Iliesa Tora

Tonga have named their strongest lineup available for their opening game against Manu Samoa in Apia on Friday afternoon.

Former top Fijian soccer coach Gurjit Singh believes the Fiji Under-20 women's team can match the top teams at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

The seven women and six men Paralympians will represent Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Kiribati at the Games.

Bay of Plenty church pastor and Fijian community leader Patrick Rounds says it's critical in ensuring smooth transition by workers into the local environment.

Over 300 workers converged at the Blake Park in Mount Maunganui to participate in the first-ever sports festival, jointly organised by the Bay of Plenty Rugby and the NZ Kiwifruit Growers Inc.

Flanker Kitione Salawa scored a hat-trick as the Flying Fijians punished the Samoans in the second half with two of the visitors sent home with two yellow cards.

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga played first Test rugby games against each other in 1924. Audio

The Fiji Rugby Union says the Mosese Rauluni-coached side will take on Scotland on the 15th of September

A fresh round of trouble is brewing at the University of the South Pacific after the staff union voted in favour of industrial action to remove the head of the institution.

World Rugby has reinstated the Fiji Rugby Union back as a member of the governing body's council almost 15 months after it was suspended due to "governance challenges".

The Olympic Games closed in Paris, with the Pacific only managing one silver thanks to the Fijian men's sevens rugby team, who lost to host France in the final.

Opinion - The lack of finance to support rugby in the islands is the same across most of the so-called rugby developing nations, Iliesa Tora writes.

Two Pacific Island weightlifters are possible medal winners at the Paris Olympics, as the Games winds down this weekend.

Pacific athletes were in action at the Paris Olympic in several sports on Thursday, including weightlifting, wrestling, kayaking and more

Pacific athletes represent some of the smallest delegations at the Olympic Games. But to be able to compete with the best in the world offers them a unique opportunity to put their nations on the map.

Solomon Islands official clarifies procedures were followed to allow distance runner Sharon Firisua to compete at for the 100m sprint at Paris Olympics.

Teremoana, who has Cook Islands heritage through his father, lost to defending champion Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan in the super heavyweight quarterfinals on Saturday.

Pacific Islands runners, swimmers and sailors are in action this weekend.

Fijian cruiserweight boxing champion Alivereti Kauyaca has been offered the biggest fight of his life, a September date against New Zealand cruiserweight champion John Parker.

Australian superheavyweight boxer Teremoana Teremoana could become the third boxer with Pacific Island heritage to win a medal at the Olympic Games.

The Fijian women lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics on Monday, and have a m and looks set to miss the quarterfinals in the process.

Star French player Antoine Dupont scored two late second half tries and helped the side create history in front of a partisan 69,000 crowd.

To create history with a third consecutive gold medal in Paris is still a tough ask for the Fiji men's sevens team.

The Fiji men's sevens team will be taking "one game at a time" and stay focused on the legacy they want to leave behind at the Paris Olympics.

The rugby sevens competition starts two days ahead of the Opening Ceremony, with the men's category played on 24, 25 and 27 July, followed by the women's from 28-30 July.