20 July 2019, Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Filimaua Hala won a Gold medal for Samoa in the boxing Super Heavyweight 91+ division in Savaii yesterday but his father Oliveta Hala could not make the trip across to Savaii to watch him fight. Filmaua beat Tongan boxer Lavemai Sepasitino in Samoa’s clean sweep at the Don […]
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Samoa Men’s Volleyball Team Playing for Bronze
20 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. The Samoa Mens volleyball team will play for Bronze this morning against New Caledonia. The games are held at the National University of Samoa Gymnasium at Lepapaigalagala. The men’s final for volleyball is between Tahiti and Wallis and Futuna. (0)
Samoa Men’s 3×3 Basketball through to the Semi Finals
20 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa The Samoa Mens 3×3 basketball team will play in the semi final today against Fiji. Samoa secured a comfortable wins over the Cook Islands 17-7 and PNG 22-7 before winning their quarter final match against Solomon Islands 19-8. The semi final will be played in Gym 2 at […]
7 Gold and 1 Bronze for Samoa Boxing
19 July 2019, Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Eight boxers from Team Samoa scooped up 7 gold medals and 1 broze medal after a 4 day tournament held at Don Bosco Hall in Savaii this week. The gold medalist were Nuuuli Mose, Marion Faustino Ah Tong, Jancen Poutoa, Afaese Hugo Fata Kalepi, Ato Faoagali, Filimaua Hala […]
Fa’aasu to Fight for Gold, Medals Galore for Team Samoa Boxers in Finals
18 July 2019, Pacific Games Salelologa, Savaii Samoa. Fa’aasu Loia is through to the Gold Medal finals for women’s boxing after a performance that rocked the Don Bosco Hall in Salelologa this afternoon. Coached by heavyweight boxer David Tua, Fa’aasu won the hearts of spectators with the ease of which she floated around ring, dominating […]
All Samoan Boxers are in the Semi Finals
17 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. The Samoa boxing team remain composed as they head into day 3 of the Pacific Games boxing competition with all Samoan boxers making it through to the semi finals. Speaking to Samoa Global News from Salelologa, Head Trainer for Team Samoa, Tavui Mike Lemisio who is also the […]
Malama Leaupepe Leads Samoa Womens Basketball to Win Bronze
17 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. There were 7 seconds left on the clock with the score was tied at 85-85. Malama Leaupepe puts in a 2-point shot to secure the bronze for Samoa 87-85. Guam still had a chance with 3 seconds to go, they took the ball down the court but missed […]
Fijian Bronze Medalist Now Off to World Champs and Paralympics
17 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. 23 year old Fijian athlete Iosefo Rakesha won a Pacific Games bronze for his country in the Men’s Javelin Ambulant event held at Apia Park yesterday afternoon. We caught up with Iosefo and his Coach Jone Bogidrau after the medal ceremony. Coach Bogidrau said that they have been […]
Another Samoa First – Parasports at Pacific Games Athletics
16 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Pacific Games News Service. In another first for the Samoa XVI Pacific Games, athletics held at Apia Park this week includes four parasport events. The first was the Women’s Javelin at 9.30am this morning where the medal winners became the first claimants of the ambulant events. New Caledonia’s Rose […]
More Medals to come for Samoa Tennis but Team Needs Loud Local Crowd Support
16 July 2019 Pacific Games, Apia Samoa. With contributions by Nanai Laveitiga Tuiletufuga. Samoa’s No 1 ranked woman tennis player is taking one match at a time, focusing only on the day’s task ahead of her as the Pacific Games tennis competition heads into the Women’s Single and Mixed Doubles category this week. With Samoa […]