RATU EPELI GETS BEHIND TEAM FIJI His Excellency, President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau opened a Team Fiji workshop organised by FASANOC at the Holiday Inn, Suva yesterday, claiming that “Team Fiji is one of the best reflections of Fiji as a nation” and “has a large part it can play in the uniting and building of our nation to its true potential”... more -->

FASANOC Sports Personality of the Year Finalists announced – public voting now open The five finalists for the 2009 FASANOC Sports Personality of the Year award were announced this afternoon at MHCC in Suva, with voting now open to the public to decide the winner.

The five finalists are Makelesi Batimala Bulikiobo (Athletics), Banuve Tabakaucoro (Athletics), Iliesa Tanivula (Rugby 7s – Coach), Manueli Tulo (Weightlifting) and Niko Verekauta (Athletics)... more -->

Communications & Fundraising Workshops The first of two Communications and Fundraising workshops for National Federations was held on Wednesday 20th January at Fiji Olympic House. A total of 40 people attended, representing 19 Sports. more -->

Commonwealth Games update: FASANOC takes case to Court of Arbitration for Sport FASANOC took Fiji's Commonwealth Games aspirations to the Court of Arbitration for Sport earlier this month. President Vidhya Lakhan held a press conference today (25 January) to update the media on the status of the appeal, and released the following statement... more -->

Reporting back from the Olympic Friendship Camp Fiji had two representatives, Grace Taito (Basketball) and Norman Bentley (Badminton), attend the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Friendship Camp in December. Here, Norman shares his experiences at the week-long camp... more -->

2009 FASANOC Sports Awards With 2009 nearing an end, it is time to celebrate the achievements of Fiji's sports men and women and the people behind the scenes who make it all happen. The 2009 FASANOC Sports Awards will be held on Saturday 6 March 2010, and in preparation, we're asking you to nominate the people and organisations you think have performed outstandingly over the year... more -->

Fiji Wins two Commonwealth Awards! Fiji has won two of the eight prestigious Commonwealth Sports Awards, which were announced last week in the UK. Weightlifter Manueli Tulo won Outstanding Young Achiever and Fiji Karate Federation President Makarita Lenoa won Sports Administrator of the Year... more -->

Rugby 7s and Golf officially added to 2016 Olympics Golf and rugby sevens were officially added to the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro at the IOC General Assembly in Copenhagen on October 9... more -->

Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro has won the contest to host the 2016 Olympics and take the games to South America for the first time after the shock elimination of Chicago in the first round of voting on Saturday. more -->

PNG awarded the 2015 Pacific Games The Pacific Games Council met on the Sunday rest day of the Pacific Mini Games (Monday 28th September in Fiji) with the 2015 Pacific Games on the agenda. In close contest, PNG won their bid to host the Games - beating out Tonga by just three votes... more -->

Special Edition Pacific Mini Games Newsletter With the Games now underway, read about how Team Fiji has been preparing. Don't forget to check out the new Team Fiji website too - www.oceaniasport.com/teamfiji more -->

TEAM FIJI Website Online! Team Fiji now has its own website! You can get all the news from the Cook Islands, and read the profiles of all the athletes competing at the Games. Click the link in the notice board, or go to www.oceaniasport.com/teamfiji more -->

Fintel donates their prize to young Mini Games athletes Fintel Fiji, the telecommunications company which signed up to FASANOC’s Partners For Gold fundraising programme, then won the major Partners for Gold prize, has chosen to donate the cash value of their prize, plus more, to young Pacific Mini Games athletes. more -->

USP Interns Join FASANOC Two second year USP Journalism Students, Arin Kumar and Halitesh Datt, joined FASANOC last week. The pair will be undertaking internships part time, assisting with communications... more -->

STATEMENT ON THE IMPACT OF FIJI’S SUSPENSION FROM THE COMMONWEALTH ON PARTICIPATION IN THE 2010 DELHI GAMES Mr Vidhya Lakhan, FASANOC President, released the following statement regarding the impact of Fiji’s suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations on Fiji's participation in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. more -->

SPORTS DISCOUNTS AT SUVA APARTMENTS!!! SUVA APARTMENTS is offering special discounted rates to all sporting individuals and teams around Fiji.There's a total of 20 standard and deluxe self contained rooms conveniently situated at the corner of Bau Street (on your way to Flagstaff).

Stay at the Suva Apartments and make a valuable contribution to the development of sports in Fiji

Call Suva apartments on 3304280 to find out more. more -->