Breakfast Bites - the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast - a TEIVOVO Digital Podcast #TeivovoRugby

Malo  and welcome to Episode 90 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful bright and sunny  Wednesday morning 28 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Today  we start with the new Marathon world record set by Kenya’s superhuman,  Eliud Kipchoge shattering his own marathon world record on Sunday,  setting a blistering pace along the flat, fast Berlin race on an  overcast day, winning in a time of 2:01.09 to shave half a minute off  his previous world best set in the German capital four years ago. Kipchoge,  who has now won 15 of his 17 career marathons, including two Olympic  gold medal wins and 10 major titles, was in a class of his own, to  cement his status as the greatest ever marathon runner. Now back to the Women’s Rugby World Cup starting in New Zealand on Saturday 08 October. Team  Fijiana’s first Test is against the current best in the world on a win  streak of 29 wins and RWC favourites - England at 4.35pm next Saturday  08 October, then they play South Africa at 5.45pm on the 16th of October  and take on France a week later at 7.15pm in their final pool game. In rugby league – Australian Head Coach, Mal Meninga appears stunned at losing players for the RLWC: “I’m happy for them. If  they decide that they want to play for their ancestral nations, but the  fact is we need to have a look at how we clean up the eligibility  rules,” Meninga told Fox Sports. This  after Samoa Head Coach, Matt Parish named eight NRL Grand Finalists in  his RLWC squad - six players from champions Penrith Panthers plus Junior  Paulo and Oregon Kaufusi from their final opponents Parramatta Eels. And Joseph Sua’ali’i also committed to Samoa for  the Rugby League World Cup. The Sydney Roosters teen star was a strong  candidate to play for Australia after scoring 15 tries in 19 games in  the NRL this season. In boxing – Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren remains locked in talks with Eddie Hearn over potentially the biggest fight in British boxing history versus Anthony Joshua. Hearn said: ‘There were positive calls today between promoters and broadcasters who are all trying to conclude a deal.’ In football – Man City owner City Football Group has made an offer of US$190Million to acquire a 90% stake in Brazilian Serie B soccer Club Esporte before they are promoted. Meanwhile Juventus has reported the largest financial losses in the Italian Serie A League’s history at US$246.1Million for the 2021-22 season. Over the past three years, Juve has lost a total of US$517.5M. And to think they are still playing and buying players? For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you too mas for all your  love and support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team

Malo  and welcome to Episode 89 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful bright and sunny  Tuesday morning 27 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. All eyes are turning to the Women’s Rugby World Cup starting in New Zealand on Saturday 08 October. Hosted by a Southern Hemisphere nation for the very first time, the  first day of the Women’s Rugby World Cup features three fantastic  clashes which will be highly entertaining for the fans: South Africa v  France, Fiji v England, and New Zealand v Australia. In rugby league – the  NRL expects a 83,000-capacity crowd sell-out at Accor Stadium for their  Grand-final between two western Sydney heartland Clubs – the Parramatta  Eels against the Penrith Panthers. NRL CEO Andrew Abdo confirmed  yesterday that the demand for tickets has been phenomenal. No  one gave the Eels Women a chance but they will join their Men at this  week’s NRL Grand Final, after qualifying for the 2022 NRLW decider vs  the Knights, with a stunning 24-10 Semi Final win over the unbeaten  minor premiers and reigning champions, the Sydney Roosters. In  boxing – Tyson Fury will fight former WBA heavyweight champ Mahmoud  Charr on 03 December in Cardiff since Anthony Joshua failed to sign  their fight contract by the 5am deadline this morning Fiji time for what  would have been the biggest fight in British boxing history. In  football – The tiny nation of Qatar, about half the size of Fiji in  landmass, but with a population of 3 million people expects an invasion  of 1.2M fans at the FIFA World Cup to boost their economy by US$17Billion. