Four countries, including the host Samoa, are competing in the 2018 International Tennis Federation Juniors East Pacific Regional Championships. The tournament commences on Monday 9th April, 2018. The teams are Tonga, American Samoa, Cook Islands and Tahiti.
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Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre in the Gold Coast, Australia, came to a standstill twice while the Samoan flag was hoisted. It was a proud moment for all Samoans alike, as Sanele Mao and Feagaiga Stowers, stood among the world’s best lifters to receive their gold medals from the Commonwealth Games.
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Samoa’s golden weightlifters have returned. Feagaiga Stowers and Sanele Mao touched down at the Faleolo International Airport this morning. They could not hold back their tears as they shared with the Samoa Observer their journey to scooping a gold medal each at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Wesley College reigned supreme during the Zone D Secondary Schools 15’s Rugby competition on Friday last week. They defeated arch rivals, Leulumoega Fou College, 12-3 in the finals.
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Netball Samoa kicked-off their 2018 National Netball League tournament last week Saturday at the National University of Samoa gymnasium.
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Samoa has missed out on a third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Samoa’s final lifter Lauititi Lui had to settle for a silver medal in men's 105kg-plus division.
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Samoa’s Feagaiga Stowers capitalised on transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard’s withdrawal from the women’s over 90 kilograms weightlifting event to claim victory at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Scotland's Duncan Scott put a dampener on Australia's swimming resurgence when he upset Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers to win the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
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Sanele Mao has won Samoa’s first gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Mao reigned supreme in the final of the 105kg mens division during the Weightlifting on day five of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre.
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Football Federation Samoa celebrated the International Day of Sports Development and Peace on Saturday at Tuana’imato.
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Samoa’s medal drought at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast has finally been broken thanks to Don Opeloge and the Samoa Weightlifting Federation.
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Volleyball Samoa Federation National League tournament is getting more competitive, with teams putting on a tough performance. This week kicked off round seven of the weekly tournament at the Samoa Independence Seventh Day Adventist Church hall at Fugalei.
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Team Samoa remains medal-less at the Commonwealth Games after Samoa’s best hope yet failed to make the podium. Weightlifter Nevo Ioane and his team decided to take a lift to secure gold medal which he failed.
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Tony Finau's last 24 hours included a little bit of everything: Pain. Embarrassment. Concern. Relief. Determination. Excitement.
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After five consecutive weeks of Secondary School Rugby Championships in the Zone A region, two top teams have been finalised.
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Samoa’s weightlifter, Lauititi Lui, led the Team Samoa during the athletes’ parade at the opening of the XXI Commonwealth Games 2018.
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Ten international swimmers and one local team from Saoluafata are set to take on the Apolima Strait Swim Race today.
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Flora Duffy left no doubt about her status as a two-time world champion and the No. 1-ranked woman in triathlon. The Bermuda athlete, who started competing in triathlons when she was just seven years old, won the sprint race Thursday by 43 seconds to take the first gold medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games.
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Vaimea Primary School dominated the 2018 Faleata Primary Schools Netball tournament earlier last month. They won both the senior and intermediate divisions, with their junior team claiming second place behind Vaigaga Primary School.
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Prince Charles delivered a message from Queen Elizabeth II to officially open the Commonwealth Games before fireworks exploded on cue. The opening ceremony finished on a brighter note than the way it started Wednesday night, when a heavy rain shower drenched fans in the stadium.
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England captain Dylan Hartley will miss the rugby tour of South Africa in June because of concussion. Hartley hasn't played since he took a head knock on March 17 in the last round of the Six Nations against Ireland at Twickenham.
The Samoa Boxing team has brought home the Governor’s Cup after winning the American Samoa Flag Day 2018 Championship Boxing last weekend.
An estimated 2 million people celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' long-awaited first Super Bowl win will descend on the city Thursday as the Vince Lombardi trophy is paraded through five miles of jubilant fans.
FIFA has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup.
Former NBA forward Rasual Butler and his wife were killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Los Angeles early Wednesday.
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