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Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 29 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another  beautiful blue sky Monday morning 30 January 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Love  you Mike ! In rugby – the  Kiwis made a clean sweep of the HSBC World Rugby Sydney 7s titles –  winning both finals yesterday after South Africa thrashed Fiji 32-12 and  the All Blacks 7s wiped France 5-36 in the Mens semifinals. In the Women's comp, USA 7-20 France and the Blacks Ferns 41-0 Ireland in their Cup semi-finals. The Finals results: All Blacks 7s 38-0 Blitzboks and the Black Ferns 35-0 France. Earlier in the day, Fiji Men won bronze 29-5 France. Samoa 24-12 Ireland for fifth place after earlier beating Australia 10-24. Invitation  side Tonga had another big day beating HSBC 7s Series regulars Canada  14-35, Kenya 24-26 and just losing to Argentina 21-19. In tennis – Novak Djkovic has won the Australian Open title a record 10th time, beating third seed Stephanos Tsitsipas in their final last night, 6-3 7-6 7-5, reclaiming the world No.1 ranking and drawing level with Rafael Nadal on 22 grand slam singles titles. Djokovic  pulled through brutal conditions and injury scares on a court that has  so often seen him achieve the seemingly unachievable in a country that  deported him ahead of last year’s event. In Sportsbiz – after Liberty Media as the most valuable sports company in the world in 2023 according to Forbes, there is Kroenke Sports & Entertainment,  which owns the Los Angeles Rams, the Denver Nuggets and Arsenal FC  among other sports entities valued in total at US$12.8Billion, followed  by the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in third spot with an enterprise value of US$11.3B. In boxing – Tommy  Fury and Youtuber, Jake Paul shared a fiery face off on Saturday night  in London where their fight was officially announced for  26 February in Saudi Arabia. The fighters had to be separated by  security guards. They can finally settle their feud at the third time of  trying. In football – in 2022, English teams spent more than US$2Billion on player contracts according to FIFA’s Global Transfer Report. The global player transfer market hit US$6.5Billion in fees for 20,209 international  transfers last year, up from US$4.9B in 2021. French Clubs were the  biggest recipients of transfer fees in 2022, bringing in US$740.3 million. Women’s player transfers grew 19.3% to 1555, reaching a total spend of US$3.3 million. Go girls go! For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 28 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another beautiful blue sky Sunday morning 29 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In rugby – the Sydney 7s semi-finals start at 4.22pm today: USA-France and Ireland-New Zealand in the Women's comp, while the Men’s semis see France-NZ and South Africa-Fiji. In the Cup quarter-finals at the HSBC World Rugby Sydney 7s yesterday: New Zealand 12-0 Samoa, South Africa 26-12 Ireland, Fiji 26-14 Great Britain and France tripped up Australia 17-14 with a late penalty. In the Women’s QFs: USA 10-5 Great Britain, France 10-5 Australia, Ireland 26-12 Fijiana and NZ 33-0 Japan. Earlier in the day, Samoa smashed Spain 15-35 in their last pool game and invitation side, Tonga had a big 26-12 win over HSBC 7s Series regulars Japan. In tennis – powerful Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka has broken through to win the Australian Open Women’s crown, coming back to beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in their final last night, 4-6 6-3 6-4. In Sportsbiz – the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race weekend in November this year will generate an estimated US$1.3Billion in spending in the city, including US$966Million in visitor spending and US$316Million in event operations and support; double the economic impact of the Super Bowl. In boxing – while out riding his bike on Friday, Conor McGregor was hit by a car and posted a video on Instagram: “Got a bang of a car just now from behind. I could’ve been dead there, mate, look,” revealing his light-green bike in the centre of the road and a tear on the backside of his pants. “Thank you God, it wasn’t my time. I’m still here,” McGregor said. In basketball – Aussie NBA star, Ben Simmons has sent ex-fiance and UK Love Island host, May Jama a US$1Million legal demand as their separation begins to get messy. Simmons is demanding the English TV star return the US$1M diamond engagement ring he gave her when they celebrated their engagement in December 2021 