Three-time Olympic flagbearer Pita Taufatofua has launched a fundraiser for tsunami relief in Tonga, where his father is among scores of people who have not been heard from.

Tonga has recorded its first COVID-19 infection since the beginning of the pandemic after a positive case was discovered from a repatriation flight from New Zealand which had on board members of the country's Olympic team who were finally returning home from Tokyo 2020. 

Six members of Tonga's team from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games remain "in good spirits" despite still being stranded in New Zealand because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, and are expected to fly home on October 20.

Netball Australia will support the Pacific Women’s Sports Administration programme in partnership with the Federal Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to help develop other netball governing bodies in Oceania.

A six strong delegation managed by the Tonga Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) that competed at Tokyo 2020 faces a long wait in New Zealand after their flight home was cancelled due to a change in COVID-19 restrictions.

Four Pacific Island nations have been forced to withdraw from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it has been confirmed.

Netball Australia and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have collaborated to hold a virtual training programme in Tonga over five days.

World Rugby has announced it will provide a package of financial and administrative support to help facilitate two Pacific Islands teams to join Super Rugby from 2022.

Tonga National Rugby League's (TNRL) Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal hearing over its expulsion from the sport's global governing body has been delayed because of the coronavirus crisis. 

Tonga Ma'a Tonga Rugby League has submitted an application to join the International Rugby League (IRL), after the sport's national governing body was suspended last year due to governance concerns.

International Rugby League (IRL) has confirmed its decision to expel Tonga's national governing body from the sport.

Around half of a group of Tongan athletes and officials who were stranded in China due to coronavirus have safely left the country.

Tonga National Olympic Committee secretary general Takitoa Taumoepeau confirmed there are Tongan athletes currently quarantined in Wuhan due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese city. 

France qualified for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup but only after being given a major fright by Tonga in Kumamoto.