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Seagull Head Coach Tommy Elisara and Manager Annie Coffin with ASRU officials
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Rugby Union is getting ready to send a men’s and women’s national teams to two back-to-back international fixtures early next month. The first one is the 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship which will be hosted for the first time at Ballymore...
Lynette Liu with award
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lynette Liu #30 of Vaitogi once again came up big for the American Samoa Women’s Beach Handball Team competing this time at Huntington Beach, California in the SoCal Championships, the longest running beach handball tournament in the USA. Lynette was awarded “Top Women’s...
Neil’s ACE team 1 — Ukulele (far left) and partner Roy
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Neil’s ACE team 1 — Ukulele (far left) and partner Roy are the winners of the StarKist Samoa’s 60th Anniversary Golf Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 with a score of 61. They are pictured accepting the coveted top prize of 60 cases of wahoo. No one won the 1st Hole...
Ben Aigamaua
Auburn, ALABAMA — Faith, family and football — that’s the popular southern mantra used by sports writer Greg Ostendorf in a “Meet the Coaches” profile of American Samoan Ben Aigamaua on the Auburn Tigers website as Aigamaua explains that in the Samoan culture — it’s no different. “Our culture is...
The Dodgers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  During the Championship match up between the Dodgers and the Pago Eagles this past Wednesday the Dodgers collected their first championship title during the 1st Babe Ruth League of American Samoa Cal Ripken Summer 2023 for the Minor Division. According to Cynthia Nomura...
Tafuna High School football team in CA
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tafuna High School Football Team is doing well in California preparing for their upcoming games, according to Head Coach Okland Salave’a, in an email, responding to queries from Samoa News about the team. The team is seen here on the practice field at Buena Park High...
Members of the Leone village aumaga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS) is eagerly awaiting the building of a new soccer pitch at Tafuna (next to the FAA facility) with funds of close to $5 million dollars from the sport’s governing body, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (...
Am Samoa’s Junior Tennis team with Gov. Lemanu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s young and talented tennis team visited Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga on July 25, 2023, to celebrate their exceptional achievements at the 2023 Pacific Oceania Junior Championship held in Nadi, Fiji. The elated young athletes, accompanied by their coach and...
The Laulii team
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Saturday saw the culmination of the two-week American Samoa Rugby Union (ASRU) Summer Seven-a-Side Tournament for local rugby clubs in which the Avele College Old Pupils Association (ACOPA) of American Samoa emerged victorious despite narrowly losing 22-17 to a...
Fitiuta Women’s Volleyball Team
Taking top honors for women at the American Samoa Volleyball Association and Department of Human Resources sponsored two-day Volleyball Tournament held during the Manu’a Flag Day festivities last weekend was the Fitiuta Women’s Team seen here as they get ready to take to the court. [photo: ASTCA...

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