Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 01 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Monday morning 01 July 2024 where it is cloudy and 22 degrees Celsius at 5am.
 
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
 
In Rugby Union: On the sidelines of the Special General Meeting of the Fiji Rugby Union in Suva on Saturday, it was revealed that every player in the Flying Fijians squad at the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France was paid F$169,000 in allowances, including a small bonus for making the quarterfinals.
 
WOW, wow and wow! That’s a dream come true for all Pacific Island rugby players.
 
As Bob Dylan once sang, “Times they are a changing!”
 
In rugby league: The Sydney Roosters ORIGIN II stars - Angus Crichton, Spencer Leniu, Connor Watson and Lindsay Collins backed up to deliver an impressive 40-6 win over Wests Tigers, to celebrate Trent Robinson’s 300th game as an NRL coach.
 
While Benji Marshall’s pride had two players sent to the sin bin.

In other NRL games yesterday: The Dragons zapped the Dolphins 0-26 in Illawarra, no in Kograh Oval and the Cowboys 16-6 the Panthers in Sydney.
 
And in football – EURO 2024 results this morning: Slovakia 1-2 England in extra time, Spain 4-1 Georgia. Our world famous tips for other EURO2024 games:  France to Mbappo Belgium, Portugal to slacko Slovenia, Netherlands to ribeye Romania and Austria to roast Turkiye.
 
Switzerland and Germany are already into the quarters; now joined by England and Spain.
 
In the Paris Olympic Games: “What a ride! My Olympic journey has come to an end, and with it, my Australian rugby career,” Michael Hooper said in a statement via social media yesterday, after missing out on selection for the Mens Australian rugby 7s team to the Paris Olympics.
 
Hooper – now 32, holds the record for the most caps as Australia Captain, played 125 Tests — 69 of them as skipper of the Wallabies.

In Combat Sports: Brazilian Alex Pereira has re-established himself as the man to beat in the UFC Light Heavyweight division, flattening Jiri Prochazka in a stunning second-round knockout to end their UFC303 clash in Las Vegas in explosive fashion.
 
Prochazka, who boasted 26 knockouts of his own heading into yesterday’s fight, was no match for the champion.

And a bit of US Women’s Basketball trivia for you – did you know that there are 42 out LGBTQ+ players in the WNBA?

And there could be another new addition, after Las Vegas Aces star Rookie Kate Martin introduced her “gorgeous, stunning and perfect” girlfriend on social media.

Oh so sweet!

And that’s a wrap peeps!
 
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Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mass for all your love and support.
 
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