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

Bula and welcome to TeivovoRugby.com – “Breakafast Bites” – a wrap of daily sports highlights for Monday 13 June 2022. This morning we start with a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Fiji’s top rugby Referee, Tevita Rokovereni who has been confirmed by World Rugby as a match official for the Rugby World Cup 7s 2022, in Cape Town South Africa from 9-11 September.  Also to be CONGRATULATED is Suliasi Vunivalu – the NRL Premiership winner with the Storm and Fiji Bati flyer has been named in the Wallabies squad to play England down under. With so many All Blacks playing in both the Super Rugby Pacific Semifinals last weekend, they effectively served as great trials for the All Blacks squad to be named later today.   The Crusaders could provide the bulk of the squad, but the challenge for Coach Ian Foster and New Zealand is – to select a champion team or a team of stars? In football - Australia and Peru battle it out at 4pm today at Al Rayyan Stadium Qatar for one of the final two spots remaining at the FIFA World Cup later this year. The winner qualifies in Group D along with France, Denmark and Tunisia. The loser waits four long years like Italy. Argentine Mauricio Pochettino is set to leave his role as Paris Saint-Germain Head Coach after the two parties came to a financial agreement over the terms of his exit one year early for US$17Million.  That’s about the same as what he got after Tottenham also sacked him early. Smart Puma. Don’t forget, you can catch game 5 of the NBA Finals at 1pm today on Sky and if Steph Curry throws you his jersey, hang on to it - the yellow LA Lakers No. 8 jersey Kobe Bryant wore in two playoff games in his rookie NBA season 1996-97 against the Utah Jazz, sold for US$2.7Million at auction last week. In boxing – undisputed Aussie champ, Tim Tszyu’s dream of a world title shot is close now after an agreement was struck for him to fight undisputed World Super Welterweight Champion Jermell Charlo.  Finally today – Ric Flair - the Nature Boy, remember him? One of WWE wrestling’s most iconic figures. So now FOX Sports and the WWE are working on a two-hour video documentary about his life and times, which should be very interesting - and raunchy!  Ric Flair has never been shy claiming how many women he rastled with – er bedded, whatever during his many years of fame – 10,000 by his count!!!  So maybe it’s a WWE FOX SEX video?  For TEIVOVO Sports – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, 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 your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to TEIVOVO Sports – “Breakafast Bites” – a wrap of daily sports highlights for Sunday 12 June 2022!  BREAKING NEWS - A U.S. District Judge in Las Vegas, Jennifer Dorsey, has kicked out the rape case against Cristiano Ronaldo to punish the woman’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, for “bad-faith conduct” and the use of leaked and stolen documents.  In EPL transfer news – Man U has cleared out ten players already as they continue to chase Frenkie De Jong. Meanwhile it appears Arsenal will take Romelu Lukaku off the Blues and Brazilian star, Jesus and Raheem Sterling may both be leaving Man City for the same Club. Guess who? In Super Rugby Pacific - the Blues needed every ounce of luck and effort to hold out a surging Brumbies finish at Eden Park last night, clinging on for a thrilling 20-19 franchise-record 15th consecutive win that sets up their first major final since 2003 when they beat the Crusaders in Auckland.  NRL scores - The Broncos beat the Raiders 24-18 and the Storm roasted the Roosters 26-18, South Sydney 30-16 Gold Coast Titans and the Cowboys 31-12 St George Dragons. Later today Maika Sivo returns for the Eels against the Bulldogs.  The NBA Finals are all tied up at two games all after Boston blew a golden chance to slay the Warriors in game 3 at home and take a commanding 3-1 lead. Instead, thanks to another masterful performance by Steph Curry with 43 points, 10 rebounds and four assists the Warriors won by sheer force of will 107-97. So on to game 5 tomorrow at 1pm on Sky. Finally today in boxing - “This is all news to me and the biggest load of rubbish ever!” is Tyson Fury’s response tweet to claims in the British media that he will fight the winner between Usyk and Joshua in December in Saudi Arabia. OK now that you have heard the Good News you can go to church! For TEIVOVO Sports – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, 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 your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to TEIVOVO Sports – “Breakafast Bites” – a wrap of daily sports highlights for Saturday 11 June 2022!  No matter what the sport, wily old coaches always say that great D wins games, and so it proved last night with the Crusaders putting in a BIG day at the office, clocking up a new Super Rugby record of 250 tackles to hold out the hard-charging Chiefs 20-6 in freezing, wet conditions in Christchurch. And so today up in sunny Auckland at a predicted 14 degrees Celsius, we tip the Blues to dismantle the Brumbies to advance to the Super Rugby Pacific final next week.     