FIJI Water Flying Fijians prop Mesake Doge believes the recent Northern Tour has provided Fiji with a crucial springboard into next season’s Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific, highlighting the intensity of travel, quick turnarounds and high-level opposition as key learning areas.

The Fiji U16 side capped off a successful campaign in New Zealand by winning the inaugural Pacific Cup U16 tournament, with coach Sunil Kumar confirming that the team also used the event as a chance to identify new Fijian talent from abroad.

New Zealand centre Rieko Ioane might make his Leinster debut in Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup opener against Harlequins (17:30 GMT).

Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has named Deontay Wilder as the “first option” for his next fight.

Andy Murray says he “probably didn’t get the results I would have liked” for Novak Djokovic during his time coaching his former rival.

A major change is coming to Fiji’s surfing landscape as government moves to repeal the Surfing Decree, potentially paving the way for paid access to some of the world’s top reef breaks.

Sweden’s pole vault sensation Mondo Duplantis and American 400 metres World champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were named World Athletes of the Year on Sunday.

Fijian winger Manasa Mataele has landed into the country and is set to take his place in the Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific 2026 season after his inclusion in the Fijian Drua squad was confirmed in June.

The Fiji Airways Men’s 7s side will again face South Africa in Cape Town this weekend.

Rewa FC claimed their first-ever Pacific Cup title after a tense final in New Zealand last night.

When Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo was sent off against Arsenal 38 minutes into their London derby on Monday, it was a familiar dilemma for Enzo Maresca’s side who have now been reduced to 10 men on six occasions in all competitions this season.

The Fiji Airways Men’s team has settled for bronze in Dubai.