Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula and Welcome to Season 08 Episode 29 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Monday morning 29 January 2024.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. In rugby union: History was made in front of a sell-out crowd at the inaugural HSBC SVNS Perth 7s yesterday, as Ireland women claimed a first ever SVNS title tripping up hot favourites Australia 14-19 and Argentina men won back-to-back events for the first time after trouncing Australia 5-31 in the finals.Earlier, Argentina beat Ireland 5-24 and Fiji bombed out to Australia 7-22 in the Men’s Cup semifinalsIn the Women’s semifinals, Ireland 31-7 Great Britain and Australia 24-7 USA.Bronze medals went to Great Britain women and Ireland men.Fiji Men . . er no comment.In rugby league: Tom Dearden and Reuben Cotter will make North Queensland Cowboys history as their youngest co-captains after it was announced that incumbents Jason Taumalolo and Chad Townsend would step down from their roles ahead of the 2024 season.Townsend and Taumalolo will remain part of the Cowboy’s leadership group.And Papua New Guinea Kumuls star and new Wests Tigers recruit, Justin Olam says he has “something to prove” ahead of his debut season under rookie coach Benji Marshall at Leichhardt.Olam’s 2023 campaign was disappointing by his own admission as he told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I had ongoing injuries that I played with and I didn’t give myself a chance.”“I want to get back to top form, that’s what I’m focused on. I still feel I have something to prove. I just need to get my body right – that’s my goal at the moment,” Olam said.He already has a premiership under his belt, winning the title in 2020 with the Storm and a year later he was named the Dally M Centre of the Year.In football: It was far from pretty and two late goals blew out the score line for the Socceroos to book their place in the Asian Cup quarter-finals last night, with a 4-0 win over World number 146 Indonesia punching way above their weight – the lowest-ranked team to make the Asian Cup knockouts.In the NBA: LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors 145-144 in a NBA double overtime classic yesterday.James, defied his status as the oldest player in the league at 39, scoring 36 points with 20 rebounds and 12 assists.Curry, the 35-year-old two-time MVP, finished on the losing side despite an outstanding performance scoring 46 points with seven assists.Four-time MVP James settled the game by sinking his two free throws with just a second remaining on the clock after the Warriors grabbed a one point lead thanks to a 28-foot, three-point jumper from Curry with 5.2 seconds left.Earlier Curry leveled the enthralling game with 5.2 seconds left in regulation.Then Klay Thompson took the game into double overtime with his 25-foot three pointer with seven seconds remaining.James said the duel with Curry was one he would look back on when his Hall of Fame career is finally over: “Steph came to me after the game and said ‘how does it keep getting better?’”The contest was the first time since 1969 the two sides had gone to double overtime.In Australian Open Tennis: The kid has arrived. Long live the King!Twenty two year old Italian Jannik Sinner has broken through for his first grand slam title in stunning fashion, coming from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 for the Australian Open Men’s Singles title.In the WWE: So this is what he really meant when he appeared on WWE Smackdown earlier this month to announce that he wanted “a seat at the table” - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been appointed to the Board of Directors of WWE and UFC parent company - TKO Group Holdings.Sole, Executive Chairman next?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 P