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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2022 American Samoa National women’s beach handball team completed their 5-day summer training camp about two weeks ago in Erie, Pennsylvania, according to the American Samoa Handball Association (ASHA).
The team is made up of the five original founding members — the...
Manu Samoa's Paul Scanlon scores the winning try in overtime over Argentina to advance to the HSBC LA 7s Rugby Cup Semi Finals vs the New Zealand All Blacks, at Dignity Health Stadium, Carson, California, USA. More photos in Monday's Samoa News print and PDF issues. [photo by Barry Markowitz,...
Suva, FIJI — A last-minute try to debutant wing Nigel Ah Wong ensured Manu Samoa a Pacific Nations Cup-opening win over Australia A in Fiji.
RugbyPass.com is reporting that with the match tied up in the closing moments of the tournament-opener, Ah Wong secured victory for Samoa by pinching an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, CNMI last week, sprinter Filomenaleonisa Iakopo, who presented American Samoa in the track and field events is now heading to the next step in her athletic career after coaches from several countries offered her the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bodybuilder and 2012 Tafuna High School graduate Jr Iosefo is back in the game now with his pro card after resuming competition that was paused during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In 2020, when the COVID hit I decided to sit out the rest of the year while...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The performance by the three athletes who represented American Samoa during the 2022 Mini Games held in Saipan, CNMI last week was a great experience for all of them.
Runner Filomenaleonisa Iakopo made it to the finals of the 200m race and also competed in the 100 meter...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s 2018 Youth Olympian Handballer and captain Stephanie Floor has finished the 2022 wrestling season on a high note. Wrestling for Gannon University at Erie Pennsylvania, Floor completed the season with a winning record of 22 wins against 12 losses. She...
Seattle, WASHINGTON — A ”little piece of home” returns to Seattle, Washington this weekend when U.S.O. — the United Samoa Organization — brings back its popular Kirikiti Tournament — for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 tournament is slated to start Saturday, May 14 and runs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa will take part in the upcoming 11th Pacific Mini Games (PMG) to be held in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) from June 17-25, 2022
Twenty-four Pacific countries including American Samoa will take part in the upcoming games, which...
Onboard for only 3 months, former England 7s great now Fiji head 7s coach, Ben Gollings, has fostered a favorable environment to allow Fiji to get back in the groove to championship form. Gollings has helped his team overcome the disappointment of the pandemic locking them out of the HSBC 7s...