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Pasifika sportspeople and teams made an important impact on the world stage in 2024. Audio

John Sanday has been elected as Chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union.

Former PM Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni resigned on 9 December ahead of a no-confidence motion.

Head coach Tevita Tuifua is looking for a more balanced test squad to play against top sides in 2025.

Coach says players are in better condition than they were at the same time last year ahead of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season.

The chair of the sport's governing body in the country says they have to ensure strict rules for the boxers' safety after the tragic passing of promising fighter Ubayd Haider.

Two Pacific Island athletes have lost medals they won at the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands after doping test results showed they had used performance-enhancing drugs.

Most of the swimmers - alomost three dozen from 12 island nations - recorded personal best times, while others broke old national records and set new ones in the process.

Manu Samoa Sevens won the men's final 17-12 against the Fiji Development team to claim top spot.

They defeated Australia Under-20 team 55-54 in the final Sunday evening, local time.

Pacific sevens rugby fans will turn their attention to two tournaments being held over the weekend.

The event, which has attracted seven countries and a total of 16 teams competing in the men's and women's competition, is making a return after a six-year hiatus.

Samoa and Tonga's sevens rugby teams are top contenders for qualification into the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series at this weekend's Oceania Rugby Sevens.

Two boxing officials have joined calls for tougher measures to protect Fijian boxers, following the death of the late Ubayd Haider last month.

Two young Samoan triathletes are returning home with a lot of knowledge from the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge last weekend, where they finished in the top five.

Netball Fiji has been unable to confirm details of a proposed Pacific Series with New Zealand because they do not have a chief executive officer in place yet.

Milika Nathan proved her winning skills to claim the title, coming from staying within the top eight, to upset defending world champion Anne Nunes from the USA.

Fiji Men's Sevens defeated Spain 19-5 in the final of the Dubai 7s early on Monday morning (NZ Time) in the opening stanza of the 2024/2025 HSBC Sevens Series.

"FRU will defend the right of each player to maximise their return over their playing career."

New Zealand Bowls has said over 50 of the best bowlers from 30 nations are competing at the event this week.

Osea Kolinisau says the goal for his team is to win this weekend's Dubai Sevens tournament, which kicks off the 2024/2025 World Sevens Series.

As the first day of competition came to a close on Tuesday, a number of Pacific Island reps had gone through undefeated.

The Vanuatu Rally Championship made a comeback after a three-year hiatus.

New Zealand Bowls, who hosted the event, said the week was of significant benefit both to the emerging Pacific nations but also the heavyweights, like Australia.

Haider lost to China's Australia-based fighter Runqi Zhou in an IBO Asia Pacific featherweight title bout during the South Pacific Boxing Promotions event in Nadi.