13-11-2023 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S07E43 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 43 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a rather wet Monday morning 13 November 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. Happy Diwali Everyone!In rugby union: Samoa men shut out Papua New Guinea 24 nil to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in rugby 7s.In the women's Olympic qualifiers, Fiji after thrashing Papua New Guinea women 54 zip at Ballymore in Brisbane yesterday.In rugby league: Australian Rugby League BIG boss man, Peter V’landys and NRL Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Abdo are reported to be preparing to announce within weeks, up to A$1Million in salary cap relief for NRL Clubs to sign players from rival codes and sports worldwide, especially to recruit players from South Africa and Argentina as well as from the NFL.South Sydney and NRL star Latrell Mitchell’s 14-year-old cousin has been identified as one of two teenagers killed in a horror northern New South Wales car crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.Three others are in hospital.In combat sports: Alex Pereira has entered the UFC history books as their ninth fighter to become a two-weight World Champion, defeating Jiri Prochazka via second-round TKO to claim the UFC Light Heavyweight belt.The former UFC Middleweight Champion, whose UFC debut came at Madison Square Garden back in 2021, made his mark once more at the New York venue in UFC295 yesterday.And the UK has a new UFC Champion.In his first shot at UFC gold, Tom Aspinall made quick work of fellow heavyweight contender Sergei Pavlovich to claim a first-round knockout in just over one minute at UFC295.This heavyweight scrap was always expected to be over pretty fast given Pavlovich previously held the record for the longest UFC first-round knockout win streak of six in the modern era.But what he didn’t know was that Aspinall had 12 first-round finishes of his own – well 13 now!Earlier, Australian Flyweight, Steve Erceg defeated Alessandro Costa by unanimous decision, extending his MMA winning streak to 10 fights.And finally in football: Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena died after suffering a heart attack during an Albanian league match.Players from both sides rushed to his side the moment the player collapsed to the turf in the 24th minute of the game. Paramedics rushed him to hospital, where the player died at the age of 28.Dwamena earned eight caps for Ghana and was once considered one of the country’s rising stars but encountered several cardiac problems over the course of his career.In 2017, the attacker was unable to join Brighton due to these health issues, and he eventually moved to Spain.Four years later, the Ghanaian collapsed during a cup match in Austria, recovered and continued his playing career.Dwamena had undergone a heart operation in 2020 and had an automatic defibrillator implanted, to allow him to pursue playing football.Following this operation, the 28-year-old played in the Danish, Austrian and Swiss leagues before joining Albanian Club KF Egnatia in January 2023 where he was this season’s top scorer with nine goals in the Albanian Super League.Rest in Peace Raphael Dwamena.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