Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 11 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Friday morning 12 July 2024 where like yesterday, it is mostly cloudy and a cool 21 degrees Celsius at 5am.
 
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
 
In Rugby Union: Our world famous tips for this weekend: Tonga to tango Italy, USA to joebiden Scotland, Canada to canelo Romania, Samoa to sambo Spain, New Zealand to nutella England, Australia to wagga Wales, Japan to junglejuice Georgia, South Africa to savlon Ireland and Argentina to puma France.
 
In Rugby League: Tevita Pangai Junior delivered his best performance since returning to the NRL, with physicality and aggression from the opening whistle, tormenting the South Sydney Rabbitohs defence.
 
With his hard running and equally imposing work on defence, the 117kg Tongan enforcer scored a try in a damaging first-half blitz, that set the tone for a much-needed 36-28 win in Redcliffe, as both teams scored six tries apiece.
 
In Football: At the Copa America, ten-man Colombia defeated Uruguay 0-1 to reach the final of the Copa America for the first time in 23 years after an ill-tempered semi-final that ended with chaotic scenes spilling into the stands. Lionel Messi and Argentina await them after their 2-0 win over Canada.
 
At Wimbledon: Tennis fans witnessed one of the most entertaining but emotionally-draining matches in the tournament’s history as Jasmine Paolini continued her breakout season by edging a devastated Donna Vekic in the first women’s semi-final.
 
Paolini joined a very short list, which includes only the greatest players in modern tennis history, by backing up her runner-up French Open finish and making another slam final with a 2-6 6-4 7-6 win.

The near three-hour epic was the longest women’s semi-final ever played at the All England Club and secured the Italian a place in the final against Barbora Krejcikova, who upset tournament favourite Elena Rybakina 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In Combat Sports: NRL exile, Curtis Scott has the potential to equal Paul Gallen’s hyped A$1Million crossover payday if he knocks out Kiwi-Samoan warrior, Sonny Bill Williams – with the Scott team suggesting only the former All Black and NRL star’s fear of being kayoed by a far smaller man, would stop the fight from happening.
 
In the Paris Olympic Games: The Paris Olympics already has one gold medal in the bag before it begins, with 8.6 million tickets sold – a record for any Games.
 
“It’s a record held by the 1996 Atlanta Games of 8.3 million tickets, and we’ve already passed that total now some time ago,” the 2024 Games organisers said yesterday.
 
They also forecast total ticket sales rising to 10 million for the sporting extravaganza, and 3.4 million for the Paralympics staged immediately afterwards.
 
Paris is hosting the Olympic Games for a third time, a record shared with London, two of the world’s most popular tourist destinations.
 
In the WNBA: Caitlin Clark posted the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history to help rally Indiana to an 83-78 victory over New York on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, snapping the Fever’s nine-game losing streak to the Liberty.
 
Clark finished with 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds for Indiana. 

“Obviously, it’s really cool,” Clark said. “My teammates have been finishing the ball really, really at a high rate. My assist numbers, that’s because of them.”
 
You go girl!
 
That’s a wrap peeps!
 
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