Co-hosts Australia beat France 7-6 in a dramatic penalty shootout to reach the last four of the Women’s World Cup for the first time after their quarter-final finished deadlocked at 0-0 following extra time.

Concrete Dynamic Limited/Rams Cleaning Services Suva football is on track to book its spot in the semi-finals of the Rooster Chicken/Scoop Ice Cream Battle of the Giants.

A double to tryscoring machine Alex Johnston helped the Rabbitohs to an unconvincing 26-14 win over the Dragons in Cairns.

The union representing striking Hollywood writers said on Friday it had received a counterproposal from the studios that it would consider, an apparent sign of progress in the more than 100-day-old strike.

Defending champions of the Vodafone Super Deans, Marist Brothers High School has kept its title defence campaign alive.

The Water Authority of Fiji says work on installing a new generator and ATS at the Waila Raw Water Pumping Station is progressing as planned.

Defending champions of the Rooster Chicken/Scoops Ice Cream BOG tournament, Extra Supermarket Labasa faced a rocky start, succumbing to a 1-nil loss against Extra Supermarket Rewa.

The Nadi and Ba Crisis Centers have dealt with 120 cases of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault in the Ra province in the last seven months.

History for Ba Rugby as it will feature in next season’s Skipper Cup for the first time ever.

Southern Forest Navua Coach Saiyad Ali has commended the exceptional performance of goalkeeper Jason Rokovucake, hailing him as the backbone for the Security Systems Management Inc/Oceania Fiberglass Pte Ltd Tailevu Naitasiri defence.

The Ministry of Youth is working on identifying the needs of youths so they can be taken off the streets and shown the right path towards employment.

An area in Tailevu, previously identified as a typhoid hotspot, now enjoys access to a clean water supply.