25-07-2023 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S06E25 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 25 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a hazy but bright Tuesday morning 25 July 2023.<br /><br />Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. <br /><br />And in the FIFA World Cup Group Games yesterday: Italy 1-0 Argentina at Eden Park in Auckland, Germany 6-0 Morocco in Melbourne and Brazil 4-0 Panama in Adelaide.<br /><br />Today’s games sees: Colombia vs Korea Republic 12pm in Sydney, New Zealand vs Philippines 5.30pm in Wellington and Switzerland vs Norway at 8pm in Hamilton.<br /><br />The US team’s opening 3-0 win over Vietnam last Friday, drew 5.3 million viewers on Fox, plus another one million US viewers watched the game in Spanish on Telemundo.<br /><br />In Rugby: The All Blacks face the Wallabies in the first of two Bledisloe Cup clashes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, followed by the return Test in Dunedin next weekend.<br /><br />While the Springboks play Los Pumas at Ellis Park in Johannesburg this weekend.<br /><br />With New Zealand holding a four-point lead before facing Eddie Jones and his struggling wannabies, the clash between South Africa and Argentina is likely to decide who finishes runners-up.<br /><br />After beating Tonga 20-36 at Churchill Park, Lautoka last Saturday Fiji now travels to Apia to play Manu Samoa at 1pm local time.<br /><br />Many keyboard warriors have been very critical of the Fiji Water Flying Fijians performance. So in Background Buzz this morning at the end of this podcast, I take a closer at The Fiji Water Flying Fijians first game.<br /><br />In Sports Biz; David Beckham could not have dreamed of a better start as seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi made fans wait until stoppage time to see his magic — netting a free kick to seal a 2-1 victory that set social media ablaze.<br /><br />Among the stars watching Messi’s debut in person in Fort Lauderdale were Kim Kardashian, LeBron James and Serena Williams.<br /><br />Messi’s Inter Miami shirt is selling out all over the US.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal have reportedly lodged an official bid of US$332Million to Paris Saint-Germain for Messi’s old teammate Kylian Mbappe.<br /><br />BREAKING NEWS: It has been accepted by PSG.<br /><br />Hopefully, this one mega-deal will release everything, currently log-jammed for totally opposite reasons: Tottenham Hotspur do not want to sell Harry Kane while PSG are desperate to sell Mbappe, which they have done.<br /><br />So the potential chain reaction will likely go like this - PSG sells Mbappe and they will go even bigger for Harry Kane.<br /><br />In rugby league: With seven rounds remaining until the finals, the NRL’s August transfer deadline is the final chance for teams to improve their roster for a charge at the title, however the Cowboys, South Sdyney and the Storm all have no spots left in their squads to make a play.<br /><br />So, put Ben Hunt in the No.9 jersey and the Broncos become title insiders.<br /><br />And with Maika Sivo suspended for four games, Parramatta could do with extra outside backs, who can provide attacking x-factor like Sivo or Clint Gutherson.<br /><br />In combat Sports: Watch out for WBC and WBO Super Bantamweight Champion Stephen ‘Cool Boy’ Fulton 21-0 fighting three-weight World Champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue 24-0 with 21 by KO tonight in Tokyo.<br /><br />Fulton will defend his titles against the Japanese superstar who has moved up from the bantamweight division to the junior featherweight limit to make this fight.<br /><br />In the Tour de France: Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard claimed his second straight Tour de France victory in Paris on Sunday and collected the winner’s cheque for US$550,000.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the second edition of the Tour de Frances Femmes — a new women’s event launched last year — began on Sunday in Clermont-Ferrand. The race will play o