The president of the Samoa Basketball Federation (S.B.F.) thinks dual bronze medals at the FIBA Oceania U15 Championships are a sign of a bright future for basketball in Samoa.
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Digicel Samoa were announced as the official sponsor of the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games at their head office in Apia yesterday. The official sponsorship package is valued at $3 million Tala, entailing both cash and broadcasting and communication services.
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Manly Sea Eagles and New Zealand Kiwis rugby league star Martin Taupau is in Samoa for the first time in 13 years.
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Samoan boxing influencer and former rugby star Fesola’i Va’aiga Tuigamala is predicting a great fight for Lupesoliai Joseph Parker this weekend.
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Manly Sea Eagles and New Zealand Kiwis forward Martin Taupau was present to reward graduates and award winners of the NRL Beyond the Goalpost Star leadership programme at a ceremony at the Sheraton Aggie Grey’s Hotel yesterday.
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The Leiifiifi College Sports awards for 2018 were held on Monday night at the Leiifiifi Hall.
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Samoa Badminton Federation completed its Juniors Open Tournament for 2018 in a high note.
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Samoa 7s played in the Challenge final yesterday for the second World Rugby Sevens Series event in a row.
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The Samoa Under-20 rugby team will miss next year’s World Rugby U20 Trophy after their second straight loss to Tonga. After a four-point loss in the first game on Tuesday, Samoa lost 27-20 at the ACP Marist Park in Lotopa yesterday afternoon.
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Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali remains the Light-Heavyweight boxing champion of Samoa after beating Ropati Hall by unanimous decision at the Champ of Champs tournament final at St Joseph’s College yesterday.
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Over 200 boxers competed in the Champ of Champs national tournament which finished yesterday at St Joseph’s College.
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Reigning Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali, 19, flew into Samoa yesterday morning to compete at the Champ of Champs national tournament at St Joseph’s College.
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The JP Fitness gym bodybuilding team were happy with their results at Mr Samoa 2018, but want to be better next year.
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The Samoa national football team had training at the Tuanaimato fields yesterday. It is the fourth week of them meeting up, with the best local talent from the Senior National League forming the squad.
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The Samoa Under-20 rugby team had their only major day of training yesterday before playing Tonga again in the Oceania U20 Championship decider on Saturday. After Tuesday’s 16-12 loss, the team had a day of recovery on Wednesday, and today went through a lighter captain’s run.
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Having just returned from a tournament and camp in New Zealand, Marist Boxing are confident of good results at the Champ of Champs national Samoa boxing tournament starting today.
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Samoa’s best young tennis talents flew to New Zealand today to test themselves against some of the best players in the region. A team of twenty children aged between 7 and 16 will represent the Vailima Tennis Academy (V.T.A.) Club at the Waikato Xmas Junior Open from the 7th to the 12th of December, followed by the Auckland Junior Championships from the 17th to the 20th.
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Former Mr Samoa Karl Tui Adam thinks healthier lifestyles are key to combatting NCD’s in Samoa – and he wants to live to 100 to help prove it.
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Samoa U20s coach Mailo Potu Leavasa sent his players out to play running, expansive rugby against Tonga, but in the end it mattered little whether this was the right gameplan or not.
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The Samoa U20s rugby team lost a mistake-filled game against Tonga 16-12 at ACP Marist St Joseph Stadium yesterday afternoon. They will need to win the second game of the Oceania Rugby U20s Trophy on Saturday by more than four points to book a place in the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy to be held in Brazil. Samoa were keen to shift the ball wide at every opportunity right from kickoff.
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Manu Samoa 7s coach Sir Gordon Tietjens is pleased with the performance of his side through the first two rounds of the World Rugby Sevens Series. Samoa finished 9th in Dubai and 10th in Cape Town, leaving them 10th in the overall standings of the ten-round competition.
Lupesoliai La'auli Joseph Parker said he is looking to finish off a challenging year “with a bang” against Alexander Flores on Saturday night. The former World Boxing Organisation (W.B.O.) heavyweight champion is in the final stages of his training for Saturday’s fight at Horncastle Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand.
He can laugh about it now, the concept of being "too big" that led him on this extraordinary journey to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Samoa’s wild 5-all draw in their second game of the OFC Nations Cup against Tahiti had a bit of everything. Perhaps lucky to escape a red card for lashing out in retaliation, 15-year-old striker Sina Sataraka ended up with a hattrick.
The Samoa Basketball Federation started its four-day tournament at Apia Park gym earlier this week. The various categories competing in the tournament include open women and men, Under 17 and 14 boys, girls’ teams from Upolu, Savaii and an open men’s team from American Samoa.
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