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Team Fiji athletes to depart today

June 30, 2015 6:54 pm

The first batch of Team Fiji athletes will depart the country tonight to Papua New Guinea for the Pacific Games.

226 athletes and officials in 12 sports will fly out from Nadi Airport at 7pm.

The basketball, football, and table tennis competitions get underway on Friday, despite the opening ceremony being held the following day.

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The squad will assemble at the ANZ Stadium car park at midday before travelling down to Nadi Airport.

Another 209 athletes and officials will fly out on July 7th to PNG.