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 88 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this brilliantly bright Monday  morning 26 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th  meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With the Rugby Championship over, all eyes are turning to the Women’s Rugby World Cup starting in New Zealand next week. Third-ranked Canada defeated Fiji 24-7 on Friday in the final test match for both teams ahead of next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Fiji,  ranked 21st in the world, is in Pool C and will play their opening game  against top-ranked England, No. 4 France and No. 11 South Africa. This year, Team Fijiana also lost to No. 13 Japan 28-14 and No. 7 Australia 36-19. Black ferns 7s superstar, Portia  Woodman made a spectacular return to New Zealand's XVs Test team two  weeks ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup, scoring seven tries in a  virtuoso performance as the Black Ferns thrashed a heavily out-gunned  Japan 95-12 at Eden Park on Saturday. Meanwhile on their way to the Women’s RWC, England  Women, the world’s top-ranked Test XVs team, having won a record 25  straight Tests, have been rudely and disrespectfully squashed into  economy class for their 24 hours flights to New Zealand. In contrast, their male counterparts with Eddie Jones travelled business class to the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019 Not a good start for the England girls and guess who they play first – Fiji. Go Fijiana Go! In rugby league – just two teams left standing – Penrith Panthers and the Parramatta Eels  will battle it out for the NRL Telstra Premiership 2022 title this  weekend after stamping out the Cowboys and South Sydney in their  respective semis last weekend. Who do you tip? In  boxing – unbeaten Joe Joyce was just too big and strong for Joseph  Parker in Manchester, England yesterday, cracking a wicked left hook  which sent the Kiwi-Samoan warrior crashing to the canvas ending their  fight in Round 11 and probably ending Parker’s career in the top flight. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 87 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this brilliantly bright Sunday  morning 25 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th  meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We  start with our one-stop-shop rugby results: Geelong thumped Sydney by  81 points in one of the biggest wins in AFL Grand Final history – more  details later. The All Blacks thumped the Wallabies 14-40 at Eden Park  and the Springboks 38-21 Argentina. In the NRL, the Panthers thumped  Souths 12-32 and so face the Eels in the grand-final. The  Wallabies poor discipline cost them 16 penalties, including two yellow  cards, dreadful turnovers - 15 to six and 29 missed tackles meant the  Wallabies stood little chance of ending their 36-year hoodoo at Eden  Park, as the All Blacks scored five tries to win 40-14 last night. Geelong  claimed their 10th AFL flag – the 2022 Grand Final at the MCG  yesterday, thumping the Sydney Swans in one of the biggest wins in Grand  Final history, 20.13.133-8.4.52 Swans. It  was Cats veteran superstar Patrick Dangerfield’s first flag and Joel  Selwood’s fourth. Selwood is the first player to win four flags at  Geelong. In  boxing – Place your bets ladies and gentlemen for Joe Joyce against  Kiwi-Samoan Joseph Parker for today's WBO heavyweight eliminator fight  at the AO Arena in Manchester, England. Go Uso Go. In football – remember the meaningless Nations Cup tournament that no fan understands how it works? Well  England has just been relegated to the B division of it after losing  one nil to Italy in Milan yesterday. Hungary also stunned hosts Germany  in Leipzig by the same score. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 86 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this cloudy Saturday morning 24 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In boxing – Tough Londoner, Joe Joyce and Kiwi-Samoan warrior, Joseph Parker both tipped the scales at their career heaviest as they weighed in for tonight's WBO heavyweight eliminator fight in Manchester, England. Joyce weighed in at 123Kg, slightly heavier than his last fight, with Parker adding a bit also as he came in at 116Kg. In football – the Nations Cup is on again! It’s that meaningless EURO comp that no fan understands how it works, but hey it’s on TV and it makes money for UEFA so today England play Italy in Milan and Germany host Hungary in Leipzig. And the best news is - the Russians have been kicked out! In rugby union, rugby league and AFL – our one stop shop, one size fits all, combo deal world famous tips for all codes: In the AFL Grand Final today at the MCG, we tip the Sydney Swans to tickle pink the Geelong Cats, the All Blacks to whiz bang the Wallabies at Eden Park, the Springboks to hullabaloo Argentina somewhere in the deepest darkest jungles of Africa. And in the NRL, the Eels already ning-nonged the Cowboys 24-20 in Townsville last night and we tip South Sydney to ying-yang the Panthers in Sydney today. Absolutely brilliant tipping huh na? For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 85 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this cloudy Friday morning 23  September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in  the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – Sam  Whitelock captains a much changed All Black side, with Scott Barrett,  Sam Cane, David Havili and Quinn Tupaea ruled out through injury.  