Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 12 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Friday morning 13 October 2023.

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

OK here we go - our world famous tips for the RWC2023 quarter-finals: On Sunday at 3AM in Q-F1, we tip Wales to weewillywonka Argentina in Marseille, at 7AM in Q-F2 we tip New Zealand to zuckerberg Ireland in Paris.

On Monday at 3AM in Q-F3, of course we tip Fiji to fantasia England in Marseille and at 7AM in Q-F4 we tip France to fandango South Africa in Paris.

In rugby league: Rugby League 2023 Pacific Championships next weekend 21-22 October: Australia vs Samoa men and Australia vs New Zealand women at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville.

Plus Papua New Guinea Kumuls vs Cook Islands and Samoa vs Fiji women at Santos Stadium, Port Moresby.

In Football SportsBiz: France’s Ligue 1 is in the final season of its current media rights deals and wants to boost its financial value exponentially with new contracts.

BeIN Sports currently has Ligue 1’s media rights for broadcasts outside of France, for which it pays US$85Million annually. Ligue 1 would like that number to triple.

In an effort to increase what its games are worth to broadcasters, the league is considering playing regular-season games in the US.

In Combat sports: In huge news for UFC Featherweight King, Alexander Volkanovski, he has been catapulted into a Lightweight title showdown against reigning champion, Islam Makhachev at UFC294 next Sunday.

The Aussie fan favourite comes into the Abu Dhabi event as a late replacement for Brazilian Charles Oliveira, who has been ruled out after being seriously cut during a sparring session.

Seriously cut himself shaving?

And that’s a wrap!

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