In Sports, Australia and New Zealand will for the first time participate in the pacific games this year.
President of the Pacific Games Committee – PGC, Vidya Larkan revealed this during his presentation at the Oceania National Olympics Committees – Pacific Islands News Association regional workshop in Suva over the weekend.
Larkan says the two countries are invited to compete only in four sports – Sailing, rugby sevens, weightlifting and Taekwondo, saying the reasons are these are competitive sports at the regional level.
