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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Utah’s Alissa Pili, right, poses for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected by the Minnesota Lynx during the first round of the WNBA basketball draft on Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. Pili is Inupiaq and Samoan, and has developed a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 16 teams competing in the upcoming 5th Coca Cola Marist Pago Flag Day International Sevens 2024 Tournament were drawn into four pools of four on Pool Draw Night last Saturday evening at the DDW Restaurant in Utulei.
The dinner/ open bar formal island style event...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Barbarian Brothers came agonizingly close to a clean sweep of the three-leg ASRU McDonnell Dowell Rugby Sevens Tournament last Saturday against the Islanders, but it was not to be.
After defeating Avele 26-5 in the first leg, the Barbarians continued their dominant...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Barbarians repeated their winning ways last Saturday, defeating Bula Fiji to take the second leg of the ASRU McConnell Dowell Sevens Tournament at Kanana Fou field, in Ottovile.
With two of the three-leg tourney already under their belt, the Barbarians have secured...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bodybuilders Stanley Iakopo and Tilali Scanlan were named Mr. American Samoa and Ms. American Samoa last Saturday night at the culmination of the 8th Annual Sau Ia Bodybuilding Championships held at the Tradewinds Hotel.
The event began with a prayer by Pastor David...
Hong Kong, SAR CHINA — HSBC Hong Kong SVNS is underway at the stadium in Happy Valley in Hong Kong.
New Zealand’s Cody Vai runs away from a diving Joaquin Pellandini of Argentina, He scored the All Black Sevens fourth and final try in Pool play at the HSBC SVNS HKG on April 5, 2024 in Hong Kong...
Apia, SAMOA — Former NFL All-Pro and 4-time Super Bowl champion with the San Francisco 49ers, Seiuli Jesse Sapolu, was one of the guest speakers during the Inaugural Induction Ceremony of the Pasifika Rugby Hall of Fame in Auckland, New Zealand last Thursday.
Established in 2023, the Pasifika Rugby...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first leg of the American Samoa Rugby Union (ASRU) McConnell Dowell 7s Tournament kicked off last Saturday at the Kanana Fou field, to determine the four local teams that will compete in the upcoming 5th Cocoa Cola Marist Pago Flag Day International Rugby Sevens...
Apia, SAMOA — This past week, Manu Samoa 7s player, Faafaoi Falaniko, married Akenese Ioane from Leauvaa. This is the second Manu Samoa 7s player wedding this past month.
Elisapeta Alofipo will be marrying his bride, Site Tuioti Mariner (Salelologa, Savaii), after the Hong Kong 7s, but before...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's flag was flying high and proud in Glasgow, Scotland recently, officially acknowledging the participation of Filomenaleonisa Iakopo in the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Turning 18 on February 10, just a few weeks prior to the World Champs,...