Results for Sports

A relieved Tonga’s Rugby 7’s team has won a bronze medal at the 2013 Pacific Mini-Games in Wallis Island (‘Uvea) after defeating Papua New Guinea 19 -12 on Wednesday. Samoa took gold after defeating Fiji 31-12.

A Tongan-Australian mixed-martial arts fighter Soa “the Hulk” Palelei, knocked out an opponent in a major Ultimate Fighter Championship (UFC) event in Wisconsin, America on Saturday August 31.

A former Tonga Under-18 lock forward from Vava’u, Vaea Fifita, made his debut for the Wellington Lions last night in New Zealand's provincial rugby competition, the ITM Cup.

The Friendly Islands Triathlete FIT was represented at the inaugural Samoa Half Iron Man at Apia on 10 August by Takeshi Igarashi, Heitini Lelenoa and Kantaro Oishi.

Tonga's ‘Ikale Tahi will play Romania, France and Wales this November, during a European tour organised by the International Rugby Board (IRB) for second-tier rugby nations.

One of Britain’s top professional rugby clubs, North London’s Saracens FC have formed a partnership with Tonga’s very own Toa Saracens RFC, and will help support the local club with a Rugby Academy.

Liahona High School won the Tonga Secondary Schools 1st XV rugby grand-final after defeating Tonga College ‘Atele 22 – 15, in a tightly contested match at Teufaiva Stadium on August 1.

The finals of the Tongatapu Secondary Schools Rugby are going ahead quietly this week at the Teufaiva Stadium, but without the crowds of spectators who are not allowed to attend, in order to prevent any school fights. Meanwhile, Tupou College has decided not to contest the finals and has ceded Grades 1 and 2.

Tonga’s Kau Mai netball campaign has attracted 55 teams who have registered in Vava’u since its launch there last Saturday 22 June, in a programme that tackles obesity in Tonga, where over 90 percent of the adult population are over-weight.