After Jamaica clinched a spot in the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup at the expense of soccer giants Brazil on Wednesday, one reporter suggested it made the Reggae Girlz the “Cinderella team” of the tournament.

Fiji Water Flying Fijians coach Simon Raiwalui acknowledges that the players may need to adjust slightly to the hot weather conditions in Tokyo when they face Japan in their third Pacific Nations Cup test tomorrow.

Commentating at a world stage is an opportunity that only a few will get and three women from Fiji are relishing their presence at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Rewa football club has been training extensively in preparation for their upcoming crucial match in the round 15 of the Digicel Fiji Premier League competition.

The Canadian cities of Montreal and Vancouver will host one preseason game each ahead of the 2023-24 National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season, the league said on Thursday.

A former National Basketball Association player was sentenced to 10 years in prison after leading a “brazen” scheme involving at least 19 players to defraud a league health plan into paying millions of dollars for bogus medical procedures, federal prosecutors said.

Fullback is a position the Fiji Water Flying Fijians coaching team is experimenting with ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France.

Somalia’s minister of youth and sports suspended the chairwoman of the country’s athletics federation and is set to initiate legal action after a female sprinter took more than 21 seconds to complete the 100 metres at the World University Games.

Tailevu Naitasiri, who has been impressive this season, is looking to continue that momentum this weekend.

The Roosters had Nathan Brown sent off but still managed to send the Sea Eagles packing with a 26-16 win at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday night.

Africa’s run at the Women’s World Cup has been nothing short of extraordinary at the end of the group phase on Thursday as debutants Morocco joined Nigeria and South Africa in the last 16.

Erick Callejas may be just 10 years old – and a lot shorter than the other participants on the soccer pitch – but he has no qualms enforcing the rules as one of the few referees his age.