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Filomenaleonisa Iakopo blasted out of the starting blocks (third from right), before a crowd of 60,000 setting a new American Samoa National 100m Record of 12.78 and becoming the true face of American Samoa's Track and Olympic future. Iakopo has a long career ahead as she is only 18 years old. ...
NZ Black Fern, Alena Saili, signifies victory in the center of the Olympic Women Rugby Sevens Gold Medal Universe at the Paris Olympic Women’s Rugby Sevens Finals, Stade de France, Paris, France. Alena’s New Zealand Black Fern’s defeated Canada 19-12. [Photo by Barry Markowitz]
Alena Saili, a proud Samoan and New Zealand Black Fern, enjoyed sharing her 2024 Paris Olympic Rugby 7s Gold Medal with the crowd at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Alena also won Gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [photo by Barry Markowitz]
PARIS (AP) — The team manager of the top-seeded men’s heavyweight boxer at the Paris Olympics died at the athletes village in Saint-Denis.
Lionel Fatu Elika died on Friday morning local time at the village, the Oceania regional group of Olympic national committees said in a statement on behalf of...
O se va’aiga i le Tausala o le Pasefika, Moemoana Safa’ato’a Schwenke 2024-2025 (ogatotonu) ma le Tausala o Amerika Samoa, Pauliana Angelfromheaven Felise-Vitale 2024 (lona lua mai i le itu taumatau) faapea le Tausala o le Mosooi 2024, Naleigh Hudson (lona lua mai i le itu tauagavale) faatasi ma...
O se va’aiga i tausala lalelei e to’alima sa tausinio mo le pale o le “Miss Tausala America 2024” lea na fa’ataunu’uina i le fa’ai’uga o le vaiaso na se’i mavae atu nei, i le setete o Las Vegas, i Amerika. [ata foa’i]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two athletes will be competing under the American Samoa flag in next month’s 2024 Summer Olympics to be held in Paris, France — sprinter Filomenaleonisa Iakopo and swimmer Micah Masei.
This will be Filomenaleonisa’s first Olympics while Micah is the first two-time...
Gaoioi Poumele, right, joins other audience members in showering the Portland/ Vancouver Tausala Manaia dancers with money as they perform at the Samoan Festival held Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Peninsula Park in North Portland. She had three children performing in the group, ages 11, 7, and 5. [...
Tama Fanau a Nuuuli i Alaska was invited by the Polynesian Association of Alaska to participate in their 4th of July Parade in Anchorage, AK and received the Outstanding Showmanship 2024 trophy representing their beautiful village with their Manulele Tausala float. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eight fautasi long boats took to the sea for the second time this year yesterday for the Bluesky 25th Anniversary 4th of July Regatta. The race was not a smooth-glass ride for the captains and crews, with at least one fautasi out of the race before it was even held, and...