following a whirlwind romance. But the long-distance relationship soon hit the rocks when Maya 28 decided to focus on her career in the UK — so they went their separate ways. Who knows - maybe she will send him an exact fake replica? For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 27 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another beautiful blue sky Saturday morning 28 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean  ! In rugby – as expected, Fiji crushed Tonga 7-52 in their only game at the HSBC World Rugby Sydney 7s yesterday. Today they play Japan at 11.28am followed by France at 5.33pm with the Cup Quarterfinals for Men running from 9.05pm. In the Sydney 7s Women’s games yesterday, Fijiana 5-17 Great Britain but they bounced back to trip up USA 14-17 in a thriller. Fijiana play Canada at 1.06pm today with the Women’s Quarterfinals from 6.54pm – all Fiji times. Also yesterday, Samoa beat Ireland 12-17 in their first pool game. They play USA at 10.22am today, followed by Spain at 3.43pm. We tip Samoa to win the Sydney 7s. In rugby league – the Bulldogs have snapped up promising Brisbane Broncos junior, Karl Oloapu after he was granted an early release from his contract and they paid a A$500,000 transfer free. The teen will relocate to Belmore shortly for the next four seasons. In Sportsbiz – Liberty Media is the most valuable sports organisation in the world in 2023, according to Forbes. They own Formula 1, the Atlanta Braves and some sports properties valued at a total US$20.8Billion – most of it F1 racing. In boxing – another woman is suing Mike Tyson, seeking US$5Million in damages, accusing him of raping her inside a limo after the two met at a nightclub in the early 1990s. She alleges in her complaint, filed this month that she has suffered physical, psychological and emotional injury as a result. Very sad. For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 26 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this absolutely  beautiful blue sky Friday morning 27 January 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In BIG BREAKING NEWS for Women’s sports – India’s  cricket board earned US$572Million on Wednesday as it announced the  winning bids to own five teams in their inaugural Women’s Premier League  tournament, which is scheduled for a March start. Three  of the five women’s league franchises – Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals  and Royal Challengers Bangalore – already own IPL teams. Of  the other two joining them now, one is owned by one of the world’s  richest men, Gautam Adani, who made the highest bid of approximately  US$158M to purchase the Ahmedabad team, and Capri Global Holdings  Limited who paid US$92.5M for Lucknow. Mumbai paid US$111M, Bengaluru paid US$110M and Delhi paid US$99M for their own Women’s teams respectively. In rugby – the HSBC World Rugby Sydney 7s starts at 1pm today with a cracker:  Fijiana-Great Britain then USA-Canada, Japan-France, NZ-Papua New Guinea  and Fijiana playing again at 7pm against USA. The  Mens games start at 3.22pm with our tip to win the Sydney 7s - Samoa  versus Ireland, Fiji battle Tonga at 4.50pm and Australia-Great Britain  at 5.24pm Fiji time. In  rugby league – the Maori All Stars will take on the indigenous All  Stars at Rotorua International Stadium on Saturday 11 February — and  both squads are stacked with representative talent. Joseph Manu, James  Fisher-Harris, Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Joseph  Tapine headline the Maori side. While  the indigenous All Stars boast Josh Addo-Carr, Nicho Hynes, Latrell  Mitchell, Cody Walker and Jack Wighton. The indigenous side have also  named two players without NRL contracts — Kierran Moseley and Bailey  Butler. In  boxing – Conor McGregor is facing accusations that he punched, kicked  and threatened to drown a woman on his yacht in Spain last summer, which  he denies. The  unidentified woman told Spanish police that the Mad Irishman kicked her  in the stomach, punched her in the face and threatened to drown her, so  she jumped off the boat and swam to safety. Threatened to drown her – who Conor – Noooo? For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 25 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this overcast but brightening Thursday morning 26 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!  In rugby – Sydney 7s Mens Pool A: Argentina, Australia, Great Britain and Canada. Pool B: New Zealand, together with South Africa, Kenya and Uruguay. USA, Ireland, Samoa and Spain will compete in Pool C. Double Olympic champions Fiji is in Pool D with France, invitational side Tonga and Japan.  