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Cook Islands hold top 10 spot

The Cook Islands men’s and women’s rugby league teams are both ranked 10th in the latest International Rugby League world rankings released this week.

Football

Tupapa-Maraerenga FC creates history

The final match of the 2024 CIFA Knockout Competition, played on Wednesday, was the perfect conclusion to an action-packed season, as Tupapa-Maraerenga Football Club and Nikao Sokattak Football Club clashed in one of the most intense and dramatic Premier Men's games seen in recent years.

Stage set for the annual Cycle Challenge

For the past eight weeks you may have seen cyclists out on our roads on a Thursday and Saturday afternoon. There has been a steady training build up ahead of the Annual BSP 100K (kilometre) Cycle Challenge which will be held this coming Saturday, starting at 2pm opposite the Latter Day Saints Church in Arorangi.

Cycling


Curtain-raiser for the Cooks Games

The annual Athletics Championship starts this week with two twilight meets, tomorrow and on Thursday 5pm at the National Stadium in Nikao.

Athletics


Tupapa teams maintain lead

In the Tower Insurance premier men’s match on Saturday, Tupapa found their usual style of playing and used it to secure their 2-0 win against Puaikura at CIFA Complex in Matavera.

Football


Football rumble at CIFA

In the premier men’s division of the Rarotonga Round Cup Competition, every game count for the teams, with all still in the title race.

Football


Puni elected ORADO chair

Cook Islands doctor Lawrence Teariki Puni has been named chairman of the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (ORADO).

Local


Fun in the sun for a good cause

Young and energetic footballers were glad to be out and about in the sun while on their school holidays for a good cause at the CIFA Complex field this week.

Football


Cook Islanders in Kiwis squad

Cook Islands Rugby League remains optimistic of fielding a strong team at next year’s Rugby League World Cup despite the selection of five players of Cook Islands descent in the Kiwis’ World Cup squad.

Rugby league


Metuarau set to return

Captain Gina Crampton and shooter Tiana Metuarau return to the Silver Ferns squad but may only play a limited part in next week's three game series Aotearoa Men in Wellington.

Netball


Dedicated youngsters take part in Rugby’s development programme

Keen and eager high schoolers on their school holidays showed up bright and early to the Arorangi Field yesterday to take part in a school holidays rugby training programme which aims to keep tabs on the fitness of the young players while they take a break from the books.

Rugby Union


Marshall calls time on illustrious league career

New Zealand rugby league great Benji Marshall has announced his retirement from the sport.

Rugby league


Avatiu to battle Matavera in midweek football matches

An epic showdown is set for the mid-week match in the Tower Insurance premier men’s division where Avatiu clash with Matavera at Takitumu School grounds.

Football


Footballers set to battle it out in eighth round

The eighth round of the 2021 Rarotonga Football Competition kicks off this afternoon.

Football


Basketball season ends on a high

After eight weeks of growth and development in basketball with what started as a small committee of passionate basketball players - has resulted in a tightly knit group who are dedicated to continuing their slow and steady progress in developing the sport.

Basketball


Fijian Drua announce six more signings

A third Olympic seven gold medallist has been added to the Fijian Drua team that will compete in Super Rugby Pacific next year.

Fiji


Top four remain unbeaten

A superb fielding effort from Arorangi handed them the win in the Rarotonga Cricket Club men’s competition over the weekend.

Cricket


Tupapa overcomes plucky Avatiu

Giantkillers Avatiu were unable to replicate their upset causing performance against Tupapa in the Tower Insurance premier men’s match at Matavera Sports Field on Saturday.

Football


Moana Pasifika will give chances to youth: Mauger

The inaugural Moana Pasifika rugby coach, Aaron Mauger, said he’s excited to help build a pathway for young Pacific Island players.

Rugby Union


Table Tennis Association hosting national championship

Cook Islands Table Tennis Association will be hosting a national championship from October 12 to 14 at the Nikao Primary School Hall.

Other Sports


Tupapa wary of giantkillers Avatiu

Giantkillers Avatiu will take on defending champions Tupapa Maraerenga FC in an interesting Tower Insurance premier men’s match this afternoon at Takitumu School grounds in Matavera.

Football


A decade of dominance: Thrills and spills of junior athletics

Apii Avarua has retained the Prince of Wales Primary Schools Athletics trophy for 11 years in a row after winning the 2021 edition on Wednesday at the National Stadium in Nikao.

Athletics


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