Suva Tennis is ramping up efforts to uncover and nurture young tennis talent across Fiji through an expanded school outreach program.

This year’s Perth 7s is set to break new ground, with the women’s cup final taking centre stage as the weekend’s closing match.

Carlos Alcaraz was impressed with his level early in his bid to complete a career Grand Slam after an imperfect but entertaining 6-1 7-5 6-1 win over Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko to ease into the Australian Open second round on Monday.

The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua are seizing every opportunity to test their footing ahead of their Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific season and are particularly excited about their participation in the 13th McDonald’s Fiji Coral Coast 7s this Thursday.

Fiji Men’s 7s Coach Osea Kolinisau is focused on maintaining his team’s top position in the World Rugby Sevens Series standings after an impressive start to the season.

From taking up the sport of cricket at the request of a friend, Maca Kaloudonu has managed to represent the country at the international stage, and has even helped national coaches with coaching duties over the past decade.

Twice champion Naomi Osaka avenged last year’s loss to Caroline Garcia at the Australian Open on Monday but admitted it was difficult to focus on the match considering her home is in danger of being burnt down by the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles.

Nick Kyrgios said his straight sets defeat to Jacob Fearnley in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday may have been his last singles match at the Grand Slam given his growing frustrations with injury.

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced his retirement from boxing on Monday after losing his rematch for WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk last month.

Novak Djokovic was seriously rattled early on by inspired American teenager Nishesh Basavareddy but rallied for a 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory to keep his bid for an 11th Australian Open title alive into the second round.

The Australian 7s select team admits that while the weather will not be in their favour they are always up for a good challenge.

Fiji Rakavi Football Union Chair John Sanday says he will take full responsibility if anything goes wrong during his four-year term in office.