Beauden Barrett starts at Fullback with Ardie Savea back at Number 8,  Dalton Papali’i at 7 and Jordie Barrett starting at 12. Meanwhile, Wallabies  Head Coach, Dave Rennie says the Wallabies will continue to confront  the All Blacks haka. “We think it’s a very respectful way of responding,  and it’s unique to us because of the boomerang shape. We won’t stop  that. They throw down a challenge and we accept it.” In rugby league – Australian  Kangaroos Head Coach, Mal Meninga has drawn a line in the sand and says  any player dithering about their allegiance to the Kangaroos is not  wanted. Big Mal is with the Australian Prime Minister's XIII ahead of  Sunday's clash with the Papua New Guinea Kumuls at Suncorp. Samoa  is going to be tough to beat at the Rugby League World Cup after Sydney  Roosters teen star Joseph Suaali'i pledged his allegiance along with  Maroons Wing, Murray Taulagi joining ORIGIN stars Junior Paulo, Brian To'o, Josh Papali'i and Jarome Luai all playing for Samoa. In football – Manchester  United have announced a net loss of US$130Million for the 2021-22  season even though revenues rose by 18 per cent to US$657M. The club’s net debt also rose to US$580M this year, an increase of more than 22 per cent. Who cares? They’re winning right – winners are grinners? But  get this – despite all the losses and the mountain of debt, Man U  still paid out US$37.9M in dividends to its beloved shareholders –  mainly the Glazier family in the US. And  finally just checking in on the Jamaican netball team again – no one  gave birth since yesterday??? Just kidding – Silver Ferns won the second  test last night 70-35. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 84 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this cloudy Thursday morning 22  September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in  the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In  rugby – Black Ferns Head Coach, Wayne Smith has named Portia Woodman,  Sarah Hirini and Stacey Fluhler in his squad for the Rugby World Cup  Womens XVs in New Zealand in November, describing the 7s stars as “world  class” players whose abilities were too good to ignore. “They are clearly exceptional rugby players,” Smith said. Should Team Fijiana do the same with some of our 7s stars injected into the Fijiana XVs side for the Women’s Rugby World Cup? Go Fijiana Go! In  boxing – OUCH the CANELO-GGG Super Middleweight trilogy fight only  generated 575,000 Pay-Per-View buys tops @ US$75 for a total  US$43Million, according to boxing insiders - a major loss based on the  exorbitant salaries guaranteed to both combatants – Canelo at US$45M and  GGG US$20M. In  football – Major sponsor KFC is threatening to sue the French Football  Federation (FFF) following PSG star, Kylian Mbappé's refusal to promote  the fast-food chain in a group photo shoot. Mbappé refuses to support gambling firms and fast-food companies, plus he’s is fighting the FFF over his image rights. In netball – What  a farce! A makeshift Jamaica netball team lost the first Test of their  series against the Silver Ferns last night 70-45 after scraping their  team together including Head Coach Connie Francis as a player who – get  this gave birth only six weeks ago and is in her 50s. Just  reconfirming that - Francis played in her first World Cup in 1987 so if  she was 20 then she is 55 now, and gave birth six weeks ago WOW! Jamaica also pulled in Romelda Aiken-George from Australia after also recently having her first child, and Carla Borrego, 38 who was part of the Jamaican side which won bronze at the 2003 Netball World Cup Geez these Sunshine Girls sure can make babies man! In chess – after controversially withdrawing from his online chess match against brash US Youtube sensation, Hans Niemann on Monday after making just one move. Now  supporters of World No. 1, Magnus Carlsen accuse the American of  concealing a string of metallic sex beads up his bum for receiving  external instructions for the game! This is just so hilarious – we’re talking chess here right? For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 