Samoa

It could take at least two years for the Samoa men's sevens team to become World Series contenders again, according to new coach Muliagatele Brian Lima.

A Samoa repatriation flight from New Zealand scheduled for this Friday has been delayed until the 18th of September.

Samoa and Tonga are in talks to play their Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying match in New Zealand later this year.

The Samoa Rugby Union is facing a loss of one million Tala over past six months as the financial fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic begins to bite.

Samoa's Ministry of Customs and Revenue has delayed the introduction of a new tax monitoring system following pressure from the Chamber of Commerce.

Samoa's government has approved a one-off charter flight from Australia to repatriate scholarship students, a first since the lockdown started in March.

Australian authorities have arrested a man for allegedly planning to assassinate the Samoan Prime Minister.

The NZ-based Samoan chief, historically jailed for human trafficking and slavery, is appealing against his conviction, while the Crown is appealing against his sentence.

Opposition parties in Samoa are describing the government's Covid-19 State of Emergency restrictions as "heavy handed" and "unnecessary."

A former opposition party, Tautua Samoa, is gearing up for the 2021 general election with hopes of winning parliamentary seats to end any further one-party rule.

Former Samoa sevens player Gordon Langkilde has been recalled to the national team more than two years after assaulting three players at the Sevens World Cup in San Francisco.

Samoa has today turned off all analogue television broadcasting, marking the completion of its switch to digital TV transmission.