The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee secretary general Lorraine Mar believes the country's athletes need greater funding and more top level international competition to enhance their prospects at the Pacific Games.
Some sports from the Northern Mariana Islands may not take part in this year's Pacific Games in Samoa this summer due to high travel costs, it has been claimed.
The organisers of the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia in Samoa have confirmed a "compound" owned by the country's Methodist Church will act as an Athletes' Village.
The Government in Fiji has pledged FJD800,000 (£300,000/$376,000/€331,000) from its national budget to help the country's athletes at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.
The director of the Organising Committee for next year's Pacific Games in Samoa has resigned from his position with less than eight months until the start of the event.
A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) has been signed in Apia to ensure enough rooms for athletes and officials participating in next year's Pacific Games in Samoa.
Plans to accommodate athletes in hotels during the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa are still a work in progress, it has been claimed.
Following on from their success at the Pacific Games as host nation in 2015, the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) hope that they can create history by topping the medal table on foreign soil for the first time in Samoa next year.
Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has announced the appointment of Patrick Bower as the country's Chef De Mission for next year's Pacific Games in Samoa.
Work has begun on a multi-purpose gymnasium which will serve as a venue during next year's Pacific Games in Samoa.
Tahiti have had their suspension from the Pacific Games provisionally lifted.
Samoa 2019 chief executive Falefata Hele Matatia has revealed an ambitious list of "firsts" organisers hope to pursue over the next 12 months leading up to the Pacific Games.
Samoa 2019 chief executive Falefata Hele Matatia has expressed his hope that next year's Pacific Games will help the country to become a centre of excellence for sport in the region.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela has pledged the Government's full support for hosting the 2023 Pacific Games.
Tahiti remain suspended as a member of the Pacific Games Council (PGC) despite "clearing the first hurdle" towards reinstatement.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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