This is the second Sunday of three in the Pacific Nations Cup, an international rugby union competition held between three Pacific nations: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. This 2019 edition of the tournament also includes the national teams of Canada, Japan and United States. First held in 2006, the tournament is intended to strengthen the Tier 2 rugby nations by providing competitive test matches in a tournament format, over three weekends. Previously, Japan participated from 2006 to 2015, New Zealand from 2006 to 2009, Australia from 2007 to 2008, and Canada and the United States from 2013 to 2015. Historically, Fiji is the top team, having garnered five overall championships in tournament history. Manu Samoa is second with three championships. Of invited teams, the Junior All Blacks, who have only been invited three times, have won all three times. Fourth in the overall standings is Japan with two overall wins, and New Zealand Maori with one. This year the Japan is leading the overall table with 10 points, with the United States in second with 9 points, and third shared, with 5 points, Fiji and Samoa. Japan had toppled World Champions Fiji, and won convincingly over Tonga. The US Eagles beat Canada, and then snatched a victory over Samoa in injury time. Watch for more news this weekend, and next week's game between Japan and the US, which will decide it all. Day Five of the 2019 Phillips 66 USA Swimming Nationals is ongoing today in Palo Alto, California. Today the men's 200 meter IM will be contested, along with the 50m free and 4x100 medleys. The 2019 Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos de 2019), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games, is a multi-sport event governed by the PanAm Sports Organization, being held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminary rounds in certain events having begun on July 24, 2019. These Pan American Games are at venues in and around Lima, and are the largest sporting event ever hosted by the country. Lima is the 7th city in South America to host the Pan American Games. 419 events in 39 sports are scheduled to be contested in Lima, which is the largest number of medal events ever held at a single edition of the Pan American Games. Bodybuilding and surfing will be contested at the Pan-Am Games for the first time in 2019, while basque pelota (jai alai) will be reinstated after being absent from the 2015 Games. Today's action includes diving, water polo and fencing. The games continue through August 11th. As Always, Eric http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/omnisporthttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Triathletepix/info -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/1327062647.848100.1564921919213%40mail.yahoo.com.
