Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua has named his match-day 23 to face Chile in Pool D at Stade de Bordeaux on Saturday, with Australia’s top points scorer at Rugby World Cup 2019, Christian Leali’ifano, starting at fly-half.

South Africa’s World Cup title defence suffered a major blow when hooker Malcolm Marx was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with a long-term knee injury as coach Jacques Nienaber delayed naming a replacement in the squad.

Chile coach Pablo Lemoine resisted the urge to make too many adjustments to the team for their Pool D Rugby World Cup match against Samoa on Saturday with four changes as they bid to bounce back from an opening defeat by Japan.

The Wallabies have confirmed Taniela Tupou has suffered a minor hamstring injury, set to miss the Test against Fiji.

Jeronimo Portela will follow in his father’s footsteps and play in the Rugby World Cup after being named at flyhalf by coach Patrice Lagisquet for Portugal’s Pool C fixture against Wales at Stade de Nice on Saturday.

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.