83 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this cloudy Wednesday morning 21  September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in  the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – England Women’s Head Coach, Simon Middleton said “we’ve got to win it” after announcing what he says is the best prepared Rugby World Cup squad in England’s history. The  fulltime professional England Women’s team is coming to the Women’s RWC  in NZ in October on a 25-Test winning run that includes the Grand Slam  clinched in April, so are strong favourites to thrash every team and  claim a third global crown. This invincible England Women’s team play their opening game against Team Fijiana in Auckland on 08 October 2022. Go Fijiana Go! In  rugby league – Papua New Guinea has named eight players from the Kumuls  team that beat the Fiji Bati in their last Test, for Sunday's  Australian Prime Minister's XIII clash at Suncorp. The 20-man squad has players from the Queensland and NSW Cups plus the PNG domestic comp, the Digicel Cup, like the in-form Leon Undupia of Mendi Muruks. Players  from the Agmark Gurias and Hela Wigman were unavailable due to them  playing in the PNG Digicel Cup final. The Papua New Guinea Kumuls vs Australian PM's XIII at Suncorp on Sunday: 1 Edene Gebbie 2 Jimmy Ngutlik 3 Brandon Nima 4 Rodrick Tai 5 Leon Undupia 6 Judah Rimbu 7 Kyle Laybutt 8 McKenzie Yei 9 Wartovo Puara 10 Sylvester Namo, 11 Nixon Putt 12 Dan Russell and 13 Keven Appo. In  boxing – Kiwi-Samoan hit man, Joseph Parker takes on undefeated  Londoner, Joe Joyce in Manchester, England this weekend in a WBO world  heavyweight title eliminator fight over 12 rounds, with the winner  possibly beating Tyson Fury to a crack at Ukrainian World Heavyweight  Champion, Oleksandr Usyk early next year. Go Uso Go. In chess – after  making just one move World No. 1, Magnus Carlsen resigned from an  online chess match against brash US Youtube sensation, Hans Niemann on  Monday in a deepening of the chess scandal surrounding the two players. The  two were playing an online match in the Julius Baer Generation Cup when  the dark and moody Carlsen abruptly resigned and turned off his webcam  without saying anything after making just one move. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 82 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this cloudy Tuesday morning 20  September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in  the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In AFL – you know the game Aussie men love to play wearing really tight shorts? Well  superstar Lance “Buddy” Franklin will remain a Sydney Swan in 2023. The  legendary forward confirmed yesterday that he would re-sign for another  year, five days out from the 2022 AFL Grand Final. In  a tribute to Michael Jordan’s famous two-word fax that announced his  return to the NBA, the Sydney Swans Club tweeted: “One more.” In rugby – Prime  Minister of Fiji and President of the Fiji Rugby Union, Voreqe  Bainimarama attended the State funeral for Queen Elizabeth II in London  overnight, among hundreds of Heads of State including US President Joe  Biden. God save the Queen and long live King Charles III. “We  can’t have mental lapses which give them easy tries and the ability to  make it a contest down the stretch. We shot ourselves in the foot, gave  up a comprehensive lead and a lot of it was individual errors or mental  lapses,” Beauden Barrett being honest about the All Blacks last win versus the Wallabies. In rugby league – Brad  Arthur moved training so his star Halfback, Mitch Moses could attend  his grandmother, Barbara Elias’ funeral on Monday as they count down to a  semi-final against the Cowboys in Townsville on Friday for a spot in  the NRL grand final against either the Panthers or Rabbitohs. Wanna bet? In  boxing – after he posted a video of his new physique on social media,  mad Irishman Conor McGregor has been accused of using steroids:  "Definitely had a dose of the Canelo-steroids, gone from Bambi to the  Incredible Hulk after a leg break," someone posted, "The most steroids  we've ever seen," added another. News  from the USA – sports teams from the big apple dominate the list of the  world’s most valuable sports teams, with the MLB New York Yankees and  the NFL New York Giants valued at US$6Billion each, the NBA New York Knicks valued at $5.8B and the New York Rangers the most valuable NHL team at US$2B. In  netball - the Silver Ferns series with Jamaica is in total disarray  with reports that the remaining five Jamaican players of the touring  squad will not arrive in New Zealand in time for the scheduled games. The  Sunshine Girls were set to arrive in Auckland last Friday for the Taini  Jamison Trophy Series, but they didn't receive essential travel  paperwork until Sunday, forcing the series to be shortened only to two  Tests played in Auckland starting tonight and the second on Thursday. Aye man, you can’t be blamin’ de sunshine girls fo’ missin’ de flight on purpose – it be too cold in New Zealand! