Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 09 Episode 74 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Thursday morning 20 June 2024.
 
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
 
In Rugby Union: Video footage posted on social media from Churchill Park in Lautoka yesterday, shows Selestino Ravutaumada bursting through weak Australian defence for the Fiji Men’s 7s Team to score typical Ravutaumada long range tries in two trial games yesterday.
 
Iosefo Masi has been there before so – will they both be going to Paris?
 
Meanwhile, the World Rugby 7s Repechage Tournament in Monaco this weekend serves as the final qualification for the Paris Olympics. Women’s Teams: Argentina, China, Czechia, Hong Kong China, Kenya, Jamaica, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Samoa and Uganda.
 
And the Men’s Teams are: Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Spain, Tonga and Uganda.
 
In rugby league: “If I had any doubts or I was scared, I wouldn’t pull on the Queensland jersey.” Maroons fullback Reece Walsh has vowed not to take a backward step in ORIGIN II next Wednesday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
 
In EURO 2024 yesterday: Turkey 3-1 Georgia in Dortmund and Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic.
 
Today: Croatia 2-2 Albania in Hamburg, Germany 2-0 Hungary in Stuttgart and Scotland vs Switzerland in Cologne still to play.
 
 
In the NBA: The 2024 NBA Champions – Boston Celtic’s payroll of US$184Million ranked fourth, according to Spotrac, trailing only the Warriors, Clippers and Suns. 
 
As is often the case for newly minted champions, though, maintaining current pay levels is not an option.

Already, the Celtics have more than US$192M in contract obligations for next season. 
Star forward Jayson Tatum is eligible for a supermax contract extension that would pay him US$315M over five years, with teammate Jaylen Brown’s five-year, US$304M deal signed last summer, a new NBA record.

In UFC: Kiwi-Nigerian former UFC Champion Israel Adesanya is favored to become a UFC champion again.
 
Sportsbetting currently has Adesanya as a slight favorite in his upcoming fight against UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis in UFC305 on 17 August in Perth, Western Australia.
 
And that’s a wrap peeps!
 
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