The Sydney 7s Women’s pools see New Zealand paired with Japan, France and invitational side Papua New Guinea in Pool A. USA head a strong looking Pool B that includes Great Britain, Fiji and Canada. Hosts Australia are in Pool C together with Ireland, Spain and Brazil.  In football – Europe’s biggest Clubs are chasing teenage superstar Jude Bellingham, now at Borussia Dortmund. The 19-year-old was one of England’s best in Qatar and has been in sensational form for his German Club in the Bundesliga this season. The tip is he will land at Liverpool. In rugby league – Coaching guru, Wayne Bennett has revealed the Dolphin’s spine leading into their inaugural season in the NRL - handing the number seven jersey to former Panther Sean O’Sullivan who will partner Anthony Milford at five eighth. In Sportsbiz – Saudi Arabia reportedly looked into buying Formula 1 and remains interested, should the opportunity arise. The country’s US$620Billion sovereign wealth fund, offered to purchase the global racing series from Liberty Media, according to Bloomberg. The fund valued F1 at well above US$20B, including debt. Liberty Media bought F1 for $4.4 billion in 2017 and isn’t interested in selling right now. In boxing – “Francis Ngannou, I know you’re out of contract with the UFC. You want to earn some big boy money? Come see The Gypsy King and let’s do a big, big fight for the baddest MF on the planet. “Let’s kick it up spicy, in a cage, four-ounce gloves under Queensbury rules and let’s have a badass Referee like ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson,” says crazy Tyson Fury shout out for a crazy fight.  In netball – Australia has claimed a remarkable seventh Quad Series title with a 56-50 win over rivals New Zealand in Cape Town yesterday, but the game was marred by one of the biggest umpire controversies seen in recent netball Test history, after the Silver Ferns were denied a goal when neither umpire was watching the play at a crucial stage late in the game – so they disallowed the goal. Can you believe that? Umpire Anso Kemp was distracted by a niggle between two players and so missed the goal and umpire Gary Burgess missed the goal too, admitting watching something downcourt instead. “It’s extraordinary,” commentator Jenny Woods said, as the umpires opted for a toss-up since neither witnessed the goal. “This is nuts!” Fox Netball’s Catherine Cox was left speechless by the drama. “I cannot believe my eyes!” she said. “Wow, wow, wow.” Wow what can I say – like I mean wow! For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 24 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  bright and sunny Wednesday morning 25 January 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In rugby – Fiji Men are the defending champions of the Sydney 7s which starts on  Friday. They are in pool D with France, Tonga and Japan and currently  sit 8th on the HSBC World Rugby 7s Series table with 50 points. The pressure is building for Ben Gollings and the boys, with fans at home getting restless for some Fiji magic. In  any event, we tip Samoa to win the Sydney 7s. They are playing  excellent rugby 7s and are just one lucky bounce away from winning  another title. Tonga  is in a tough Pool, where they will be hard pressed to win a game  against Fiji, France and Japan, all regulars on the HSBC  7s Series. In netball – Australia  will meet New Zealand in tomorrow’s Quad Series final, after sealing a  “scrappy” 65-48 win over tournament hosts, South Africa in their last  pool game yesterday. While  the win came with relative ease, concern remains for star Australian  shooter, Sophie Garbin who was monstered in a “Springbok-like” hit in  the third quarter. In football – the  hype around Arsenal has ramped up after their thrilling last gasp 3-2  win over Man U at Emirates Stadium yesterday, a contest like in their  battles past. Meanwhile, Kylian  Mbappe is the first PSG player to score five goals in a game as the  Ligue 1 giants crushed a 6th-tier amateur team 7-0 in the French Cup  yesterday. In  rugby league – former Panthers and Rabbitohs star, Josh Mansour who is  without a contract for 2023 and still looking for a Club, was approached  by the New South Wales governing Liberal Party to run in the upcoming  state election in the seat of Kogarah, against Labor Party opposition  leader Chris Minns. In Sportsbiz – Forbes Top 3 USA’s richest sports owners: 1 LA Clippers owner, Steve Ballmer for the eighth consecutive year with a net worth estimated at US$83Billion, 2 Rob Walton US$56.7B owner of the Denver Broncos, 3 David Tepper at US$18.5B owns the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC. In  boxing – former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Joseph Parker is back  in the winner’s circle after a unanimous decision (96-93, 97-92, 97-93)  points win over tough Brit Jack Massey. The  Kiwi-Samoan was in full control of all 10 rounds of the fight, in what  was Massey’s debut at heavyweight, having moved up from cruiserweight. