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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...

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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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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Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 03 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Wednesday morning 03 July 2024 where it is cloudy 22 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: The British Women’s rugby 7s team has been slammed by feminists, led by Women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and fellow British Olympic team members to Paris, for posing in lingerie.
 
In rugby league: NRL games tomorrow - Parramatta Eels vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, 7:50pm AEST at CommBank Stadium. On Friday: Cronulla Sharks vs Gold Coast Titans, 6pm in Coffs Harbour, Brisbane Broncos vs Penrith Panthers, 8pm at Suncorp Stadium.
 
And in football – EURO 2024 results this morning: Netherlands 3-0 Romania and in an upset Austria 1-2 Turkiye.
 
Switzerland, Germany, England, Spain, France and Portugal are already into the quarters; now joined by Netherlands and Turkiye.
 
In Sports Biz: July 01 every year marks the payment of serious money in ongoing salary deferrals for several former MLB stars including:

· Bobby Bonilla who receives US$1.2Million annually from the New York Mets from 2000 until 2035, plus a second deferral agreement with the Orioles at US$500,000 each year from 2004-2028.Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. will receive the final US$3.6M from a 16-year deferral agreement with the Reds.Manny Ramirez will receive US$2M from the Red Sox as part of a 16-year deferral pact running through 2026.Chris Davis will receive US$9.1M from the Orioles as part of deferrals contained within his prior US$161M contract. According to Spotrac, Davis has another US$40M due from the team between now and 2037. 
Some of these payments are well in excess of the 2024 salaries of many current MLB stars.
Many more deferral payments are forthcoming from current contracts, which provide short-term financial flexibility for teams and longer-term security for players. 

All of these contracts, however, pale in comparison to the US$680Million in total deferrals for Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani. The Japanese baseball phenom agreed to set aside US$68Million of his US$70M annual salary to help keep his new team competitive, and he will be paid that money instead between 2034–2043.

At Wimbledon: Andy Murray has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to an ongoing back injury. His game was scheduled to yesterday evening, the latest possible slot on Centre Court, to give the British tennis star a chance of faking it, but it was not to be.

Meanwhile, No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic pulled off a miraculous return, defeating Vit Kopriva, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in his first match since undergoing surgery on his right knee.

In the Paris Olympic Games: American teenage sprint sensation, Quincy Wilson is set to become the youngest ever US male track Olympian after the 16-year-old has reportedly been picked in the 4×400M relay team for the Olympic Games in Paris.
 
Wilson’s selection comes after a brilliant debut at the US Olympic Trials last week, where he twice broke the Under-18 400M world record of 44.59 seconds in the semifinals on Sunday, two days after he initially broke the record with a time of 44.66.

In Combat Sports: Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka scored huge salaries at UFC303 with the Brazilian Pereira banking US$3Million plus one of the largest fight bonuses in UFC history, with Dana White awarding Pereira US$303,000 for his successful UFC Light Heavyweight title defence.
 
Czech fighter Prochazka received a career-best US$1M pay day.
 
Finally, the BBC has been slammed for posting “Misstiano Penaldo” as the highlight tag of Cristiano Ronaldo’s missed penalty kick in their quarter final against Slovenia...

Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 01 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Tuesday morning 2nd July 2024.

In Rugby Union: The New South Wales Waratahs have signed former Flying Fijians Head Coach Simon Raiwalui to their newly created position of Director of Performance until at least the end of 2027.
 
So has Raiwalui left World Rugby already?
 
In rugby league: Former Wallabies Mark Nawaqanitawase and Carter Gordon have been granted early releases from their Rugby Australia contracts, to join their respective NRL Clubs this season, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
 
Nawaqanitawase signed a two-year deal to join the Sydney Roosters in 2025, while Gordon also put pen to paper on a two-year contract to join the Gold Coast Titans on A$600,000 a year from next season.

Nawaqanitawase’s release won’t become official until after his Paris Olympic Games Rugby 7s final on 27 July.

And in football – EURO 2024 results this morning: France 1-0 Belgium and Portugal beat Slovenia three nil on penalties after extra time. Our world famous tips for EURO2024 games tomorrow: Netherlands to ribeye Romania and Austria to roast Turkiye.
 
