By Michael Pavitt and Matthew Smith in Apia
Trinidad and Tobago will be represented by 98 athletes in 18 sports at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, it has been announced.
Papua New Guinea completed the first podium clean sweep of Samoa 2019 in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase as they kick-started the athletics at the 2019 Pacific Games here in fine style.
Tonga are one of six nations and territories to have expressed an interest in hosting the 2027 Pacific Games, despite pulling out of staging this year's event.
The medals which will be awarded at the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games are "synonymous with Peruvian pride", according to Organising Committee President Carlos Neuhaus.
The Cook Islands team at the 2019 Pacific Games have slammed "ill informed, baseless and simply scurrilous" media reports that said four swimmers were banned from the competition here on eligibility grounds, claiming that they withdrew voluntarily.
Australia and New Zealand's integration into the Pacific Games has continued with both nations becoming associate members of the Pacific Games Council (PGC).
France's Nolan Beddiaf and Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida won the skating marathon titles on the streets of Barcelona on the final day of the World Roller Games.
By Michael Pavitt and Matthew Smith in Apia
Solomon Islands 2023 have unveiled their logo for the next edition of the Pacific Games but have been forced to defend the selection process.
Palau have been awarded the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, it was announced here today.
An athletes' lounge and breakout area has been set-up for those competing at the 2019 Pacific Games here as part of the "Voices of the Athletes" (VoA) programme launched by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC).
The medal ceremony for the va'a women's V6 marathon event at the 2019 Pacific Games here was trumped by a marriage proposal to one of the athletes.
United States enjoyed a golden day at the World Roller Games in Barcelona by winning both the men's and women's tournaments in roller derby and inline hockey.
Tahiti’s Remi Rossi celebrated a hat-trick of gold medals on the final day of badminton action at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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