Results for Sports

Three athletes will represent Tonga at the Olympic Games in London and swimmer 'Amini Fonua is the flag bearer at the opening ceremony on, Friday July 27.

Tonga is one of two countries bidding to host the 2019 Pacific Games for the first time, and expressed its full commitment to Pacific Games Council President and Executive Director that it could ensure a successful games if they are preferred over Tahiti in October.

Tonga's Under 20 National Rugby Team left this morning, June 11 to participate in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

The 'Ikale Tahi has been an uniting factor for Tonga, the Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala told a group of 'Ikale Tahi players who left Tonga on Friday, June 1 for Japan to take part in the 2012 Pacific Nations Cup.

'Epeli Taione, a former 'Ikale Tahi player and a popular Tongan International rugby player has been elected as the new Chairman of the Tongan Rugby Union.

Mate Ma'a Tonga, Tonga's National Rugby League team beat USA Tomahawks 28-20 in an inaugural Ohana Cup Test in Honolulu, on May 12.

The outcome of the Oceania Judo Union Championship and the Oceania Judo Union Congress that was held in Cairns, Australia at the end of April raised the profile of Tonga and its sports people, said Lennie Niit, the new president of the Oceania Judo Union and one of the vice presidents of the International Judo Federation.

A new constitution for the establishment of a new Tonga Rugby Union Inc. was unanimously adopted in a special meeting of the Tonga Rugby Football Union TRFU on Saturday 28 April.

The restructuring of the Tonga Rugby Football Union will be completed by the end of May when a new board of directors will be elected to administer the new Tonga Rugby Union Inc., according 'Aminiasi Kefu, Tonga's Solicitor General and the interim Deputy Chairman of the Tonga Rugby Union authority.