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 23 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  bright and sunny Tuesday morning 24 January 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! And we start with rugby - no doubt the Fiji fans have made the Hamilton 7s atmosphere electric,  especially whenever Fiji Men and Women are playing, and opposition  coaches and the event organisers fully appreciate it. So the New Zealand 7s is gone after 18 years in Wellington and four in Hamilton. So now what? Straight  out of Hamilton Boys High School, Carlos Spencer's son, Payton is in  the All Blacks 7s squad for the Sydney 7s this weekend. We  ask - shouldn’t Ben Gollings be doing the same with his Fiji Men’s 7s  squad – moving a couple of the older players out and injecting some  young blood? In football – Frank Lampard was relieved of his duties and sacked as Everton manager yesterday. The Toffees are currently languishing in the English Premier League  relegation zone, and defeats to Southampton and West Ham United looked  to be the final straw for Lampard. Staying  with football – in France it seems all is not kosher at PSG with  reports that Lionel Messi is NOT renewing his contract, but instead  still looking at offers from the MLS and Saudi Arabia. And  in England where the Football Association is under pressure to place  more importance on the women’s game after Liverpool’s clash with Chelsea  was called off after five minutes of action due to a frozen pitch. In  rugby league – with Kevin Walters under pressure, Skipper Adam Reynolds  told FOX Sports that Walters’ coaching “has gone to another level” over  the pre-season. Kotoni Staggs added “it’s up to us boys” to silence  Walters’ critics, and Corey Oates says that blaming the coach is “just  not right.” Meanwhile  the Dolphins have a whopping A$2Million left in their 2023 salary cap  which could see the NRL’s newest franchise sign a major cross-code star  as their marquee player. Wayne Bennett has masterfully only spent around 75 per cent of his salary cap according to The Daily Telegraph. In  boxing – Fox Sports Australia has broken the news that undefeated  Australian Champion, Tim Tszyu will fight experienced American, Tony  Harrison on Sunday 12 March in a clash in Australia of the Junior  Middleweight contenders ranked 4 and 5 in the world respectively. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 22 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  blue sky Monday morning 23 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In the Hamilton 7s: Viva Los Pumas! Argentina  came back from 12-0 down to win the Men’s Final 14-12 against the All  Blacks Sevens while USA took bronze with a 15-14 win over France. Fiji lost their 5th place Semifinal 19-26 Australia. New  Zealand Women won HSBC World Rugby 7s Series gold on a dramatic final  day in Hamilton with Michaela Blyde scoring a hat-trick in a 33-7 win  over USA in the Cup final, while Australia claimed bronze thanks to a  33-17 victory over Ireland. Also on Day 2: Samoa beat great Britain 14-24 and they also walloped Kenya 5-26  to finish a very credible 9th, while Tonga lost to Kenya 33-19. New  Zealand now lead the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Men’s standings on  63 points with USA second on 61 points and Argentina third on 59 points. While the Black Ferns lead the Women’s standings on 58 points with Australia second on 54 points and USA third on 50 points. In football – BREAKING  NEWS: Lionel Messi has given his word to extend his contract with Paris  Saint-Germain for two more years, rejecting a lucrative offer from  Inter Miami. Meanwhile,  Liverpool and Chelsea did little for their chances of climbing into the  EPL’s top four with an uninspiring 0-0 draw as Everton lost another  game 2-0 at West Ham and edge ever closer to relegation. In  Sportsbiz – Like no other sports, the NFL is leading the way in  monetizing every aspect of the new digital media space; now licensing streaming rights for their games in restaurants and bars for US$200 million. As they say in Texas, it all adds up. In  boxing – the UFC is back, returning to Brazil where everyone was asking  themselves after four rounds: How is Glover Teixeira still standing?  