night of Champions. In combat Sports: “I know Tim Tszyu is a challenger but he does nothing for my career,” Jermell Charlo said on Showtime Boxing last Sunday. “He still needs to build himself up and build up his career — and I’m cool with that. But now we get an opportunity like this. We’re going to take that’.” The American, Charlo, the undisputed Super Welterweight Champion, will likely be stripped of these titles later today after he chose to move up two weight divisions to instead fight undisputed Super Middleweight Champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Big time boxing now is all about the money honey! 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 34 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and sunny Thursday morning 03 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In the FIFA World Cup Group Games yesterday: South Africa 3-2 Italy in Wellington, Argentina 0-2 Sweden in Hamilton, Panama 3-6 France in Sydney and Jamaica 0-0 Brazil in Melbourne. So football powerhouses Italy, Argentina and Brazil are all going home to watch the Barbie movie! Today sees the last two group games: Korea Republic vs Germany at 8pm in Brisbane and Morocco vs Colombia at 6pm in Perth. And at the Netball World Cup pool games in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday: Fiji 28-89 England, Wales 56-73 Uganda, Zimbabwe 68-40 Singapore, Jamaica 89-26 Trinidad and New Zealand 48-48 South Africa. In games today sees: Sri Lanka 60-56 Barbados, Wales vs Trinidad, Fiji vs Scotland, Jamaica vs New Zealand, South Africa vs Uganda, Tonga vs Malawi and Australia vs England. In Rugby: After the Fiji Water Flying Fijians beat Tonga 20-36 at Churchill Park, Lautoka, followed by a good win against Manu Samoa 19-33 in Apia, Simon Raiwalui will be looking for a clean sweep of the PNC2023 title with a win against Japan in Tokyo. A key question – will Raiwalui select his best match-day 23 after giving several different players and combinations a run in tough Tests against Tonga and Manu Samoa so far in the PNC2023? Will we see the likes of Fijian Drua flyhalf Teti Tela for example? One would think that for a couple of key reasons, Raiwalui will put his best team out on the park against the Cherry Blossoms: 1. To beat Japan in Tokyo will be a feather in his cap. 2. Technically, Japan plays as good as many other Tier One nations so to beat them at home in Tokyo is not easy. 3. It will be a big boost for Fiji going into the friendlies against France and England next up before the RWC2023. 4. Raiwalui will be keen to show that Fiji’s wins in the PNC2023 so far, earning a 10th place World Rugby ranking is no fluke. Go Fiji Go. Meanwhile, Samoa hosts Tonga in what should be a torrid forward battle at Apia Park on Saturday with Ikale Tahi eager to steal their first win in the PNC2023. In rugby league: The Melbourne Storm is set to make a play for Broncos superstar Payne Haas in a revenge mission against the club that stole him from them six years ago. As a 17-year-old, Haas was set to join the Storm and was catching a flight to Melbourne to ink the deal, when then Broncos Coach Wayne Bennett phoned him at the airport. As they say, the rest is history! Now the Storm are looking to get one back on their arch rivals, by signing Haas - how they plan to add Haas’ A$1Million a season asking price, to a roster already paying similar money to Ryan Papenhuyzen, Cameron Munster, Jahrome Hughes and Harry Grant remains to be seen. The Courier Mail reports that Haas is signed with Brisbane until the end of 2024, but has told the Broncos that he will test his value on the open market come November when he is free to negotiate with NRL rivals. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 33 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a bright and sunny Wednesday morning 02 August 2023. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In the FIFA World Cup Group Games yesterday: Portugal 0-0 USA, Vietnam 0-7 Netherlands, Haiti 0-2 Denmark and China 1-6 England. Today sees: South Africa vs Italy at 7pm in Wellington, Argentina vs Sweden at 7pm in Hamilton, Panama vs France at 8pm in Sydney and Jamaica vs Brazil at 8pm in Melbourne. And at the Netball World Cup pool games in Cape Town, South Africa overnight: Barbados 55-50 Singapore, Australia 70-46 Malawi, Tonga 55-47 Scotland, Zimbabwe 71-36 Sri Lanka, Fiji-England, Wales-Uganda, Jamaica-Trinidad and New Zealand-South Africa. Games today sees: Sri Lanka vs Barbados, Wales vs Trinidad, Fiji vs Scotland, Jamaica vs New Zealand, South Africa vs Uganda, Zimbabwe vs Singapore, Tonga vs Malawi and Australia vs England. In Rugby: Our world famous tips for all the big rugby this weekend: Samoa to toblerone Tonga in Apia, New Zealand to afghan Australia in Dunedin and the Fiji Water Flying Fijians to oreo Japan at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo. In rugby league: The North Queensland Cowboys hopes of playing finals football have taken a massive hit with star Centre Valentine Holmes rubbed out for the rest of the regular season after he was banned for four games at an NRL judiciary hearing last night. Holmes will now miss Saturday’s crucial Queensland derby against the Broncos And our world famous tips for the NRL games tomorrow: Manly to oreo the Roosters, and on Friday the NZ Warriors to caramel the Gold Coast Titans at Cbus Super Stadium and the Storm to peppermint the Panthers at BlueBet Stadium. And in Sports Biz: No doubt the arrival of Lionel Messi in the MLS has triggered all the hype for US fans to see the best players in the world in action. A crowd of 82,000 showed up at the home of the Dallas Cowboys — AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, for an exhibition of Spain’s legendary El Clássico rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. And a doubleheader featuring English Premier League teams Newcastle versus Chelsea and Brentford battling Brighton, drew a sold out crowd of 71,000 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. In combat Sports: Aussie champ Tim Tszyu is rated the next best rival for Errol Spence, behind a rematch with Terence Crawford. However, if Jermell Charlo is stripped of any one of, or all four of his Light Middleweight belts and Tszyu elevated to full champion, Spence could move up in weight to challenge for the belts. 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. Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji