Abdul Sahil

Striker - Ba
13 Sep 2026
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Marked for Abdul Sahil

6 Edition

The Ba Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 2026

Terms done: Raj Pillay is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Nadroga waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Ba is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Ba close the window on a squad of their own making

14 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Raj Pillay signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Raj Pillay and Ba agree another 3 years.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Abdul Sahil for 14 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Ba will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Ba

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raj Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market7 Sep 2026

The Patrick Joseph story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Patrick Joseph signs something — a contract at Ba or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Ratu Dau gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ratu Dau is on it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

International call for Tevita Koroi

Tevita Koroi joins up with his country. Ba lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Market7 Sep 2026

Talks stall between Ba and Malakai Rere

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Ba Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match26 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Ba

0‑1 against Navua, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market31 Aug 2026

Abdul Sahil agrees terms with Suva

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Ba people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Epeli Krishna was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market31 Aug 2026

Only the photograph left for Kalaveti Sivoi

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kalaveti Sivoi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ba the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Ba agree a free transfer for Delon Shankar

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Market31 Aug 2026

Mosese Naba attracts admirers

The name of Mosese Naba has come up in conversations Ba were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market31 Aug 2026

Nadroga expected to open talks for Raj Pillay

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Abishek Nakaci answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Kolinio Matai signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kolinio Matai commits to Ba for another 3 years.

In brief

4 Edition

The Ba Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match19 Aug 2026

Ba through in the cup

A 3‑1 win over Suva, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market24 Aug 2026

Abdul Sahil has said yes to Navua

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Ba have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Darold Kakasi beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Ba — 7.95

1 for Lucas Abarca, marked 7.95, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Market24 Aug 2026

Epeli Krishna puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ba, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market24 Aug 2026

Malakai Rere has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Sitiveni Kalounaiwai

Ba asked and Rewa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Ninety minutes of Ratu Dau at his very best

Marked 8.00. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Ba.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Raj Pillay falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief