Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 09 Episode 69 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Saturday morning 15 June 2024.
 
Happy birthday Cardo!
 
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent.
 
In rugby league: The Rabbitohs are on a three-game winning streak after they beat the Broncos 12-22 at Accor Stadium last night, with Latrell Mitchell starring in his ORIGIN audition.
 
With a spot in the centres for the NSW Blues up for grabs, all eyes were on Mitchell and he didn’t disappoint; scoring a try, setting another up and running 173M.

In the other NRL result overnight, the North Queensland Cowboys handed the Canberra Raiders their third straight loss at GIO Stadium, with star Wing, Kyle Feldt scoring twice in one of the Cowboys most outstanding performances of the season for a 34-16 win over Ricky Stuart’s Raiders 
 
Our world famous tips for the NRL today - Wests Tigers to googaloo Gold Coast Titans at Leichhardt Oval, NZ Warriors to sambuca the Storm in Auckland and the Eels to curry the Roosters at CommBank Stadium.
 
In the Super Rugby Pacific semifinal last night, the Blues scored five tries of which Harry Plummer converted three to bonk the Brumbies 20-34 and send them packing back to freezing Canberra.
 
In UFC: Following days of uncertainty surrounding the immediate fighting future of ‘Mystic Mac’, UFC Prez Dana White confirmed yesterday that Irish megastar Conor McGregor is injured and has pulled out of UFC303 in Las Vegas.
 
The main event will now see UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira against Jiri Procházka in a blockbuster rematch, while the co-main event will see a featherweight bout between Brian Ortega and rising star Diego Lopes.

In the Olympic Games: A silver medal, won in a track cycling event at the 1900 Olympic Games, has been taken off Great Britain's Olympic tally and reassigned to France. 
 
Lloyd Hildebrand came second in the men's 25Km race over a century ago, when he was said to be of British nationality. 

New information has since revealed that Hildebrand "was born and brought up in France", according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), whose executive board approved the reassignment of the medal.  

"Even though Hildebrand was a British citizen, he was born and brought up in France, and competed for a French club before and after Paris 1900," the IOC said in a statement. 
 
"The medal won by Hildebrand will now be credited to France instead of Great Britain in the official records of the Olympic Games Paris 1900 and in the IOC's database."

In Football: Our world famous tip for the opening game of EURO 2024 at 8am this morning: Germany to sambuca Scotland in Munich.
 
Tomorrow, we tip Hungary to hullabaloo Switzerland in Cologne, Spain to crunchygranola Croatia in Berlin and Italy to alamo Albania in Dortmund.
 
In SportsBiz: The US Open underway at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina will welcome 225,000 fans this week.
 
That’s 45,000 daily, with the cheapest general admission tickets starting at US$225 sold out for each round except the final on Sunday.

More expensive options include a reserved grandstand starting at US$325 and luxury tickets starting at US$1000 up to US$2500 per day, which is completely sold out.

In Boxing: “Listen up! I’ve conquered everything in boxing – titles, records, the lot. But I’ve never had to come back from a loss.

"On December 21st in Riyadh, in the heart of the kingdom, the king will reclaim his throne. I’m coming for you! Get ready for the Gypsy King!

"The path to redemption is all mine. I know what I have to do, I saw my shortcomings and best believe I am inevitable.”

Who else but Tyson Fury on FURY-USYK II confirmed for 21 December in Saudi Arabia. 
And that’s a wrap peeps!
 
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