How is this 43-year-old ready to go another five minutes? It ultimately  ended in defeat to Jamahal Hill, the UFC’s new Light Heavyweight  Champion. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 21 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another bright  and beautiful Sunday morning 22 January 2023, coming to you from  paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In the Hamilton 7s: Men’s  quarter-finals just finished: South Africa 17-22 France, Fiji 10-19  Argentina, USA 28-14 Australia, New Zealand 10-5 Ireland and in the  Women’s quarter-finals: Australia 38-0 Great Britain, USA 27-7 Fijiana,  France 7-24 Ireland, New Zealand 43-12 Japan so no church today but  pray, pray, pray for your team. Also  this morning, Samoa 24-19 Spain and Tonga 12-7 Uruguay in the ninth  place quarter finals. So Tonga vs Kenya at 12.20pm and Samoa-Great  Britain at 12.42pm and Fiji vs Australia at 1.26pm. So  if you really have to go to church like for your wedding or something,  the Men’s Cup semifinals are at 1.48pm, and the final will be played at  6.56pm to crown the last of the Hamilton 7s in the history of the HSBC  7s Series in New Zealand because from next year it goes back overseas. In tennis – “Finishing  matches at four in the morning isn’t good for the players. I would also  argue that it’s not good for the sport, or anyone involved in it. I do  think there’s some quite simple things that can be done to change that,” Sir Andy Murray makes no excuses for how brutally physical the 2023  Australian Open was on him - and how the fallout from his 4am win over  Thanasi Kokkinakis hurt him in his third round loss to Roberto Bautista  Agut yesterday. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 20 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this bright and  beautiful Saturday morning 21 January 2023, coming to you from paradise  on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  rugby union – Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale has been charged by  police over an alleged sexual assault of a 28-year-old woman in Bondi on  17 December. Beale is charged with two counts of sexually touching  another person without consent and sexual intercourse without consent. Meanwhile, in the Hamilton 7s this weekend: Fiji plays France at 8.32am, Kenya at 12pm, before playing Samoa in their final pool game at 3.06pm. Samoa play Kenya at 8.54am and France at 12.22pm before their clash against Fiji. The  New Zealand All Blacks 7s play Tonga at 9.16am, Australia at 1.06pm and  their final pool game is against Great Britain at 6.35pm. The Men’s cup quarter-finals will start at 9.58am on Sunday, the semifinals at 1.48pm, and the final will be played at 6.56pm. In  the Hamilton 7s Women’s comp: Team Fijiana plays Great Britain at  10.22am, New Zealand at 2.12pm and Papua New Guinea at 5.37pm. The  Silver Ferns 7s play Papua New Guinea at 10.44am before they face  Fijiana and then play Great Britain at 7.03pm in the last game of the  night, Day One Hamilton 7s. In  rugby league – former Manly and Toa Samoa enforcer, Marty Taupau is  reportedly set to link with the Broncos for the 2023 season, after the  32-year-old’s A$800,000 contract with the Sea Eagles was not renewed.  Red Hill beat the Eels and Rabbitohs to his signature. Meanwhile  the Parammatta Eels have suffered a double injury blow with crack  centre and Fiji Bati at that Waqa Blake breaking his arm and now racing  the clock for Round One. In sportsbiz – last year the NFL crashed the NBA Christmas day party with a triple-header which dominated the TV ratings. In total, the three NFL Christmas Day games averaged 22.9 million viewers, against the NBA’s five games on ABC and ESPN which averaged only 4.3 million TV viewers. In football – Manchester City produced a stunning second half comeback to beat Tottenham 4-2 yesterday. Two  goals in three minutes just before half-time by Spurs saw City staring  down the barrel of a second consecutive defeat, but Julian Alvarez,  Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez struck early in the second period with  Mahrez adding his second late on, to save Pep G the strain. In boxing – “He’s one of those guys who would give you the opportunity because you deserve it, or give you the opportunity because  you need it, or give you the opportunity because you want to look after  your family. He’s one of those who would just do anything for you, if  he could,” Kiwi Samoan boxer Joseph Parker angling for a big payday  fight against his good mate, the Gypsy King. In the Pacific it’s like, “Hey bro how bout we just fight