The Nadi Sentinel
Squad31 Aug 2026
The knee: Tuiba Batiratu out for 116 days
116 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Nadi lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ratu Saimoni Nabogi 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 Nadi people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ashneel Kumar moves on
Rewa pay $4.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Panapasa Tawakece 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 Nadi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Nadi ask about Setareki Nawalu
A loan enquiry to Lautoka: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Nadi
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad Maleli Tuisese signs on for more
- The dugout Pauliasi Tulivou gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Maleli Tuisese asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager comes out for Aron Naicker