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 81 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this cloudy Monday morning 19  September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in  the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – Los  Pumas got close 20-22 deep into the second half, but then the  Springboks crept away with their superior forward power too much in the  end with monstrous Hooker Malcolm Marx crossing for a try converted by  35-year old tubby Francois Steyn – remember him? Boks 36-20 Argentina. In  rugby league – the NRL has confirmed details of the first ever  semifinals of the NRL Telstra Women’s Premiership to be played at  Suncorp Stadium on Sunday 25 September: Newcastle Knights will play St  George Illawarra Dragons and reigning Premiers Sydney Roosters will face  Parramatta Eels. In  boxing – So Canelo beat GGG in their trilogy fight by unanimous points  decision in Las Vegas yesterday. The Mexican took home US$65Million made up of guarantees and a pay-per-view bonus with the 40-year-old Golovkin not too far behind pocketing US$43M. In  football – David Beckham paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II by joining  the long queue to see her lie in state and waited for over 12 hours to  pay his respects with the general public. He was happy to greet fans who  recognised him when he joined the line at 2am and bought everyone  doughnuts. Fifteen-year-old  Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player in Premier League history when  he came on as a substitute for Arsenal as they returned to the top of  the EPL with a comfortable 3-0 win at Brentford yesterday, with goals  from William Saliba, Jesus and Fabio Vieira For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 80 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful bright and sunny  Sunday morning 18 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – prominent  Fijian lawyer and human rights activist, Graham Leung has criticised  the Fijian government for not postponing the RWC7s win celebrations with  a street parade through Suva to the national stadium last Friday  morning, until after the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, calling it  crass and disrespectful. Former  top Referee, Nigel Owen has tweeted his support for  Monsieur Raynal,  the Referee in the Bledisloe Test in Melbourne last Thursday night:  “Clear communication and warning to the player to get on with it. A fair  and strong refereeing call by Raynal I feel. Learning here is not for  the Referee, but the players to get on with it when the Ref asks.” In rugby league – Souths  are into a fifth straight NRL semi-final versus Penrith next week after  a 38-12 win over the Cronulla Sharks at a sold-out Allianz Stadium last  night. To their credit, the Sharks won 11 of 12 games heading into the  finals to clinch second place on the regular season ladder. In boxing – counting down to the clash between Canelo Saul Alvarez and Gennady GGG Golovkin for a third time at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas for Canelo's full set of Super-Middleweight belts. The pair are expected to walk to the ring at around 4pm this afternoon, depending on early results. The payout for both fighters is phenomenal, with Canelo reportedly set to take home US$65Million between guarantees and a pay-per-view bonus while GGG Golovkin isn’t too far behind at US$43M. In  football - the tiny nation of Qatar, which is around 4,400 square  miles, just over half Fiji’s land mass but with a population of just  under 3 million people, expects 1.2 million fans to attend the FIFA World Cup, and estimates the tournament will boost its economy by at least US$17Billion. Staying in Qatar - Budweiser is boosting its alcohol-free beer as the official beer of Qatar's upcoming FIFA World Cup. Budweiser Zero will  be available to fans as an alternative to its alcoholic counterpart due  to Qatar's strict laws on the sale of alcohol in public. In Chess – after years of old Russian men dominating world chess, accusations  of cheating, countered by offer to play naked to prove fairness, have  exploded onto the world professional chess scene between Norwegian  superstar World Chess Champion and number one for a decade, Magnus  Carlsen – the Mozart of chess, considered by many as the Greatest Of All  Time and under-20 upstart New Yorker – the incredibly talented,  arrogant and over confident Youtube sensation, Hans Niemann. The  feud started after Magnus withdrew from a round-robin tournament after  losing to the brash American kid and then accused Niemann of cheating. That would be like that awful Aussie Nick Kygrios . . never mind. