Results for Sports

A six-member Tonga Pacific Games Organizing Committee including a Chief Executive Officer is expected to be confirmed by the end of this month, said Lopeti Senituli the CEO of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on June 6.

The Tongan U20’s team has stumbled in the opener of the Junior World Rugby Trophy with a 24 – 6 loss to Canada yesterday.

"We want to take the Pacific Nations Cup back to Tonga this year," the captain of the 'Ikale Tahi, Nili Latu said after they beat the Japanese Cherry Blossoms 27-17 at the Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama on May 25.

The Pacific Nations Cup will commence this Saturday May 25, with the ‘Ikale Tahi taking on Japan’s “Brave Blossoms” in Yokohama, Japan.

The Tongan Sevens team has failed to qualify as a “Core Team” for the 2013-14 Sevens World Series.

The Tonga Rugby Union's 'Epeli Taione told Matangi Tonga on May 7 that a move by some members of the board to remove him as the TRU Chairman along with the TRU Chief Executive Officer, 'Emeline Tuita was unlawful and unconstitutional.

The 'Ikale Tahi has announced its 39 man squad for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup. The tournament is set to kick off on May 25 with Tonga taking on Japan in Yokohama.

The Mate Ma’a Tonga has undoubtedly achieved one of its best victories to date after scolding fierce rivals Toa Samoa 36 – 4. The “Die for Tonga” ran in seven tries against the “Brave Samoans” in a bruising encounter at Penrith, Australia, on Saturday night, April 20.

Four young Tongan athletes will travel to China next year to represent Tonga at the Youth Olympic Games 2014 in the city of Nanjing.