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Sports
Rarotonga to host OFC Qualifiers
The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) is gearing up to host one of the most exciting football events of the year – the 2025 OFC Men’s Champions League Qualifying Stage.
Tennis Cook Islands squad ready to serve at East Pacific Regional Championships
A determined squad of 13 players from Tennis Cook Islands departed for Apia, Samoa, yesterday to compete in the highly anticipated East Pacific Regional Championships (EPRC).
Basketball players find their rhythm
Week one of the Avaiki Development Basketball Tournament took place on Wednesday last week at the Papaaroa Hall with a slamming start to the season. The tournament is set to run over seven weeks.
Aitutaki wins Gary Parlour and Goldie Goldie Fishing comps
Aitutaki anglers took out the 24th Gary Parlour Wahoo/Paara and fourth Goldie Goldie Mahi mahi fishing tournaments that were on the island over the weekend.
Sport on hold for three days as Covid-19 investigations underway
Sports federations have been asked to suspend all activities for three days to give Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health time to assess and conduct tests determining Covid-19 status in the country.
Inspiring local footballers
Two Cook Islands football teams achieved a major milestone during a week-long tour of Aotearoa last month.
Cricket prepares for 2021 season
Eight men’s and six women’s teams are expected to compete in this year’s Rarotonga Cricket Club competition.
Bears end Panthers’ unbeaten run
Table toppers Tupapa Panthers suffered their first loss in the 2021 Rarotonga Club 15s competition against Arorangi Bears on Saturday.
Olympians give winners’ posters a special treat
The six athletes who represented the Cook Islands at Tokyo 2020 each posed with hand-drawn posters at Olympic venues to give the winners of a National Olympic Committee competition a unique prize.
Sailors set for Raro Sunburst Champs
The Rarotonga Sailing Club (RSC) Sunburst Championships will be held tomorrow at Muri Beach lagoon, adjacent to the club premises.
Focus shifts on athletics
A programme focused on introducing age related skill activities to nudge young ones in the right direction to develop future athletic skills will take place with the beginning of the new school term this week.
Basketball tournament gets underway
The second annual basketball tournament set up to encourage and expand the sport in Rarotonga will take place today at the Papaaroa Hall. Alana Musselle reports.
Six clubs confirmed for football season kick off
Rarotonga’s 2021 football competition is about to kick off with a diverse age group set to hit the field.
Raro swim team makes a splash at NZ competition
Twelve swimmers from the Puaikura Aquatics Club leapt into a much bigger pond than they were used to at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Swimming Championships - and in doing so beat each of their personal bests.
More action and more fixtures
New Cook Islands Rugby Union president, Ashleigh Wihongi-Willis, has big ambitions for rugby in the country.
Pickleball comes to Rarotonga
On 16 July, visiting Kiwi vacationer Jeff Parke (pictured playing the sport in 2019) helped three Rarotongans play what seems to be the first game of Pickleball ever in the Cook Islands.
Rugby returns to Raro
After a quiet last week, rugby union is back in action this week with 7s coaching clinic and player recruitment drive, culminating with the Rarotonga Club 15s competition this Saturday at Raemaru Park in Arorangi.
Cook Islands Rugby League welcomes World Cup decision
Cook Islands Rugby League has welcomed the decision from the Rugby League World Cup 2021 organisers to postpone the event until 2022.
For God and country
Team Cook Islands at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday shared a moment together, singing the national anthem to celebrate the country’s 56 years of self-governance.
2021 World Cup officially postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic
RLWC2021 CEO Jon Dutton admitted a World Cup without Australia and New Zealand would have lacked credibility and predicted the tournament may produce a better financial return after being postponed until next year.
Football festival postponed to Friday
The ‘Future Stars’ football festival which was supposed to start today has been postponed due to wet grounds, to Friday at CIFA Complex from 10am to 12pm.
Cook Islanders set for Heartland debut in NZ
Two Cook Islands rugby players have been named in defending champion North Otago’s squad for the 2021 Heartland Championship.
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