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 79 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful bright and sunny  Saturday morning 17 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – the  government of Fiji awarded all the players and staff of the Men’s 7s  Team F$10,000 each for winning the Rugby World Cup 7s in Cape Town last  week which Ben Gollings described as unreal. The Team Fijiana girls got a frying pan! In  South Africa, Springboks dietician, Zeenat Simjee and married star  flyhalf, Elton Jantjies have both denied a South African newspaper  report that they were involved in an affair prior to the Springboks game  with the All Blacks last month and called for the story to be  retracted. In rugby league – the  Eels absolutely smashed the Raiders 4-40 six tries to one at Allianz  Stadium Sydney last night, with all their big guns firing – no doubt  spurred on by the nepotism claims fired just before the game to unsettle  them; Waqa Blake, Junior Paulo and Mitchell Moses all scored. In  US sports memorabilia – a jersey worn by Michael Jordan in Game 1 of  the 1998 NBA Finals -- part of the hallowed "Last Dance" season for  Jordan that culminated with the Chicago Bulls reigning victorious over  the Utah Jazz -- has sold for US$10.1Million with auction house  Sotheby's. It  is the hghest ever paid for an item of sports memorabilia, surpassing  the US$9.3M paid in May for late soccer legend Diego Maradona's "Hand of  God" jersey from the 1986 World Cup. The  "Last Dance" jersey marked Jordan's sixth and final NBA championship --  and his record sixth NBA Finals MVP award -- before he retired for the  second time. In London – people from all walks of life and from all around the world are paying their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II. David  Beckham joined the monstrous queue at 2am this morning to see the Queen  lying in state, buying doughnuts for everyone around him, all waiting  for over 12 hours to pay their respects. Tyson Fury honoured Queen Elizabeth II by laying flowers outside Buckingham Palace. The card read: "To Our Queen, Great may your bed be in Heaven, Love from Tyson and Paris xx Gypsy King x." He’s the man! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 78 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful bright and sunny  Friday morning 16 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In  rugby – Ooh “Dairy Farmer Fozzy” and “No Show Cane” survived – just, to  fight another day thanks to some fancy pancy French champagne  refereeing last night in Melbourne. With  the Wallabies desperately hanging on to a 3 point lead just 5M from  their try line with 90secs left, French ref Mathieu Raynal made an  incredible decision – reversing a free kick because Bernard Foley was  milking the clock taking too long to kick the ball into touch, from  which the All Blacks scored a try after the hooter to win 39-37. In rugby league – Justin  Hodges blasted the Referee’s decision to stop their fight at the Nissan  Arena last night as “bulls***” after Paul Gallen survived a knockdown  and came fighting back against the former Maroons star. Gallen also a  former NRL and State of Origin star verbally agreed to a rematch. In US sports – the NFL once again dominates the ranks of the world’s most valuable sports teams with the Dallas Cowboys No. 1 with a US$8Billion valuation, the New England Patriots are in second spot at US$6.4B and the Los Angeles Rams following at US$6.2B. Get  this - sports franchises from the big apple – New York, dominates the  ranks of the world’s most valuable sports teams. MLB team, the New York  Yankees are 4th and the NFL New  York Giants in 5th place on the list, are both valued at US$6Billion  each, plus the NBA New York Knicks are valued at $5.8B and the New York Rangers are the most valuable NHL team at US$2B. In tennis – one  of the greatest players to have ever stepped onto a tennis court, Swiss  star Roger Federer has announced his retirement as injuries finally  take their toll. “I  am 41 years old. I have played more than 1500 matches over 24 years.  Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt, and  now I must recognise when it is time to end my competitive career.” Smart man. Federer confirmed the Laver Cup next week in London would be his final event on the ATP Tour. In basketball – NBA legend, icon and greatest of all time, Michael Jordan is just about to launch the fifth release of his Cincoro Tequila called Cincoro Gold. Wanna shot? So the 750-milliliter bottle costs US$350 and will be available in October. Er . . . I think I’ll just stick to my Kava. