Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 40 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another brilliantly bright, sunny and warm Thursday morning 10 August 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We start with our world famous tips for the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals: Spain to oladora the Netherlands, Sweden to Barbie Japan, Australia to didgeridoo France and Colombia to brexito England.In Rugby: A lingering injury to Michael Hooper and superstar Centre Samu Kerevi, who broke his hand in the Wallabies 20-23 loss to the All Blacks last Saturday in Dunedin, could force Eddie Jones to make some tough calls as the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France looms.Meanwhile, Tonga is still pondering their selection.In rugby league: Our world famous tips for the NRL games tonight: The Penrith Panthers to maserati Manly at 4 Pines Park and tomorrow the Cronulla Sharks to suzuki the Gold Coast Titans and the Brisbane Broncos to honda the Eels at the Gabba.And the NRL’s civil war with the Rugby League Players Association could end before the next Round, after ‘positive and constructive’ talks yesterday.Speaking after Wednesday’s marathon meeting between the two sides, ARL Chairman Peter V’landys labeled the progress made as “very positive.”In SportsBiz: As the traditional media landscape fractures and streaming captures increasing attention, FOX is still betting on traditional linear television.“Pay-TV continues to be of tremendous value for our businesses and really drives the value of FOX Sports and that content, and will for a long time to come,” FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch said, doubling down on their existing cable and satellite TV infrastructure.He added, “We don’t envision leaving pay TV and transitioning to a direct-to-consumer universe.”As proof, Murdoch sites the shift of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football to Amazon as a “disaster” following a 42% viewership drop in its first season.His comments aren’t surprising, given that sports television audiences are still typically much larger than their streaming counterparts.But the writing is on the wall, as cord-cutting has slashed the number of traditional TV households from 102.1 million in 2014 to 63.2 million in 2023.FOX posted flat quarterly revenue of US$3.03Billion and a 7% boost in full-year revenue of US$14.91B, boosted in part by TV ad revenue from Super Bowl LVII and the FIFA Women’s World Cup.And in combat Sports: Aussie battler, Issac Hardman earned a sixth round TKO against Japanese fighter Kazuki Kyohara in their middleweight clash, in front of a crowd boasting plenty of sporting talent – including South Sydney’s Latrell Mitchell plus UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa in the Sydney Entertainment Quarter last night.And finally - only in America: A television commercial created by US World Cup hosts FOX Sports which starts with the line: “The whole world is wondering, what’s it going to take to stop this US team?”And after 90 seconds of hype around Megan Rapinoe and the USA Women’s soccer team, it ends with veteran striker, Alex Morgan replying with a half-smile, “good luck with that.”I guess it’s fair to assume that Megan and Alex and the rest of the American girls now know who Zecira Musovic is?And that’s a wrap!For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea – please hit the like and subscribe buttons below if you want to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites.Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support.#TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji