Dave Kumar

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Navua U18
9 Mar 2028
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37 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Apr 2027

Jovilisi Borisi stands alone

11 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Monit Chand damages knee ligaments — 62 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 62 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market12 Apr 2027

Ali Mekawir hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Navua can pretend not to have heard.

Match12 Apr 2027

Every point is an argument now for Navua

Position 8 and 5 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Words exchanged at Navua

Jovilisi Borisi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match10 Apr 2027

Navua come up short against Ba

Ba left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout12 Apr 2027

Akuila Lal: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout12 Apr 2027

Filipe Baravilala has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Navua will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Player ratings12 Apr 2027

Nobody could get near Ali Mekawir

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
30 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad22 Feb 2027

Monit Chand damages knee ligaments — 112 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 112 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad22 Feb 2027

A falling-out at Navua

Jovilisi Borisi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout22 Feb 2027

Ali Mekawir 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 Ali Mekawir is on it.

In brief

11 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 Oct 2026

Jovilisi Borisi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Navua this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market12 Oct 2026

Dave Kumar steps up from the Navua academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dave Kumar has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market12 Oct 2026

Viliame Verevou steps up from the Navua academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Viliame Verevou has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Kolinio Sivoki has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Navua will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market12 Oct 2026

Ali Mekawir linked with a move away

The name of Ali Mekawir keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Navua say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Kolinio Sivoki goes off with his country

A call-up flatters the player and the club that produced him in the same breath. Navua would like him back in one piece and know they will not be consulted.

In brief