Switzerland, Germany, England, Spain are already into the quarters; now joined by France and Portugal.
 
In the Paris Olympic Games: One of the most recognisable and decorated players in world rugby, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, has announced she will retire from international rugby after the Paris Olympics.
 
Winger Woodman-Wickliffe has played for both the Black Ferns and Black Ferns 7s teams, and has two Rugby World Cup titles, two Rugby World Cup 7s titles, and Olympic gold and silver medals to her name, among multiple other accolades.

Wimbledon starts today, with the All England Club raising their prize money by 11.9% to a record US$64Million. 
 
Leading this year’s field is a rising wave of young stars including 2023 Wimbledon Men’s Champion Carlos Alcaraz (21 years old), top men’s seed Jannik Sinner (22), and top women’s players Iga Świątek (23), Coco Gauff (20), and Qinwen Zheng (21). 

In Combat Sports: In the wake of the recent horrific terrorist attack in Dagestan that saw gunmen open fire on churches, synagogues, and police posts, killing 15 police officers and four civilians, including one Orthodox priest, Russian armed forces have raided former UFC superstar and Putin poster boy, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s gym as part of their investigations.
 
The NBA’s 2024 free agency period officially started yesterday, with a number of big names already on the move, but Teams cannot officially sign them to contracts until 2.01am Saturday.

So who’s moving:
Paul George has left the Clippers to sign a four-year US$212Million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers according to ESPN.Veteran point guard Chris Paul is off to San Antonio for US$11M for one year after the Warriors waived the 39-year-old on Monday morning.James Harden won’t test free agency and will reportedly sign a two-year, US$70M deal to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers.LeBron James has opted out of his contract with the Lakers, declining a US$51.4M option, but is expected to agree to a new contract that could create financial flexibility to help the team target more players to bring to LA.
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Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 01 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Monday morning 01 July 2024 where it is cloudy and 22 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: On the sidelines of the Special General Meeting of the Fiji Rugby Union in Suva on Saturday, it was revealed that every player in the Flying Fijians squad at the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France was paid F$169,000 in allowances, including a small bonus for making the quarterfinals.
 
WOW, wow and wow! That’s a dream come true for all Pacific Island rugby players.
 
As Bob Dylan once sang, “Times they are a changing!”
 
In rugby league: The Sydney Roosters ORIGIN II stars - Angus Crichton, Spencer Leniu, Connor Watson and Lindsay Collins backed up to deliver an impressive 40-6 win over Wests Tigers, to celebrate Trent Robinson’s 300th game as an NRL coach.
 
While Benji Marshall’s pride had two players sent to the sin bin.

In other NRL games yesterday: The Dragons zapped the Dolphins 0-26 in Illawarra, no in Kograh Oval and the Cowboys 16-6 the Panthers in Sydney.
 
And in football – EURO 2024 results this morning: Slovakia 1-2 England in extra time, Spain 4-1 Georgia. Our world famous tips for other EURO2024 games:  France to Mbappo Belgium, Portugal to slacko Slovenia, Netherlands to ribeye Romania and Austria to roast Turkiye.
 
Switzerland and Germany are already into the quarters; now joined by England and Spain.
 
In the Paris Olympic Games: “What a ride! My Olympic journey has come to an end, and with it, my Australian rugby career,” Michael Hooper said in a statement via social media yesterday, after missing out on selection for the Mens Australian rugby 7s team to the Paris Olympics.
 
Hooper – now 32, holds the record for the most caps as Australia Captain, played 125 Tests — 69 of them as skipper of the Wallabies.

In Combat Sports: Brazilian Alex Pereira has re-established himself as the man to beat in the UFC Light Heavyweight division, flattening Jiri Prochazka in a stunning second-round knockout to end their UFC303 clash in Las Vegas in explosive fashion.
 
Prochazka, who boasted 26 knockouts of his own heading into yesterday’s fight, was no match for the champion.

And a bit of US Women’s Basketball trivia for you – did you know that there are 42 out LGBTQ+ players in the WNBA?

And there could be another new addition, after Las Vegas Aces star Rookie Kate Martin introduced her “gorgeous, stunning and perfect” girlfriend on social media.

Oh so sweet!

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