for fun.” For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 19 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful Friday morning 20 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In netball – does the name, Donnell Wallam ring a bell? She made an immediate impact for the Australian Diamonds, scoring a game-winning goal in a fairytale debut against England, after refusing to wear a mining sponsor’s logo? Well the star goal shooter wasn’t picked in the Diamonds for the Quad Series starting in South Africa this weekend, raising eyebrows in some quarters. “I’m surprised at Wallam being left out,” former Australian goal shooter Caitlin Bassett said on Fox. “I think she’s the X-factor.”  Ummm we’ll keep you posted. In rugby union – the All Blacks 7s team for the Hamilton 7s this weekend includes: 2 Brady the son of Eric Rush, 4 Akuila Rokolisoa, 7 Sam Dickson (C) and Fiji-born 9 Amanaki Nicole. The tournament returns to New Zealand after over 1000 days away due mainly to COVID and moves to Sydney next week. In rugby league – it’s official - Stephen Crichton will be a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldog in 2024 after he inked a four-year deal in excess of A$3.3Million. Man that’s a lot of Tala. The Bulldogs have been smart in playing the long game waiting for Crichton to become available on the open market. The crack Toa Samoa centre, joins new Head Coach, Cameron Ciraldo plus players Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau next season all ex-Penrith. So he’ll be right at home. In boxing – “I don’t want that contract, the way that it’s structured. Doesn’t matter how much is in that contract, I’m not signing that contract … because in that contract, I’m not free. In that contract, I’m not independent, I have no rights, I have no power,” Francis Ngannou stands up to UFC. Good on ya bro. BREAKING NEWS in football - Ronaldo played his first game for Al-Nassr's All-Star XI against Paris Saint-Germain, the game got off to the worst start for Ronaldo as Lionel Messi scored within three minutes. However, Ronaldo came back scoring two goals, one from the penalty spot for 2-2 at halftime. In the end, PSG won 5-4. Finally in tennis – are you watching the Australian Open – it’s crazy! A five set epic last night saw Sir Andy Murray overcome a two set deficit to finally beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in five hours and 45 minutes, finishing at 4:06am Melbourne time! It’s not as if it’s the final – it was only a second round clash! Whoever did these draws must have been high or drunk or both at the time! For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 18 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this overcast and warm Wednesday morning 19 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!  In rugby union – the Fijian Drua is playing the Melbourne Rebels in a trial game at Prince Charles Park, Nadi on Saturday 28 January. Ticket prices are $6 for the embankment and $12 for the grandstand, which if they are an indication of Drua home game ticket prices for 2023, is very good news indeed! In rugby league – the introduction of a transfer window has been one of the sticking points in the heated ongoing dispute regarding the collective bargaining agreement between the NRL and the players association. Players can currently sign with rivals for the 2025 season from November 2023.  The NRL proposes players can sign new deals from July 2024 for 2025, plus possibly a mid-season transfer window. Dragons player Junior Amone has been stood-down by the NRL for an alleged hammer attack. Amone was charged with causing reckless grievous bodily harm in company, damaging property and stalking, after he and others chased a tradesman up a roof until he fell. You know I must confess, sometimes you just feel like doing that with some tradesman!  In boxing – the 15-year-old son of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov, secured his first professional MMA victory in what fans, er pretty much all living outside Chechnya, have labeled – clearly a fixed fight. The kid also had Chechnya-born UFC superstar Khamzat Chimaev in his corner for the bout. After standing toe-to-toe with his opponent, the kid landed a jab which sent his opponent diving to the canvas. Standing over his downed opponent, the teenager threw some soft strikes that didn’t appear to be connecting in any way.  Despite the limited force of the blows, which his opponent was defending well while on his back on the floor of the ring, the referee saw his life flash before his eyes and stepped in to quickly stop the fight. In football – the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is already set for success with six months to spare.  