Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 08 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Monday morning 09 October 2023.

Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Results from the last round of pool games at the RWC2023 in France:
· Fiji 23-24 Portugal
· Tonga 45-24 Romania
· Japan 27-39 Argentina
· Ireland 36-14 Scotland
· Samoa 17-18 England
· Wales 43-19 Georgia
· France 60-7 Italy
· New Zealand 73-0 Uruguay

So the RWC2023 quarter-finals are:
· Sun Oct 15 2AM Q-F1: Wales vs Argentina in Marseille
6AM Q-F2: Ireland vs New Zealand in Paris
· Mon Oct 16 2AM Q-F3: England vs Fiji in Marseille
6AM Q-F4: France vs South Africa in Paris

In rugby league: Penrith star fullback, Dylan Edwards has been added to the Kangaroos squad for the Pacific Championship in the wake of Josh Addo-Carr copping a two-game suspension for his involvement in a brawl at the Koori Knockout last week.

Australia will play Samoa on October 14 and New Zealand on October 28.

In Football: At Kenilworth Road, Micky van de Ven’s first goal for Ange Postecoglou, soon after the interval, clinched unbeaten Tottenham’s sixth win in eight league games, to sit two points clear, top of the EPL ahead of second placed Manchester City, who play title rivals Arsenal today.

In Combat sports: Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico and now fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Mendoza (22-2, 16 KOs) scored one of this year’s biggest upsets in April with a sensational one-punch knockout in round seven of the previously unbeaten Sebastian Fundora, solidifying his status at 154 pounds and capturing the interim WBC title.

But undefeated Aussie Champ, Tim Tszyu says, “This is my time and my division now.”

In SportsBiz: From January 2021 to July 2023, Saudi Arabia spent at least US$6.3Billion on sports, according to data from The Guardian.

And what is evident is that the Arab Kingdom isn’t just targeting mainstream sports like football, boxing and golf, but investing in almost every code you can imagine – from motorsports to horseracing, mixed martial arts to handball and tennis to chess.

WWE wrestling events have been held in the nation since 2014, while the Saudis have even turned their attention to winter sports, reviving the Asian Winter Games that have been dormant since 2017, with a promise to host it in 2029.

When money is no object, even the weather isn’t a problem.

And that’s a wrap!

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