Sri Lanka kept their Asia Cup title defence alive as they beat Pakistan by two wickets in an edge-of-the-seat thriller to book their place in Sunday’s final against India.

Paris St Germain striker Kylian Mbappe should be available against Nice in Ligue 1 on Friday after sitting out a friendly against Germany earlier this week, coach Luis Enrique.

Fans can breathe a sigh of relief as there are no significant injury concerns in the Fiji Water Flying Fijians camp as they prepare for their second World Cup pool match against Australia.

Extra Labasa defeated Rooster Chicken Ba 2-1 in their final pool match of the Rooster Chicken/ Scoop Premium Ice Cream Battle of the Giants in Prince Charles Park in Nadi this afternoon.

The battle of the two French-speaking teams has ended in a highly entertaining goalless draw at Stade Pater in Papeete.

Eleven new players from the high performance system, ANZ Marama and Weet-Bix Raluve championship are now part of the Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s training squad as they prepare to host France, Australia, New Zealand and the US next weekend for a mini 7s tournament.

The women’s football game lined up this weekend is expected to be exciting and a thriller.

A spectacular five goal performance from Tamaa Faletau inspired Tonga to an impressive 5-1 win over the Solomon Islands in the opening Group A match at the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship at Stade Pater in Papeete.

Joining the national side is nothing new for Olympic gold medalist Vilimoni Botitu but the last few days have been quite different.

Suliasi Vunivalu is one of nine players in the Wallabies squad with Fijian heritage but the Suva-born winger is expecting no preferential treatment from the Pacific islanders when they face off at the World Cup on Monday morning.

The new Extra Supermakert Labasa coach is confident the players are ready for the deciding game against Rooster Chicken Ba in the Rooster Chicken/Scoops Premium Ice Cream pool match today.

Australia Open men’s touch rugby coach Tony Trad says even though the Fijian team plays with natural flair, they will need to understand the basics of the game.