Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 05 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Friday morning 06 October 2023.

Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

In Rugby: The Pacific Championships are almost upon us, giving rugby league fans a taste of international rugby league, only days after the NRL grand final.

Australia, New Zealand and Samoa will compete for the Cup competition, whileTonga takes on England in a three-Test series.

Meanwhile, Fiji, Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea will do battle for the Bowl. Each of the smaller nations are yet to announce their squads as they scramble for funds and star players after another hectic NRL season.

In Football: UEFA Champions League key results: Leipzig 1-3 defending Champions Manchester City, Celtic 1-2 Lazio and Newcastle 4-1 PSG, Barcelona 1-0 FC Porto.

Earlier Manchester United 2-3 Galatasaray, Copenhagen 1-2 Bayern Munich, Lens 2-1 Arsenal, Napoli 2-3 Real Madrid, PSV 2-2 Sevilla, Inter 1-0 Benfica

In SportsBiz: Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is easily still the wealthiest owner in US pro sports, topping Forbes’ rankings for a ninth consecutive year with an estimated net worth of US$101Billion — a 21.7% jump from a year ago, and built mainly on his Microsoft stock.

Second-ranked on the list is Denver Broncos owner Rob Walton with US$67.4B. Lining up behind Walton is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Dan Gilbert third at US$21.3B, the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC’s David Tepper on US$20.6B and the New York Mets’ Steve Cohen rounding out the Top 5 with US$19.8B.

Earlier this year, Josh Harris led a US$6.05B purchase of the Washington Commanders that set a new record for the largest-ever sale of a pro sports team.

In Combat sports: Subject to confirmation, Canelo Alvarez earned US$6Million guaranteed and 60% of the pay-per-view share, estimated at US$18M - $30M for his showdown against Jermell Charlo last weekend.

While Charlo got US$1.5M guaranteed and 40% of the PPV share, say US$4.5M for running all night.

Finally, only in the Solomon Islands: Honiara is just a month out from hosting the biggest sporting event in the region, but controversial contracts have overshadowed the Pacific Games.

The latest one being - a multimillion-dollar contract to supply toilet paper was awarded to – wait for it - a barbershop.

"It's hard to see how a barbershop gets a contract and it's prompted people to ask who the other bidders were," Youth activist Regina Lepping told Pacific Beat.

And that’s a wipe, I mean a wrap!

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