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 77 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a  wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful bright and sunny  Thursday morning 15 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the  180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – Rugby  Japan is requesting that they join the current Super Rugby Pacific  competition of New Zealand and Australian teams, plus the Fijian Drua  and Moana Pasifika, with the top two Japanese Clubs from 2023, to expand  the pay-per-view TV audience. In rugby league – last  week's 18th Man, Michael Chee Kam, comes into the South Sydney side to  take on the Sharks on Saturday night at Allianz Stadium in place of  Thomas Burgess after he received a two-game suspension for his high shot  on James Tedesco. The Rabbitohs are otherwise unchanged. No one touches James Tedesco Thomas – you should know that? With  a round to play in the NRL Women’s regular season, the Roosters, the  Knights and the Dragons are all guaranteed to play past this weekend,  but they could still finish in any order, with the bottom three clubs  all with a mathematical chance of taking the fourth finals playoff  spot. Parramatta  Eels Head Coach, Brad Arthur has named the same 17 that went down to  Penrith to deal to the Raiders on Friday night at CommBank Stadium. All  eyes will be on Mitchell Moses for the next 24 hours after he suffered a  head knock against the Panthers but is confident he'll be cleared. In football – Liverpool  boss Jurgen Klopp has slapped down the American billionaire owner of  Chelsea, Todd Boehly’s suggestion of an EPL All-Star game pitting North  vs South. Meanwhile, the Champions  League key results: Man City 3-2 Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid 1-1  Leipzig, PSG 5-0 M. Haifa and Chelsea 1-1 Salzburg. Only in America – the worlds of boxing and pro wrestling crossed over when ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson was spotted outside of a Cannabis Conference in  Chicago lighting up a marijuana joint with ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric  Flair. The pair became partners in ‘Tyson 2.0’ cannabis business earlier  this year. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and tank you 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 Episode 76 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika peoples sports on this beautiful Wednesday morning 14 September 2022 - coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby – With first-choice Number 8, Ardie Savea unavailable for tomorrow night's Bledisloe Cup clash, Hoskins Sotutu now has the chance to show what he can bring to the black jersey. Sotutu last ran out for the All Blacks against Italy in mid-November 2021. Meanwhile the Springboks have broken the cardinal rule of touring rugby teams – "what goes on tour, stays on tour". Springboks Flyhalf, Elton Jantjies and team dietician, Zeenat Simjee have been sent home from Argentina to the Rainbow Nation following reports of an affair between the pair in South African media. Sadly, Jantjies is married with three children, but not to Simjee and we're not sure about her marital status. You can expect a pack of media waiting at the airport for their arrival. In rugby league – while the Panthers and the Cowboys lie in wait, the Eels vs the Raiders smash each other on Friday at CommBank and the Sharks battle South Sydney on Saturday at Allianz Stadium featuring: Latrell Mitchell, Alex Johnston, Campbell Graham, Cody Walker, Damien Cook and Jai Arrow. In football – In-form Striker Erling Haaland is prepared for battle against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League this week, from where he joined Man City in a US$58Million transfer. Other games - Liverpool-Ajax, Bayern Munich-Barcelona, Chelsea-Salzburg, Man City-Dortmund and M Haifa-PSG. In boxing – the World Heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could finally be on. AJ's management team said on Tuesday that its fighter has accepted the terms presented by Fury for a fight on 3 December. Both parties have temporarily halted communications after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. For TeivovoSports.com – I'm Culden Kamea, Mahalo, vina'a and thank you! Please hit the "subscribe" button below if you'd like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for all your love and support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji