Fiji Black head coach, Simone Nalatu expressed disappointment with her players following their second loss in the Rising Star Tournament to Australia Green yesterday.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is looking for a big improvement from his side when they play their first home game of the LaLiga season, against Valladolid on Sunday, with Kylian Mbappe making his Santiago Bernabeu debut.

Pacific Games gold medalists Jone Davule and Yeshnil Karan are among 11 other male athletes vying for the Sportsman of the Year award at the Fiji Sports Awards.

Lami High School’s Under-19 rugby team has had a remarkable Deans Trophy campaign and will face Queen Victoria School in the final this Saturday.

Australia’s Olympic trio Jack Robinson, Ethan Ewing and Molly Picklum have skipped the sudden-death stage in the Fiji Pro as they look to lock down a spot in the World Surf League Finals.

Emerging Australian tennis star Rinky Hijikata has secured a career-high ranking with a mighty pre-US Open comeback win at the ATP Tour event in North Carolina.

The Fiji Water Flying Fijians will have two debutants in its starting 15 tomorrow against Samoa at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva for their Pacific Nations Cup opener.

Olympic Games silver medalists Iosefo Masi and Selesitino Ravutaumada are expected to start for the Flying Fijians tomorrow when they take on Manu Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup opener.

Fiji Secondary School Rugby Union vice president Savenaca Muamua says the association has held a total of three meetings with their games committee to ensure the smooth operation of the Vodafone Deans Trophy finals this weekend.

American McCartney Kessler rallied in front of a friendly crowd , pulling off a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 upset of No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang of China in the second round of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland.

Two-times Olympic champion Armand Duplantis soared to another victory in his illustrious resume, winning the city pole vault competition to open the Lausanne Diamond League meeting.

More than 800 students will feature at the Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball tournament in Lautoka from next Thursday to Saturday.