18-12-2023 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S07E73 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 73 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Monday morning 18 December 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. In rugby league: With superstar free agent Jarome Luai’s future expected to be settled in the coming days, the market for the remaining crop of elite playmakers is heating up.The Bulldogs are still in need of a partner for gun five-eighth Matt Burton.While the Cowboys are also battling to retain their young No.6 who could field offers worth around A$1Million, and the Canberra Raiders could also do with a Jack Wighton replacement.In rugby union: In a first for Fiji sports, the Fijian Drua has launched its very own travel booking website to make it even easier for fans to attend matches in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand.Launched in partnership with New Zealand travel technology experts Travel Lab, Fijian Drua Travel is the first of its kind for any Super Rugby side and is a one-stop shop for fans wanting the best packaged deals including flights, accommodation, matchday tickets, matchday hospitality, ground transfers and many other activities.The website is now live, featuring excellent flight deals with Drua airline partner Fiji Airways as well as leading Fiji resorts and hotels.In football: Carlo Ancelotti says he is in “no rush” to sign a contract extension with Real Madrid amid continued speculation that Brazil’s national team wants to hire the Italian coach.Ancelotti’s contract runs out at the end of this season. “There’s no rush. We’re here until 30 June 2024.”In combat sports: The UFC’s most hated fighter, Colby Covington, failed to live up to his tough talk, flopping in his UFC296 main event loss to UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards.The American nationalist, who was heavily cheered pre-fight - received boos after he went quiet once he got into the octagon, with Brit, Edwards winning by unanimous decision 49-46 on all three scorecards.In SportsBiz: The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled out all the stops to land Shohei Ohtani, including a big sales pitch from the late great NBA star Kobe Bryant.According to ESPN, the Dodgers showed a six-year-old recorded video message from Bryant as part of their pitch to land Ohtani – OK, apart from a 10-year, US$700Million contract.In 2017, Bryant made the minute-long video for the Dodgers as a favor in pursuit of Ohtani, but he instead signed with the Angels.But this time, the Dodgers got the highly coveted player and Ohtani spoke highly of the video from the Lakers star, who died in a January 2020 helicopter crash.“That was one of the highlights of the whole meeting,” Ohtani told ESPN. “I was really surprised to see it. It was a strong and touching message.”Apparently, that moment became the cherry on top for Ohtani to commit to Los Angeles in the largest contract in professional sports history.Show me the money! For US$700M I’ll sign anything!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