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31st March
Swimming event vital
The Fiji Swimming second Long Course Grand Prix at the Olympic Pool in Suva tomorrow will serve as qualification not only for the Fiji National Championship but also for the World Aquatics Championship which will...
Kremlin says IOC rules on Russian participation are discriminatory
(Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the International Olympic Committee’s guidelines that allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in international competitions as neutrals contain “elements of discrimination”. Athletes from Russia and Belarus, Moscow’s ally, were banned from most international competitions last year over the Ukraine war, but guidelines issued by the Lausanne-based IOC...
American football closer to full Olympic recognition with IOC board approval
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – American football took the penultimate step needed before it can attempt to get onto the Olympic Games programme on Wednesday when it got the approval of the International Olympic Committee’s powerful executive board. The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) will now need to wait for the approval of the decision...
IOC rejects IBA claims over boxing officials
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday rejected claims by the International Boxing Association that the Olympic body had misused information regarding boxing officials. The IOC said it wrote a letter to IBA President Umar Kremlev and ordered a full review of the embattled IBA’s progress on reforms. It was responding to...
Peaty skips British championships to focus on his mental health
LONDON (Reuters) – Triple Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty said he will miss next week’s British swimming championships as he focuses on his mental health ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. The 28-year-old spoke in an Instagram post of his personal battles and the pressures that came with success. He said he was tired and...
30th March
Rizwan leads team to victory
The Bred Bank team captained by Mohammed Rizwan claimed the 2023 season opening event at the Fiji Golf Club in Vatuwaqa, Suva at the weekend. The side, with the services of Bred Bank deputy chief executive officer Rajesh Kumar, professional Tomasi Tuivuna and junior golfer Vilisi Taitusi, grossed nine under par and recorded 55.25 net...
Alcaraz, Rybakina stay on course for ‘Sunshine Double’ in Miami
(Reuters) -Indian Wells champions Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina stayed on course to complete the ‘Sunshine Double’ at the Miami Open on Tuesday but men’s second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was sent packing by Karen Khachanov. World number one Alcaraz beat Tommy Paul 6-4 6-4 in the fourth round, while Rybakina notched up her 12th straight...
29th March
Andreescu waiting for test results on painful ankle injury
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu on Tuesday thanked her fans for their support and said she is still awaiting test results on the left ankle injury that forced her to leave the Miami Open Grandstand court in a wheelchair on Monday. Andreescu went down while moving across the baseline in the second...
eqUIP targets youth
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) participated recently in a week-long eqUIP Oceania Workshop organised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). eqUIP Oceania is a CGF initiative to develop youth leaders through internship and employment opportunities, empowering them to make a positive contribution to communities through sport. FASANOC was represented by...
28th March
IBA says IOC misused information about its officials
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The International Boxing Association (IBA) on Monday upped the ante in its battle for control of Olympic boxing by accusing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of misuse of information about its officials. In an open letter to IOC chief Thomas Bach and executive board members before their meeting in Lausanne on Tuesday,...
Underfunding means Australia face failure in Brisbane – AOC
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has called on the government to make up an A$2 billion ($1.33 billion) shortfall in sports funding over the next 10 years or risk failure at the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane. In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday, AOC Chief Executive Matt...
27th March
Latham returns to T20s to captain NZ against Sri Lanka, Pakistan
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tom Latham will captain an inexperienced New Zealand team in next month’s home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka and the five-match series in Pakistan that follows, returning to the shortest format for the first time in nearly two years.With Kane Williamson and Tim Southee playing in the Indian Premier League and unavailable,...
South Africa chase down record T20 target to beat Windies
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa pulled off the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 international cricket on Sunday to beat the West Indies by six wickets at Centurion on an afternoon of blistering assault on the ball as well as the record books. Opener Quinton de Kock hit a first T20 century as South Africa...
Mumbai Indians win inaugural WPL title after Sciver-Brunt fifty
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Mumbai Indians were crowned champions at the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) after Nat Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 60 secured their seven-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals in the final at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Delhi captain Meg Lanning elected to bat after winning the toss and the Australia skipper top-scored for her side...
Hill to host Nadi fights
The Lewis Hill Boxing Promotion will have its first event in Nadi in July. This has been confirmed by promoter Winston Hill after two successful promotions in Suva. Hill was overwhelmed with the response from fans at his last event in Suva last Saturday. “It was a good show. Good turnout. Started on a good...
Controversial bout set for rematch
Joseph Kwadjo won the bout but Isikeli Senidoko was the crowd favourites as the Lewis Hill Pacific Showdown Boxing Promotion lived up to the expectation of fans at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva on Saturday night. Kwadjo beat Senidoko in the main bout after the referee stopped the fight with seconds remaining in the second...
Ralulu breaks barriers
In a field dominated by men, it was never going to be easy for a woman to adjust to it, forget about being one of the best. The Fiji Times photographer Sophie Ralulu had other ideas on her mind, being a women photographer among men always inspire her. Ralulu couldn’t hold back her emotions when...
Glamour at sports awards
It was a night of glamour for sporting federations around the country that came together to award the best athletes in their respective grades. The 2022 FASANOC Fiji Sports Awards had a big turnout with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as chief guest. The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) dominated the awards list taking out seven out...
Government to address key issues – PM Rabuka
The Coalition Government will, through sports, continue to address issues such as gender disparity, disability, youth empowerment and social inclusion. These were the words of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka while speaking at the FASANOC 2022 Sports Awards at the Vodafone Arena in Suva on Saturday night. “Initiatives such as the PacificAus Sports Partnership help create...
Pitching in millions – Contracts contribute up to $60m in remittances
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says remittance inflows from Fiji’s sportsmen and women contracted abroad remain one of the country’s highest foreign exchange earners. Speaking at the 2020 Fiji Sports Awards on Saturday, Mr Rabuka said this amounted to remittances between $30 million and $60m annually. “And totally, our people abroad remit, in the last calendar...
Games Council expects Pacific Games venues to be ready on time
The Pacific Games Council says it expects all Pacific Games venues in Honiara to be ready several months before the Games opens on November 19. President Vidya Lakhan and Chief executive Officer Andrew Minogue visited Honiara last week to assess preparations for the 17th Pacific Games. The delegation visited several of the Games venues, including...
Rybakina rallies past Badosa, Potapova upsets Gauff in Miami
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) -Elena Rybakina kept her “Sunshine Double” hopes alive as she battled from the brink to beat Paul Badosa in the Miami Open third round on Saturday, while Russian Anastasia Potapova upset Coco Gauff in three sets. Wimbledon champion Rybakina, fresh off her Indian Wells triumph last week, calmly saved a match...
26th March
Peru’s Garcia Leon breaks 35 km race walk world record
(Reuters) – Peru’s Kimberly Garcia Leon broke the 35 km race walk world record on Saturday with a time of two hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds in Dudince, Slovakia. The world champion in both the 20km and 35 km walk broke the previous record of 2:38:24 set by Russian Klavdiya Afanasyeva in 2019, in...
