Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 17 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Wednesday morning 18 October 2023.

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

In rugby league: The Rugby League 2023 Pacific Championships rolls on this weekend 21-22 October with the New Zealand Kiwis versus Toa Samoa and New Zealand versus Tonga women at Eden Park, Auckland, plus the Fiji Bati versus the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea versus Cook Islands women at Santos Stadium, Port Moresby.

In Combat sports: Only days after defending his WBO Super Welterweight title, Tim Tszyu has backed fellow Aussie, Alexander Volkanovski to upset UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev in Abu Dhabi this Sunday.

Australian boxing superstar Tszyu even suggested sharing a Las Vegas fight week with Volkanovski, the UFC Champion he describes as “an absolute beast”.

In Football: The Euro2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden was abandoned at half-time yesterday after a “terrorist attack” in Brussels left two Swedish nationals dead.

Fans were kept in the ground for security reasons and the game was halted with the score at 1-1.

The game was later “abandoned” UEFA said on its website.

Spain, Scotland, Türkiye, France, Portugal and Belgium have qualified for Euro2024, set to take place in Germany in June 2024.

In the NFL: On Sunday, the NFL played its third and final game this season in London as the Baltimore Ravens knocked off the Tennessee Titans in front of 61,011 American football-hungry fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. One day, the city could host a Super Bowl.

In November, the NFL will also play two games in Germany and in future, the NFL could also play games in Spain and Brazil, along with an expected return to Mexico.

In SportsBiz: Lionel Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami brought the eyes of the world on MLS. Now, they are taking the USA’s most popular football team out to international fans in an effort to grow their global appeal.

Next month, Inter Miami will play two exhibition games in China as part of the Club’s first-ever international tour.

Inter Miami failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, which will extend through early December. The Club’s final match of the regular season is Saturday against Charlotte FC.

Finally in rugby union: Embattled Wallabies Head Coach, Eddie Jones faced the media in Sydney yesterday for a post-mortem of the RWC2023.

Jones was asked if he regretted returning to coach Australia at the start of the year, who he coached between 2001-05.

“I always knew this was going to be hard. The only thing I regret is probably telling the press to give themselves an uppercut,” he said.

“Look, it probably wasn’t the wisest thing to say but sometimes you say things in the heat of the moment that you regret.”

“I probably need to give myself an uppercut, don’t I,” Jones said.

No don’t do that Eddie.

And that’s a wrap!

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