Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 25 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Thursday morning 26 October 2023.

Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent - the Pacific Ocean.

In rugby union: World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin said on Tuesday holding the draw for the Rugby World Cup 2027 in January 2026 would be better than the current situation where the draw for RWC2023 in France was held in December 2020, leading unintentionally to a lopsided tournament.

When RWC2023 started in September the top five teams according to Test rankings - Ireland, South Africa, France, New Zealand and Scotland - were in two of the pools.

In rugby league: Pacific Championships games this weekend 28-29 October sees Big Mal’s Australian Kangaroos vs the New Zealand Kiwis and Australia vs New Zealand women at AAMI Park, Melbourne, plus the cracker at Santos Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Kumuls vs Fiji Bati.

In SportsBiz: FC Barcelona’s financial troubles continue to pile up, despite it being one of the most popular and successful teams on the field in European soccer.

At the Club’s AGM, the reigning La Liga champions announced a debt of US$1.3Billion, ongoing renovations of the Spotify Camp Nou stadium will likely add another US$1.6B in debt.
Barca also sustained an operating loss of US$212Million for the 2022-23 season. But Barcelona President Joan Laporta said the Club was in an even worse state three years ago

In football: UEFA Champions League Rd 3 scores: Galatasaray 1-3 Bayern Munich ,Inter Milan 2-1 RB Salzburg, Man United 1-0 FC Copenhagen, Sevilla 1-2 Arsenal, Lens 1-1 PSV Eindhoven, Union Berlin 0–1 Napoli, Sporting Braga 1-2 Real Madrid and Benfica 0-1 Real Sociedad.

In combat sports: “I'm going to knock him out inside six rounds. I’ll get on the front foot, high arm, catch him with a punishing jab, 120-127kg in the face. Bust him up, swell his eyes out and bang, KO. On the front foot, not running away.

“No one can take my power, nobody. These heavyweights don’t have a chance,” WBC World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury on how he plans to beat former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh Saudi Arabia this weekend.

Ahead of their showdown, both fighters posed for photos with their teams in front of fans and the media.

Fury's WBC title will not be on the line.

Ngannou will enter the ring in Riyadh for his boxing debut having conquered the MMA heavyweight scene. The Cameroonian, known for his brutal power inside the cage, left the UFC last year after winning and then retaining the UFC Heavyweight title in his final two UFC fights.

Fury is a wide favourite and the British fighter is predicting an early stoppage.

And that’s a wrap!

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