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The Navua Chronicle
28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Navua
Ali Mekawir and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Jack Wale knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jack Wale trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager plants his flag on Ali Mekawir
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Ali Mekawir’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Reeshab Permal on the training pitch
- Squad Welcome back, Samuela Sorovi