Rugby - Fijiana
International womens test rugby kicks off this weekend for the Pacific with the Fijiana taking on Australia's Wallaroos in Sydney.
Its expected by many to be a highly contested match, as the majority of Fijiana players are comprised from the Fiji Drua team who won this year's Super Rugby Women's Championship two weeks ago.
Drua loose forward Bitila Tawake will captain the side, which is also composed of players from local clubs.
PNG - football squad
A Papua New Guinea Football Association official says players named in the men's national team train-on-squad by head coach Harrison Kamake are subject for review.
The comments come after concerns were raised on how the selection for the 33-man squad was made, questioning fitness and injury status of certain players.
He said "we will observe all these players at the national camp coming up next week. Only then can we assess these players and make our best judgements to keep or exclude them,"
Technical directory Percy Mataio told The National they will observe all the players at next week's national camp and then assess who will continue in the squad.
PNG play Singapore in an international friendly on June 12.
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Rugby - Flying Fijians
Fiji will play France in a warm-up match ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Fiji Rugby Union administrator Simione Valenitabua, who is currently in France, has confirmed that the green light had been given by the French Federation of Rugby for the hosts to play the Flying Fijians on August 19.
Valenitabua will also travel to England this week to meet with the Rugby Football Union of England about Fiji's scheduled second warm-up match with England on August 26.
Pacific Games - facilities
Officials have insisted that all venues and building work for November's Pacific Games in Solomon Islands will be completed by the end of August.
"Basically, all Games facilities will be completed in time for the Games," Sol2023 Games Facilities Committee chairman Joe Sika confirmed.
Project management unit executive director Eldon Tepa added that "the main King George Stadium is now 70 to 75 percent ready."
Construction is being handled by the state-run China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.
Hockey - PNG squad
The Papua New Guinea Hockey Federation has announced a 40-member train-on squad for the Pacific Games in Honiara.
The squad consists of 20 male and 20 female athletes who were selected from the recent trials held in Port Moresby.
The train-on team will compete in the upcoming Hockey Fives World Cup Qualifiers on the Gold Coast, Australia, from July 10-14, in lead up to the Pacific Games.
Rugby - smart ball
World Rugby will trial the first smart ball to help officials during the Under-20 World Cup in South Africa.
The technology, developed by Sportable and Gilbert, will track the exact position of the ball in 3D and in real-time up to 20 times a second, with beacons positioned around the pitch.
World Rugby say it will provide officials with "immediate feedback" on "every kick, pass and throw".
Factors the smart ball will help officials decided include forward passes, crooked throws at the lineout, tries grounded on the line and at which point touch is found from a kick.
The data from the ball will be fed to the television match official, who can feed back to the on-field referee.