08-08-2023 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S06E39 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

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