Tag: Pacific sport

By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist The Fijiana women's sevens rugby team have lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics today and...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala Edson Arantes do Nascimento passed away at the age of 82 after a brave battle with colon cancer in Brazil on...

RNZ Pacific Pacific athletes have won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, split among six nations. Samoa won the region's only...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Pacific Nations could hold sway this weekend as the World Rugby vote for a chairman takes...

By Lance Polu in Apia World Rugby must adopt a “one country one national team” in world competitions as it is done in the Olympics...

By Philip Cass in Auckland It is just under a year since the Tongan government assured the Pacific Games Council that it was fully committed...

The Fiji 7s team's Olympic win not only made sporting history for Fiji but it was also the first time an Olympic gold had...

Samoa’s Rugby Union is encouraging more of its country’s women to participate in rugby. Sport administrators and gender equality advocates are seeing greater participation...

Report by Alistar Kata Eight hours a day of free-to-air New Zealand content is on offer to Pacific countries in a new broadcasting initiative backed...