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How to watch Conference League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free streams
Watch 2025/26 Conference League live streams to see clubs from England, Italy, Spain, France and all across the continent do battle for European silverware. Just the fifth edition of the revamped version of UEFA's third competition, English clubs...

New Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani Series Tamariki Katu Kanga Launches at Te Maeva Nui NZ
The cast and creative team of Tamariki Katu Kanga bring reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani to life at Te Maeva Nui Aotearoa. Photo: Supplied A new reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani animated series, Tamariki Katu Kanga, will be unveiled at Te Maeva Nui this weekend, the...

How to watch Newcastle vs Arsenal: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news
The Newcastle vs Arsenal live stream feels like an important game for both clubs, despite it being so early in the Premier League season. With just a solitary win over Wolves and only three goals scored from their five league games, it’s been a...

RNZAF Cook Islands Aviator Returns Home
Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force Sergeant Mata, a logistics specialist, is flying on the bulk of the C-130J Hercules flights into Mauke this month and next, as the aircraft delivers personnel and materials for island upgrades as part of...

Netball World youth Cup: Fiji and Cook Islands in the running for top finish
Fiji v Trinidad & Tobago. 21 September 2025 Photo: Facebook / World Netball / Mark Rodriguez Mixed results for Pacific Island teams at the Netball World Youth Cup (NWYC) 2025 tournament in Gibraltar as the competition moves towards its final...

Can I watch Chelsea vs Brighton on TV? Live stream Premier League 2025/26 game today, TV channels, preview
The Premier League continues this weekend, and the highlight of the 3pm kick-offs is undoubtedly Brighton’s trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. The Seagulls were torn apart by Cole Palmer in the same fixture 12 months ago, but Fabian Hürzeler...

Cook Islands, PNG reaffirm friendship at Independence golden jubilee
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown met with Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape on the margins of PNG’s 50th Independence celebrations on 16 September, reaffirming the strong friendship between the two nations. Prime Minister...

How to watch New Zealand vs Australia: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview, teams
The Rugby Championship 2025 has been nothing short of extraordinary thus far, with all four teams locked on two wins and two defeats apiece and only varying bonus points separating the sides. That it comes down to two Bledisloe Cup matches between...

Pacific Islands focus: health and gender inequities, climate updates, and some hope for marine biodiversity
Introduction by Croakey: In breaking news on Thursday, Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a landmark defence agreement with Australia. PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, known as the PukPuk treaty, “will elevate the two...

Cook Islands model inspires Pacific youth as the Face of Fusion 2026
In an inspiring celebration of Pacific culture and creativity, Cook Islands-born model Teokotai Tupou has been crowned the ‘Face of Fusion 2026’ for the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show, marking a major milestone in her promising career. Raised in the...

Netball World Youth Cup enters day three at Europa Sports Complex
The Netball World Youth Cup enters day three at the Europa Sports Complex as twenty nations battle it out to see who will be the next champion Gibraltar's opening match on Saturday was against a strong Cook Islands with the visitors coming out on...

SI, Cook Islands explore tourism and cultural cooperation
The Solomon Islands and Cook Islands are exploring new areas of cooperation in tourism and culture, following a meeting between the two countries’ Ministers on the sidelines of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Honiara on Friday....

Bournemouth v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings on Sunday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Bournemouth v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Sunday (2pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to make it consecutive...

How to watch Arsenal vs Man City: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news
The Arsenal vs Man City live stream will teach us plenty about where these two Premier League teams stand. Arsenal won this fixture 5-1 last season, but they still fell short in the title race. Mikel Arteta's men are desperate to finish top of the...

Sports News | Papua New Guinea Secures Final Spot in ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The teams that will compete at next year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier are now confirmed as Papua New Guinea claimed the final spot by winning the East Asia Pacific Qualifier on Monday, as per...

Can I watch Wolves vs Leeds on TV? Live stream Premier League 2025/26 game today, TV channels, preview
The Wolves vs Leeds United live stream features Vítor Pereira’s side still searching for their first points of the 2025/26 Premier League season. As has become all too familiar in recent years, Wolves have made a sluggish start to the campaign,...

How to watch Brighton vs Tottenham: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, team news
Today's Brighton vs Tottenham live stream sees Spurs bidding to end their recent poor run against the Seagulls and secure a third straight Premier League away win. Brighton may have only won one of their opening four league games, but that victory...

From Cook Islands to the World: Tuara makes waves for women’s rugby
Cook Islands Rugby Union Vice President Harriet Tuara with the brand-new 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup Trophy, handcrafted in sterling silver, plated with 24-carat gold, and etched with a world map to symbolise rugby’s global reach....

Sports1 hour ago Full List Of Countries That Have Been Eliminated From 2026 World Cup Qualifier Race More than 80 countries have officially bowed out of the race to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following the conclusion of September’s qualifying…
In Africa, 18 nations have seen their dreams of appearing at the global football showpiece dashed after recording the lowest points in their respective groups. Those eliminated from the continent include Congo, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eswatini,...

2025 Pacific Championships: NRL captains ruled out for Fiji and Samoa
Two NRL club captains have been ruled out of the 2025 Pacific Championships in a massive blow to both Fiji and Samoa. After sustaining an ankle injury in the opening week of the 2025 NRL Finals series, which ruled him out for the remainder of the...