More than 500,000 tickets have been sold for the tournament, which begins 20 July 2023 in Australia and New Zealand with the final at Stadium Australia on 20 August the most sought-after match.  Australia’s opener against Ireland may move from Allianz Stadium to Accor Stadium, allowing nearly 40,000 more people to attend. The competition marks the debut of Morocco, Zambia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and the Republic of Ireland. Fans from more than 120 countries have purchased tickets, with the most coming from Australia, New Zealand, the US, England and Qatar. Finally, only in Britain – the BBC’s television coverage of the FA Cup clash between Wolves and Liverpool was sabotaged after loud pornographic noises were heard during the build-up to the game on Wednesday night. BBC presenter, Gary Lineker was discussing the third-round replay in a studio at Molineux alongside pundits Paul Ince and Danny Murphy when audible sounds of a couple having loud sex broke out.  The BBC later said: “We apologise to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening. We are investigating how this happened.” They know how it happened – the BBC knows everything!  For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support.  #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 17 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this warm and  sunny Tuesday morning 18 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ! In  rugby union – details of the Eddie Jones coup now emerging show Rugby  Australia Chairman, Hamish McLennan wooing Fast Eddie to take over  coaching the Wallabies from 2024, over a year ago. After  the Wallabies loss to Italy, two things sealed incumbent Kiwi Head  Coach, Dave Rennie’s fate; England unexpectedly sacking Jones last month  and the Kiwi’s refusal to work with Fast Eddie in any capacity for the  Rugby World Cup in France in September. In  rugby league – there’s only two months to go until the season kicks off  and every NRL team has made key signings for 2023: James Tamou is one  of three Cowboys signings, but is set to become a crucial mentor for a  young and exciting forward pack with his 305 games of NRL experience. In  the NBA – “You feel old, don’t you? You played against my Dad,” Houston  Rockets rookie Jabari Smith Jr er maybe shouldn’t have said that to  Lebron James pregame, because King James erupted for a season-high 48  points with five threes, eight rebounds and nine assists to lead the LA  Lakers past the Rockets 140-132 at home yesterday. In boxing – former  American tennis star, Billie Jean King, 79, turned to social media to  reminisce about her relationship with Muhammad Ali on his 81st birthday,  which would have been today. "Whenever  we would run into each other, he would whisper in my ear, 'Billie Jean,  you're the queen'. He is a legend whose legacy continues today," Billie  Jean King. In football – after  lighting up football’s biggest stages - Real Madrid’s heaving Santiago  Bernabeu stadium and the “Theatre of Dreams” at Manchester United’s Old  Trafford, Cristiano Ronaldo faces a very different reality in the Saudi  Pro League with some stadiums only seating 6000 fans and less exalted  teams — plus some very high temperatures. But  Ronaldo, 37 now, says he’s embracing the “challenge” of playing in  Saudi Arabia; any inconvenience made much easier of course by the  US$216Million-a-year deal he is paid by his new team, Al Nassr. Geez that’s a million dollars a day in our money! Finally, only in America – According to Court documents, NFL legend Tom Brady is among the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX’s largest individual shareholders with more than 1.1 million shares, once worth US$45Million when FTX was valued at a staggering US$32Billion in January 2022. His ex-wife Gisele has more than 686,000 shares. BOOM that’s the reason they divorced right there – she listened to him and paid millions for those shares. