The Highlanders fired an early warning shot to their Super Rugby rivals, with a dominant 52-19 win over the Hurricanes in Dunedin.

Sam Skinner’s late try was controversially ruled out by the TMO as Scotland suffered a 20-16 defeat by France at Murrayfield in the second round of the Six Nations.

Erling Haaland announced his return to the scoresheet in emphatic fashion with a brace to lift Manchester City to a 2-0 home victory over relegation-threatened Everton and briefly into top spot in the Premier League table.

Fulham ended a three-match winless streak in the Premier League with a 3-1 defeat of Bournemouth at Craven Cottage courtesy of a Rodrigo Muniz double.

Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Anfield on Saturday, but they were made to battle hard by a brave visiting side.

Bottom side Sheffield United stunned Luton Town 3-1 at Kenilworth Road and denied the high-scoring Hatters a golden opportunity to pull four points clear of the Premier League drop zone.

Brazilian Bruno Guimaraes netted twice as Newcastle United held off a spirited comeback from Nottingham Forest to win 3-2 at the City Ground in the late Premier League game.

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua captain and back-rower Meli Derenalagi says that their training has been a long time coming and the squad is raring to go hard this season.

The Fiji Kulas avenged their Pacific Games final loss to Papua New Guinea in Honiara last year with a drama-filled 4-3 victory in their Group A encounter in Apia.

The Super Bowl halftime show has always been a major part of the annual NFL event, and is America’s most-watched musical performance of the year.

Chinese sporting authorities have cancelled next month’s friendly international between Argentina and Nigeria amid a growing backlash against Lionel Messi’s failure to play in an Inter Miami match in Hong Kong last week.

The last round of interviews for the shortlisted candidates of the Flying Fijians new head coach were conducted at Holiday Inn in Suva this morning.