Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 06 Episode 47 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another bright and warm Thursday morning 17 August 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the FIFA Football World Cup semi-final last night, the Matildas World Cup dream ended in heartbreaking fashion with a 3-1 loss to England in front of 75,784 fans at Stadium Australia.England will now play Spain in Sunday night’s final in Sydney, while Australia will face Sweden in the third-place playoff in Brisbane on Saturday.Our world famous tips for the key NRL games this weekend: Tonight the Cowboys to hullabulloo the Sharks in Townsville. Tomorrow the New Zealand Warriors to mangojango Manly in Auckland, the Eels to oohlala the Roosters at Fort CommBank and on Saturday the Dolphins to kitkat the Tigers in Sydney.In SportsBiz: Spain or England will win US$4.3M cash, in addition to the US$270,000 for each player of the victorious squad on Sunday. But by the time of the 2027 Women’s World Cup, FIFA hopes to offer equal prize money for the men’s and women’s tournaments like the US$440Million awarded last year in Qatar.Amid record-breaking gates, this FIFA World Cup down under is projected to bring in US$300Million in sponsorship revenue, US$100M from media rights, and nearly US$50M in ticket sales.By comparison, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar generated over US$6Billion revenue, including nearly US$1B in ticket sales.In combat Sports: "I think it's bull," Jermell Charlo says of the World Boxing Organisation warning, the moment he is introduced to fight Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas on 30 September for the undisputed Junior Middleweight World championship - "his status and recognition as WBO World Champion is terminated."The WBO's decision is due to Charlo bypassing his mandatory challenge from Aussie champ, Tim Tszyu.And in Rugby: In the fight for the soul of Pacific Islanders, the Australian Government and the Australian Rugby League Commission have announced a partnership to promote and develop Rugby League in the Pacific through the Pacific Championships in 2023 and 2024 involving men’s and women’s teams from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Cook Islands playing in a tournament in October. Thank you China!!!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