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 16 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this warm and  sunny Tuesday morning 17 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Whoa it’s all happening down under ! Just  one day before his first-round Australian Open singles match today,  Nick Kyrgios withdrew yesterday and will undergo surgery on a knee  injury. “I’m  devastated obviously. It’s my home tournament and obviously winning the  tournament in doubles and playing the best tennis of my life probably. All I can do is my best to come back … It's brutal,” he said in a hastily-arranged press conference yesterday afternoon. And yesterday morning – Rugby Australia dropped a bomb, announcing that Eddie Jones would be returning as Wallabies Head Coach and that Dave Rennie’s time was over. “It  is a major coup for Australian Rugby to have the best coach in the  world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies,” AR Chairman, Hamish  McLennan said. “Eddie  instinctively understands the Australian way of playing rugby – this  represents an opportunity to secure a coach of immense expertise and  experience at the biggest competitions, and we did not want to miss it,”  McClennan added. In  rugby league – Stephen Crichton has had enough, so yesterday he dropped  a bomb on the Panthers announcing he would be gone in 2024. Despite  an increased NRL salary cap the Panthers have stuffed him around. The  22-year-old will now likely field much larger offers from rival Clubs up  to A$900,000 per season. And the possible suitors – Dolphins, Bulldogs and the Tigers. Meanwhile  England enforcer, Billy Vunipola will leave the Premiership following  the Rugby World Cup in France later this year. Unconfirmed reports  suggest that the tough Saracens back rower will move to either France or  Japan. However, don’t rule out him turning up in Super Rugby or the NRL. In  boxing – Australian boxing, brothers Tim and Nikita Tszyu may finally  fight together on the same card if a WBO world title fight comes to  Australia early in 2023 with Tim challenging for the WBO interim super  welterweight title against either undefeated Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev  or American Tony Harrison in Australia in March. For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 4 Episode 15 of Breakfast Bites, by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this raining  buy warm Monday morning 16 January 2023, coming to you from paradise on  the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In  rugby union – with less than nine months remaining until the Rugby  World Cup in France, former All Blacks Head Coach, Sir Steve Hansen has  urged World Rugby to invite top players and coaches to offer their views  on how to solve the game’s major issues ahead of their showpiece  tournament. Hansen must have a book coming out soon or something – a Netflix gig maybe? In  rugby league – the mother of Bronco Payne Haas will remain behind bars  on manslaughter charges until March after her lawyer abandoned a bail  application in a Gold Coast court on Friday. Uiatu "Joan" Taufua 46, was  in a crash that killed Susan Zimmer, 70, Chris Fawcett, 79, and Ms  Zimmer's daughter Steffanie on 23 December last year. In  football – a quick-fire Solly March double early in the second half,  followed by a goal by substitute Danny Welbeck wrapped up Brighton Hove  Albion’s superb 3-0 win at home against a stunned and outplayed  Liverpool at the Amex Stadium. Meanwhile Man U 2-1 Man City at Old  Trafford. In  boxing – former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Francis Ngannou has become a  free agent, after turning down the biggest contract in UFC heavyweight  history. The Nigerian great is now expected to pursue a big money fight  in boxing against the likes of the Gypsy King or Deontay Wilder maybe. Just to be clear - Anthony Joshua will do a runner for sure. Only  in the US – Hollywood actor and stand-up comedian, DL Hughley has  criticized the UFC, along with its broadcast partner ESPN, for declining  to comment on Dana White slapping his wife. “If  that had been a brotha, it’d be NONSTOP coverage, dredging up a  playground fight from the 3rd grade, scouring old tweets, you name it. #DanaWhite  ‘s ENTIRE LIFE is immersed in brutal , physical violence, he’s amassed a  fortune from it. Where are the salacious headlines?? Where’s the  pressure?? Ohhhhh, he apologized. #WhitePrivilege (PUN INTENDED) scores a 1st round knockout yet again.” Word bro word! How  about this for an “only in the US” story from down under -  the AFL  Greater West Sydney Giants newly appointed Head of Development, Robbie  Chancellor has been busted by Police buying less than a gram of cocaine  for A$300, on 10 December. As first reported by the Daily Mail, Chancellor bought the cocaine while going for a jog near his home in Sydney’s inner-west. So there’s one Head of Development gone – maybe he was over-developed? For  TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you –  please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more  Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas  for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji