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05-07-2024 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S10E05 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

07/04/24 • 4 min

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

Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 05 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Friday morning 05 July 2024 where it is partly cloudy 24 degrees Celsius at 5am.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
In Rugby Union: Our world famous tips for all the Test rugby this weekend: Fijiana XV to fujitsu the Wallaroos, the Wallabies to wallop Wales, New Zealand to enzo England, Fiji to gringo Georgia, France to duponto Argentina, South Africa to irk Ireland, Samoa to samosa Italy, Canada to skippykangaroo Scotland, Chile to bongochili Hong Kong, USA to uzo Romania and the Maori All Blacks to judo Japan.
In rugby league: Latrell Mitchell was the star for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in their 32-16 win over the Parramatta Eels at CommBank Stadium last night.
Fresh from his heroics in ORIGIN II, onlookers could’ve been forgiven for thinking Mitchell was wearing the sky blue.
Put simply, South Sydney’s fullback was everywhere.
And our world famous tips for the other NRL games today: Cronulla Sharks to googaloo Gold Coast Titans in Coffs Harbour and the Brisbane Broncos to poopooroo Penrith Panthers at Suncorp Stadium.
And in football: Our world famous tips for the EURO 2024 Last 8 quarter finals in Germany starting tomorrow morning: Spain to googaloo Germany, Portugal to portorico France, England to swizzle Switzerland and the Netherlands to troppo Turkiye.
At Wimbledon: Young Scot wild card, Jacob Fearnley pushed Serbian legend, Novak Djokovic over four hard-fought sets, for his second round win at Wimbledon yesterday.
'Jacob made me earn my win. The match deserved to go to a fifth set – but I'm very glad it didn't.
There were challenging conditions today. Very, very windy. Not easy to find the right tempo and the right rhythm on the ball,” Djokovic said.
“I'm still a little bit rusty on the movement, but I don't worry about reinjuring my knee,” he added.
In the Paris Olympic Games: The US Olympic Team isn't leaving their safety in the hands of the French. They are working closely with the US State department, taking 70 agents over to France to support them on the ground.
These agents will be stationed within all sports American athletes are competing in.
Some will be embedded within teams for team sports, while others will be constantly present at facilities for individual athletes wanting to train at any time of the day or night.
And in Combat Sports: Youtuber cum fake boxer, Jake Paul has lined up Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as an alternative opponent if his controversial fight with Mike Tyson doesn't go ahead.
Chavez Jr. 38, previously held the WBC World Middleweight title from 2011 to 2012.
He has won 53 of his professional fights, drawing one and losing six.
In Sports Biz: LA Lakers rookie Bronny James signed a fully guaranteed contract, according to ESPN, the same day his father, LeBron, also agreed to a massive US$104Million extension to stay in Los Angeles.
Bronny, 19, signed a four-year, US$7.9M contract worth US$1.2M in the first year, escalating each year to the final year at US$2.48M for the 2027-28 season.
In LA it’s all about who you know, you know.
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mass for all your love and support.
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04-07-2024 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S10E04 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 04 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Thursday morning 04 July 2024 where it is cloudy 24 degrees Celsius at 5am.
Happy Independence Day USA!
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
In Rugby Union: The July Test window starts this weekend with the Wallabies vs Wales, New Zealand vs England, Fiji vs Georgia, France vs Argentina, South Africa vs Ireland, Samoa vs Italy, Canada vs Scotland, Chile vs Hong Kong, USA vs Romania, Japan vs Maori All Blacks and poor Tonga playing marbles under the mango tree.
In rugby league: Our world famous tips for the NRL games this weekend: The Parramatta Eels to chilisauce South Sydney Rabbitohs at CommBank Stadium. Cronulla Sharks to googaloo Gold Coast Titans in Coffs Harbour and the Brisbane Broncos to poopooroo Penrith Panthers at Suncorp Stadium.
On Saturday: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to woolaroo the NZ Warriors at Accor Stadium, Melbourne Storm to woolarootoo Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval and North Queensland Cowboys to malooloobah Manly Sea Eagles in Townsville.
And in football: The EURO 2024 Last 8 quarter finals in Germany starting on Friday: Spain vs Germany, Portugal vs France, England vs Switzerland and Netherlands vs Turkiye.
At Wimbledon: Naomi Osaka was sent crashing out of Wimbledon in the second round overnight by America's Emma Navarro in a one-sided contest. Osaka, playing her first Wimbledon since 2019, went down 6-4, 6-1 on Centre Court in less than an hour.
Meanwhile, Nick Kyrgios will bounce from the commentary box on to the grass courts at Aorangi Park for a hit out with seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic.
The Australian said on ESPN during the Serbian’s dominant first round win that he would be hitting with the superstar he once used to ridicule on social media, and who beat him in four sets in the 2022 Wimbledon final, but has now formed a bromance with.
“Hitting with Novak tomorrow on his day off. Feel like a little kid again. Feeling excited. Long way back from this surgery,” he posted on social media.
In the Paris Olympic Games: The rugby 7s competition at the Paris Olympic Games 2024 will actually kick off before the Olympic Games officially starts.
