Later this summer some of the top young rugby sevens players from around the Pacific Rim will come to American Samoa for the 2010 Youth Summer U-18 Rugby International 7’s Tournament. The tournament is scheduled for July 13-14 and it is for 15 to 18 year olds that are interested in competing in the game in high school and beyond.  It is being held in conjunction with The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Ta’ita’itama Underage Drinking Prevention initiative, and the Marist Saint Joseph’s Old Boys of American Samoa. Teams from Tonga, Samoa, and Hawaii are expected to attend as...
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With the recent influx of Samoan born players to the NFL there are dozens of young football stars for Samoan children to look up to. As a result, the game has skyrocketed in popular among the youth of Samoa as they aspire to be like their NFL heroes. As part of a recent summer sports program, youths age 5 to 13 will be able to take their first steps towards a longer football career with a summer flag football tournament being staged by the Samoan government in July. The tournament is part of a much larger youth summer sports program being put on by the Samoan government this summer. The...
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The London Wasps are traditionally one of the top professional clubs in English rugby. Founded in 1867, they have won at least one of each of the major European competitions or knock-out tournaments in the past decade. Most recently they took home the Heineken Cup in 2007 and the Guiness Premiership title in 2008. Although they recently lost a series of key players in James Haskell and tom palmer, they are very pleased with the play of Samoan Sakaria Taulafo. The club is so pleased with Taufalo’s play that they recently offered him a three year contract as a reward for his excellent...
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The tradition of elite boxing dates back more than a century as the noble sport’s roots ate back to the late 1800’s. Champions have come from all corners of the world. Some have become mythic figures, while other are tragic tales of excess. On Friday a group of young fighters will take a major step towards greater glory as a pair of boxing tournaments for the Prime Minister’s Cup and the Goodwill Cup will take place on Samoa. The event is attracting young, hungry fighters from American Samoa and Samoa and will be a prelude towards a possible berth in the 2012 London Olympics. First, the...
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