With 19 All Blacks playing in Christchurch last night and more today, the Super Rugby Pacific semi-finals are great trials for the first All Blacks squad to be named on Monday. The Crusaders could provide the bulk of the All Blacks, but the challenge for Head Coach Ian Foster and his selectors is whether to select a champion team, or a team of stars. In the NRL, Already without ORIGIN forwards Jeremiah Nanai and Reuben Cotter, the Cowboys lost star forward, Heilum Luki early in the first half, but they barely missed a beat, with superstar Jason Taumalolo and Hooker Reece Robson leading the way to a 31-12 win against St George Dragons in Townsville last night. In football, England plays Italy in the Nations League with only 3,000 fans allowed to watch; punishment for all the crowd trouble before the Euro 2020 final when fans without tickets forced their way through security gates into Wembley stadium. England Manager Gareth Southgate says the punishment is embarrassing for the country.   In boxing, Three-weight world champion, Naoya Inoue is the first Japanese boxer to be crowned “World Pound-for-Pound King”. Unbeaten at 23-0, with 20 wins by Knockout. Inoue is the reigning undisputed WBC, WBA, IBF and Ring Bantamweight World Champion.  Finally in money matters, Forbes estimates that the 46-year-old Tiger Woods has now joined LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the third athlete in history to reach billionaire status based on his golf winnings, endorsements and other business ventures over the years. Nowadays less than 10% of Tiger’s net worth and career earnings originate from the golf course. The vast majority of his wealth is generated from lucrative endorsement deals with various brands including Nike, Gatorade, Rolex and TaylorMade. Sounds like stuff I wear Gatorade and Taylormade!!  For TEIVOVO Sports – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, 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 your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to TEIVOVO Sports – “Breakafast Bites” – a wrap of the daily sports news for Friday 10 June 2022! Watch  out for the flying Sevu Reece in the first Super Rugby Pacific  semifinal at 7.05pm tonight, and especially keep an eye out for the key  match-up between Brodie Retalick and the Crusaders Captain Scott  Barrett. The  aging Chiefs warrior is in the fight of his life against the young gun  and tallest Barrett Bro, to see who will partner Sam Whitelock in the  All Blacks this international season. As they say in rugby league – money talks and right now the NRL is flush with cash! Every State of Origin player in ORIGIN I on Wednesday made A$30,000 match allowance just for making the game-day 17. And  for all the players NOT in the State of Origin series, the NRL  announced a boost in their Club’s salary cap from the current  A$10Million ceiling to $10.5M next season, with an annual increase of A$100,000 each subsequent year during the next broadcast cycle. Sad  news in boxing, the South African boxer who became disoriented during a  fight and threw punches in the direction of an empty corner has died. You  may have seen the video of Simiso Buthelezi on Youtube, well he passed  away yesterday after being induced into a coma following the fight on 5  June in Durban. He was 24 years old. RIP bro. Finally today, Tiger Woods turned down nearly US$1Billion to join the Saudi-backed LIV Tour, CEO Greg Norman told The Washington Post. The  first LIV Invitational tournament teed off in London yesterday with  US$25Million in prize money of which US$4M goes to the winner. For  their troubles, all 17 PGA-ranked players who entered this tournament –  including Phil Mickleson and Sergio Garcia, have been suspended by the  US PGA, who see the Saudi-backed tour as a big threat. Geez and I thought golf was a gentlemen’s game! For TEIVOVO Sports – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, 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 your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to TEIVOVO Sports – “Breakfast Bites”– a wrap up of Pasifika  Peoples sports highlights  for 09 June 2022 coming to you from Fiji on the 180th meridian in the middle of the  Pacific Ocean. Queensland turned the tables on the NSW Blues in ORIGIN I in front of 90,000 screaming fans at Accor Stadium in Sydney last night, grinding out a 16-10 win with Man of the Match – who else - Cameron Munster! In boxing, World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury bought two brand new Rolls-Royce cars yesterday at a bargain F$1.2Million each. The Gypsy King owns two other Rolls - so four in total now, a classic Mini Cooper, a Range Rover, a couple of Ferrari’s and a Volkswagen. Don’t throw away your old jersey Hector! Wayne Gretzky won the 1988 Stanley Cup – er that’s in ice hockey, in his final game for the Edmonton Oilers. So last weekend, his jersey from that final sold for US$1.5Million at auction, becoming the most expensive hockey jersey of all time. Harry Kane's goal against Germany on Tuesday night was his 50th goal for England, now just three behind Wayne Rooney's record. It took Cristiano Ronaldo 114 games to score 50 goals for Portugal and Lionel Messi scored 50 in 107 games for Argentina. Kane has got his in just 71 games. And to wrap this morning’s first ever breakfast bite: Sepp Blatter – remember him? The fraud trial of the former-FIFA President was held up again after the 86 year old Blatter complained of chest pains and breathing difficulties. Swiss prosecutors allege a 2011 FIFA payment of US$2.2Million authorised by Blatter to Michel Platini, ex-UEFA President was unlawful. Get this, Blatter and Platini say it was a late payment for advisory work by Platini for the then FIFA President, done 13 years earlier in 1998. Sorry, but these two are crooks! For TEIVOVO Sports – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, 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 your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji