Tonga's debutants Rugby Leage 9s team ended their Pacific Game's journey with a silver medal, after a defeat to Cook Islands 8-16 last night, 22 November.
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Thursday 23 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The women's basketball team, clinched their inaugural Pacific Games victory with just six players on the court, on Tuesday, 21 November, in pool play, but was later defeated by Fiji in the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, in a Men's Basketball showdown on Saturday, 18 November, Tonga secured a nail-biting 82-80 victory over New Caledonia.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tonga Women's Rugby league 9's team made an epic debut at the Pacific games, beating some of the well known teams in a back-to-back wins over Vanuatu 16-0, Fiji 14-8, and Solomon 16-6, at the games, in Solomon Islands on 20 November.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tonga Table Tennis' para team, Siaosi Vaka, Luani Moekakiola and Meleane Falemaka won a total of five bronze medals at the ITTF-Oceania Para Championships.
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Tuesday 21 November 2023
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
First medals for Tonga at the Pacific Games 2023 were won by Yasmin 'Aho (Men -100kg) and Sailosi 'Ealelei (Men +100kg) with their bronze medals in judo yesterday in Solomon Islands.
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Friday 17 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In a ground-breaking achievement for Tonga, the Tonga Wrestling Federation (TWF) marked its debut at the Oceania Wrestling Championship in Australia this year. The historic moment unfolded with Langi Sateki putting his name down in Tongan sports history as the nation's first international medallist in wrestling.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Australia is supporting Solomon Islands to host a safe and successful 2023 Pacific Games through a $17 million Pacific Games Partnership and additional personnel deployments, made at the request of the Solomon Islands Government.
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Monday 13 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's national sports team “Timi Tonga” for the 17th Pacific Games began arriving in Honiara, Solomon Islands, today, six days ahead of the official opening there on Sunday 19 November.
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Friday 10 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A team of NRL talent agents from a New Zealand sports management agency, is currently in Tongatapu, meeting and attending training with students from different secondary schools. During their short visit, two students from Tupou College Toloa were offered Rugby League scholarships to study and play in New Zealand. Among the five-member talent scouts is Tonga’s only accredited NRL player agent, Amon Ta’akimoeaka.
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Thursday 9 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eleven athletes will join the Tonga Athletics Team to attend the Pacific Games 2023 in Solomon Islands later this month. The five men and six women athletes come from Tonga, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. The Pacific Games also serves as an Olympic qualifier for Paris in 2024.
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Tuesday 7 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 15-member Tonga Table Tennis Federation (TTTF) National Team for the 2023 Pacific Games consists of five officials and 11 athletes, including three para-athletes.
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Friday 3 November 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
TASANOC - the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee, received a $600,000 pa'anga cheque from the Tonga government, yesterday 2 November, to fund the national teams going to regional competitions. The Pacific Games and SOL2023, are coming up from 19 November – 2 December in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Tuesday 10 October 2023
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Lille, France
Toutai Kefu has finished his seven-year stint as coach of the 'Ikale Tahi saying that for the future what the Tongan national rugby team needs most is the provision of more preparation time together and more games.
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Monday 9 October 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 'Ikale Tahi earned its first win of the Rugby World Cup 2023 this morning (Tonga time) with a big win 45-24 over Romania in the last game of Pool B, in Lille, France. Seven tries for Tonga and three for Romania made an entertaining match for the excited and nearly full house at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
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Tuesday 3 October 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Ambassador for Women in Football, Lositika Feke, a 20 year-old striker of the national women’s football team, the Mataliki, returned from a sports diplomatic programme in Sydney, during the FIFA Women's Football World Cup. She was funded by the British High Commissioner in Tonga, who visited the Tonga Football Academy last week.
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Tuesday 3 October 2023
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Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane is set to host the 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for the first time, in a three days competition, with teams also competing for an Olympic qualification, starting 10-12 November, at the Ballymore Stadium. The women’s Olympic section of the tournament will feature Tonga, and seven other Pacific islands countries, vying for the sole qualification spot to Paris 2024.
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Monday 2 October 2023
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Marseille, France
The 'Ikale Tahi managed three tries in a loss to the Springboks in a hard contest this morning.
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Tuesday 26 September 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Oceania Sport Education Program (OSEP) has conducted training courses for team managers and trainers in Tonga, this month, held at TASANOC, in Haveluloto.
Wednesday 20 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Kolomotu’a ‘Ikales departed Fua’amotu Airport last night to participate in a Mondial Amateur Rugby Club (MARC) World Cup in France from 23-24 September.
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Tuesday 19 September 2023
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Pape'ete, Tahiti
Tonga's Young Mataliki players are still in the run for the semi-finals after their second match ended in a 2-2 draw with New Caledonia, at the OFC U-16 Women's Championship yesterday in Tahiti.
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