The Navua Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Labasa join the queue for Samir Hussain
Add another name to the list: Labasa have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Samir Hussain. The answer from Navua has not changed — yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Ali Mekawir
Still no offer on the table, and Ali Mekawir’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Navua sign Maleli Naranayanan, one for the future
Maleli Naranayanan is 14, and Navua have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
Navua buy the years ahead of Taniela Naranayanan
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Isaac Raicama
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Filipe Baravilala is not doing himself any favours
- Squad Maleli Naranayanan is out on the grass again