Pool games will be played from Wednesday through Friday, with the finals on Saturday after the official opening ceremony.
In Combat Sports: Suspended boxer Ryan Garcia revealed that he 'finally' has a girlfriend before posting pictures with a mystery woman on his X account.
Garcia, 25, is currently serving a year-long suspension from the New York State Athletic Commission after testing positive for performance enhancing drug Ostarine, before his dominant upset over Devin Haney on 20 April.
While his boxing career is on pause, Garcia's dating life remains active, as he claims: 'I finally got a girlfriend that’s dope.'
In Sports Biz: It’s all about timing folks, so when the iron is hot you strike!
The Boston Celtics majority owners have put the newly crowned NBA Champions up for sale, just two weeks after the Celtis won a new NBA record 18th title.
Talk about surprise! At the Celtic’s 21 June championship parade through the city of Boston, the owner said that “it feels like we’ve got more to do.”
Geez mate, many Boston Celtics fans are still partying!
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mass for all your love and support.
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06-07-2024 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S10E06 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 06 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Saturday morning 06 July 2024 where it is clear and 23 degrees Celsius at 5am.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
In Rugby Union Test rugby this weekend: The Flying Fijians beat Georgia 12-21 early this morning thanks to their tough forwards and sparkling backs. Samoa beat Italy 25-33 in Apia Park yesterday.
Later today Fijiana XV to fujitsu the Wallaroos at 5.55pm, before the New Zealand All Blacks enzo England, followed by the Wallabies walloping Wales.
In rugby league NRL games yesterday: Brisbane really needed to win this one last night, but when it really mattered it was Penrith who came up with the big plays at Suncorp Stadium.
Kevin Walters men led 6-4 at halftime but didn’t trouble the scoreboard in the second half as the three-time reigning premiers showed their class with a gutsy 14-6 win, leaving the Broncos Top 4 chances on life support.
And in Coffs Harbour the Gold Coast Titans upset the Cronulla Sharks 20-16.
Today we tip: The Bulldogs to woolaroo the NZ Warriors at Accor Stadium, the Storm to woolarootoo Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval and the Cowboys to malooloobah Manly in Townsville.
In football the EURO 2024 quarter finals in Germany this morning: Spain are through after beating Germany 1-2 with midfielder Mikel Merino heading home the winner in the dying seconds of extra time.
In the second quarter final, France pipped Portugal 3-5 on penalties after the teams were locked nil all after extra time. Bye bye Ronaldo.
Tomorrow, we tip England to swizzle Switzerland and the Netherlands to troppo Turkiye.
At Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz mimicked Jude Bellingham’s celebration after fighting back against Frances Tiafoe in a five-set epic.
The defending champion was in real danger of exiting in the third round as he trailed the American 1-2. But in a game sprinkled with some salivating shots and powerful serves, it was the Spaniard who got the edge 5-7 6-2 4-6 7-6 6-2.
Meanwhile, Emma Raducanu moved into the last-16 with an easy straight-sets win over Maria Sakkari in a Centre Court match which reminded the British public why they fell in love with her.
Sakkari is the No.9 seed at Wimbledon and a tricky prospect for the best, let alone a player currently ranked 135th in the world, except Raducanu is no normal world No.135.
And in Combat Sports: "Exercising my authority as President of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization. We reject any form of discrimination. I fear for Ryan’s well-being as he has declined multiple attempts for our help with mental health and substance abuse,"
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman expels troubled boxer Ryan Garcia on his X page.
In Sports Biz: The Uruguay-USA game in the group stage of Copa América, drew 3.8 million viewers the best audience on record for any Copa América game on English-language TV in the US.
It’s also the best soccer audience on record outside of a World Cup game.
Copa América is averaging 1.1 million viewers across Fox, FS1 and FS2 to date, up around 48% from the same period in 2016. Fox Sports is also seeing a 31% uptick for the UEFA Euros just ahead of the quarterfinal round.
In the Paris Olympic Games: the US Olympic Trials for gymnastics, swimming, diving and track & field from June 15-30 averaged 2.9 million viewers across NBC and USA Network, up 58% from the same coverage in 2021 ahead of the Tokyo Games.
NBC in prime time averaged 3.9 million viewers, up 24% from 3.2 million in 2021.
Last Sunday, US Track & Field Trials averaged 4.5 million viewers, as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a world record in the 400M hurdles.
That helped the eight nights of the Track & Field Trials on NBC to an average of 4.5 million viewers, up 38% from the 2021 trials, which averaged 3.2 million.
Meanwhile, the latest report on pollution levels in the River Seine – site of the Opening Ceremony and the Triathalon, confirmed the river was still unfit for swimming with levels of E.Coli — an indicator of fecal matter — was 10 times acceptable levels, according to AFP.
President Macron and the Mayor of Paris have said that they will swim in the river before the Olympic Games to show that it is safe!
Aha but what if Monsieur Macron is no longer le President?
And that’s a wrap peeps!
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mass for all your love and support.
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