From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
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.
Market31 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Ba
Patrick Joseph 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.
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Crisis
Match19 Aug 2026
Ba bow out of the cup
Suva go through and Ba go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ba
Patrick Joseph was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Misaele Prasad after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Off the academy pitches and onto a senior team sheet at 20. The debut is the easy part; the second appearance is the one every young player has to earn.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
So close: Mosese Naba’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Navua moved on, Mosese Naba reports back to Ba, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Etonia Dogalau commits to Ba for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ba
Etonia Dogalau was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market3 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Raj Pillay again, and this time the name on the line is Nasinu. Ba are listening politely and promising nothing.