Results for Sports

Tonga's ‘Ikale Tahi will battle it out with Japan's Brave Blossoms for the third and fourth places in the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup PNC at the Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada at 11.00am, Monday 3 August (Tonga time 7:00am, 4 August).

Tonga's star sprinter Tomasi Ma’asi is into the Finals this week after winning the 100m and 200m sprints in his division at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, USA.

Four Tongan athletes are competing for the first time at the Special Olympics World Summer Games that held its opening ceremony on 25 July in Los Angeles.

A few changes have been made to the ‘Ikale Tahi squad to play Canada today, Friday 24 July in Vancouver, its second game in the Pacific Nations Cup 2015.

The ‘Ikale Tahi team to meet the Flying Fiji on Satuday, was announced this morning, 16 July, in Suva, Fiji.

Fifty nine Tongan athletes who were left behind at the airport on Tuesday, will depart Tonga tomorrow morning on a charter flight to Nadi, hoping to get connecting flights for Papua New Guinea in time to participate in the Pacific Games 2015. Only 19 have seats on connecting flights.

The ‘Ikale Tahi squad for the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup in Fiji and Canada was announced by Tonga Rugby Union this week.

Tonga settled for fourth place in the World Rugby U20s Trophy after a hard fought campaign that ended with a loss to Uruguay 43-44 on 24 May in Lisbon.

A new national sports institute is expected to start training young athletes in July this year, at the Tonga National Centre in Tofoa, Tongatapu.