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Kobe, JAPAN — Samoa's hopes of reaching the World Cup quarter-finals suffered a body blow on Monday when they were beaten 34-0 by Scotland but coach Steve Jackson says his side are still in with a shout of advancing from Pool A.
Scotland scored two tries in either half, the latter two coming when...
Utulei, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Rowing Association (ASRA) has successfully launched coastal rowing in American Samoa, having just completed the very first ever coastal rowing camp in the region. The 7-day camp, which was funded by World Rowing (FISA), involved daily early-morning and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium, head coach Sua’ese Pooch Ta’ase and his Faga’itua Vikings silenced the roar of the Leone Lions with a 44-20 victory, during the third week of the 2019-2020 ASHSAA High School Football season.
Coverage of ASHSAA football is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the American Samoa High School Athletics Association (ASHSAA) kicked off its 2nd week of football action with the official opening of the Junior Varsity season the evening prior — Friday — during which Faga’itua won 32-8...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa High School Athletics Association (ASHSAA) officially opened its 2019-2020 high school football season this past Saturday morning at Veterans Memorial Stadium with showdowns that lived up to the hype.
Before the teams fielded, ASHSAA held its annual...
Apia, SAMOA — Manu Samoa have been forced into a last minute change to their Rugby World Cup squad with Ponsonby halfback Pelefofoga Cowley called up to replace Scott Malolua, who has been ruled out for eight weeks after dislocating his shoulder.
Malolua made his test debut in Saturday's 34-15...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — David Pocock made a successful return as the Wallabies bade farewell to Australia with a 34-15 victory over Samoa at Western Sydney Stadium on Saturday in their final match before the Rugby World Cup.
Flanker Pocock, sidelined by injury for most of the year and playing his first...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Thirteen-year-old Olivia Selemaia and former All Black Sevens captain DJ Forbes have issued each other a challenge.
The pair met and got to hang out together at the Pacific Games in Samoa in July. Forbes was there as athlete support for the New Zealand team, and Selemaia was...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame announced today the 2019 Watch List for the Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year Award. The Award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior high school football player of Polynesian ancestry. The Watch List is composed...
Apia, SAMOA — Pacific Games boxing hero, Nuuuli Livai, is a free man except for the 300 hours of community work he must do for the Samoa Victim Support Group.
But the next time he is convicted of burglary and theft, he is going to do prison time at Tanumalala Prison.
Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani...