Terrible news for Ba football fans – and for entire Fiji football community. Fijian international Saula Waqa is suspended for three years due being tested positive on marijuana – an illegal substance on Fiji FA regulations. “He’s a second offender, a repeat offender so three years and a $500 fine,” said Fiji FA chief executiveContinue reading “Saula Waqa suspended for three years after testing positive for prohibited substance”
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Politician who has a football stadium named after him in Fiji passes away
Kishore Nand Govind passed away in Sydney, Australia. Govind was a politician and he was the Mayor of Ba from 1969 to 1975. He was also a judge of the High Court of Fiji. He was a passionate supporter of Ba FC and the team’s stadium (Govind Park) is named after him. The stadium wasContinue reading “Politician who has a football stadium named after him in Fiji passes away”
Avinesh Suwamy: Fiji’s top goalscorer of the year
Former Ba football player and legend of the Men in Black Avinesh Suwamy is the current player who most scored goals in Fiji football competitions in the year of 2020. Suwamy is the current joint-top scorer of Vodafone Premier League alongside players such as Christopher Wasasala and Siotame Kubu with four goals and is alsoContinue reading “Avinesh Suwamy: Fiji’s top goalscorer of the year”
Is Labasa missing Dennis Ifunaoa?
Labasa is definitively not performing as they had done in the past season – when they clinched Battle of Giants and Inter-District Championship titles. This year, Labasa is underperforming in Vodafone Premier League and is already knocked-out of BOG as they could not win any of its matches in the group stage of the traditionalContinue reading “Is Labasa missing Dennis Ifunaoa?”
Legendary midfielder Avinesh Suwamy scores a hattrick as Nadi surpasses Lautoka
Nadi surpassed Lautoka in the final match of Battle of Giants group stage; star Avinesh Suwamy scored three goals to help his side to confirm three wins in three matches played in the tournament. Sumway scored rapidly in the first two goals to put Jetsetters in advantage – the 2-0 in favour of Nadi wasContinue reading “Legendary midfielder Avinesh Suwamy scores a hattrick as Nadi surpasses Lautoka”
Suva beats Ba as both teams advance to Battle of the Giants semi-finals
After a bad start in the 2020 Battle of the Giants, Suva surprisingly arrived in the last round with a chance to advance to semi-finals and Labasa’s draw against Nasinu kept the chances open so the Capital City Boys would qualify for the next stage of the tournament if they beat Ba. In a veryContinue reading “Suva beats Ba as both teams advance to Battle of the Giants semi-finals”
Rewa smashes Navua to advance to Battle of the Giants semi-finals
Navua and Rewa clashed at Churchill Park in Lautoka in the final day of 2020 Battle of the Giants’ group stage. Both teams were tied in the second position of the Group B with three points each and the winner of this contest would advance to the semi-finals. Current Vodafone Premier League leaders Rewa showedContinue reading “Rewa smashes Navua to advance to Battle of the Giants semi-finals”
Reigning champions Labasa knocked out of BOG as they drew against Nasinu
The last day of 2020 Battle of the Giants’ group stage started with a clash between Labasa and Nasinu at Churchill Park in Lautoka. Both teams did not have a good performance which is understandable because most players were playing for the third time in three days. Ilisoni Lolaivalu opened the scoreboard for Labasa inContinue reading “Reigning champions Labasa knocked out of BOG as they drew against Nasinu”
Lautoka is out of Battle of Giants’ semifinals
Despite still having one match to be played in the Group A of the 2020 edition of the Battle of Giants, Lautoka is already eliminated from the Battle of Giants – the two defeats the club had against Rewa and Navua let them with no chances to proceed. The first match of the team coachedContinue reading “Lautoka is out of Battle of Giants’ semifinals”
Antonio Tuivuna available for Labasa in decisive match against Nasinu
The ‘2019 Fiji FA Player of the Year’ Antonio Tuivuna will be available for the coach Ronil Lal in the decisive clash in Group A of 2020 Battle of Giants. Labasa draw their both matches so far in the tournament against Suva and Ba and will have a very important clash against Nasinu to decideContinue reading “Antonio Tuivuna available for Labasa in decisive match against Nasinu”
