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Tonga's team, supporting its first winter Olympian Luger Bruno Banani, will march on Friday night in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games (or the 22nd Winter Olympics) at 8:00pm in Sochi, Russia, (Tongan time 5:14am -8:14am Saturday February 8) at the Fisht Olympic Stadium.

Bruno Banani, Tonga's first ever winter Olympian, to compete in Luge in Sochi, Russia, next week will wear a flamboyant snow proof uniform, sponsored by German firm Bogner.

Tonga A's first match in this year’s 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup is against Samoa A in Sydney on March 4.

Cyclone warnings and rain was not enough to deter crowds from attending the final of Tonga’s premier rugby club tournament, the 2014 Lavengamalie Cup at a packed Teufaiva Stadium on Saturday January 11. Toloa Old Boys, who failed to convert four of their five tries, won a cash prize of $35,000.

Tongan luger Bruno Banani has qualified to compete at the 22nd Winter Olympics in February next year in Sochi, Russia. He becomes Tonga's first winter olympian.

The Tonga team has won nine medals at the Special Olympics 2013 Asia Pacific Games that ended last week in Newcastle, Australia. The eight athletes are expected tp return to Tonga early Tuesday morning, Dcember 10. A celebratory march will be held in Nuku'alofa, organised by a Special Olympics Committee leaving from the Tonga Red Cross Offices on Hala Taufa'ahau at 9:00am. A program will be held at the Digicel Christmas Tree Square at 10:00am.

Tonga has won six medals including three gold medals won by winning sprinter Tomasi Ma’asi at the Special Olympics 2013, Asia Pacific Games, that ended in Newcastle, Australia today.

Digicel Tonga presented the Special Olympics Tonga Association (SOTA) with $2,000 cash to support eight Tongan athletes to the Asia Pacific Games in Newcastle, Australia next week.

The ‘Ikale Tahi will play the third and last game of their European tour this week, November 22 in Cardiff, Wales.