18, July, 2015. Tonga is ready for the challenge of hosting the 2019 Pacific Games, says the secretary general of the Tongan National Olympic Committee, despite recent calls for the country to pull out of holding the event.

Saturday 18 July 2015. Fiji's Peni Ravai scored a 75th-minute try which clinched a 30-22 win over Tonga on Saturday in a thrilling opening match in the Pacific Nations Cup.

17 July, 2015. Sometimes we have to lose a battle in order to win the war. It makes us work much harder than before.

16 July, 2015. Tonga’s hosting of the 2019 Pacific Games has been thrown into doubt after Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva claimed the financial position of the country was unsatisfactory amid concerns over the cost of the event in four years’ time.

Nuku'alofa, 13 July 2015. A Tonga cabinet minister says he is embarrassed the government had to foot much of the travel bill for 59 athletes whose associations failed to pay their air fares to Papua New Guinea for the Pacific Games.

Nuku'alofa, 11 Siulai 2015. Kuo ikuna ‘e he timi toko 7 ‘a Tonga ‘a e metali polonise ‘o e fe’auhi ‘akapulu tautau toko 7 ‘a e kakai tangata ‘i he fe’auhi Sipoti ‘a e Paifiki Tonga ‘i Port Moresby ‘i Papua Niukini.

Nuku'alofa, 11 Siulai 2015. Ko e ongoongo fakafiefia ia ki he fonua hono ikuna ‘e he talavou Tonga koia ko ‘Amini Fonua ‘a e metali koula ‘e 3 ma’a Tonga ‘i he sipoti kakau 'i he fe'auhi sipoti 'a e Pasifiki Saute 'oku lolotonga fakahoko ki Port Moresby 'i Papua Niukini.

Nuku'alofa, 4 July 2015. Tonga’s Minister for Internal Affairs Fe’ao Vakata told Pacific Ministers in Port Moresby, the Tongan Government and Pacific Games Association (PGA) have committed to hosting 26 sports in the programme for the 2019 Pacific Games.