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COMMONWEALTH GAMES VILLAGE, BIRMINGHAM<\/strong> – The President of SASNOC, Pauga Talalelei Pauga, has provided an update on Team Samoa that has \u201chappily and thankfully arrived safely at their final destination, Birmingham, United Kingdom, after 3 days of travelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to God for everything,\u201d was how he ended his short update.<\/p>\n

“Team Samoa has settled in well after having to go through Covid-19 testing and accreditation,” reports Pauga.<\/p>\n

“While in a foreign country, Team Samoa continues to give praise to the Lord through their evening devotionals.<\/p>\n

\"Team

Team Samoa team members during evening prayers.<\/p><\/div>\n

They continue to train to await the official opening of the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Thursday 28 July 2022 at 7pm Birmingham, United Kingdom time, which is 7am Friday morning 29th July 2022, Samoan time.<\/p>\n

The schedule of the games can be found on the link https:\/\/www.birmingham2022.com\/<\/p>\n

The table below is the schedule of events that Team Samoa will be competing and kick off on local (Samoan) times.<\/p>\n

\"Team

Sevens Team members on bus route to the Games Village.<\/p><\/div>\n

OFFICIAL OPENING<\/strong>
\nFriday 29th July 2022 – 7am<\/p>\n

RUGBY SEVENS
\n<\/strong>Friday 29th July 2022 – 9pm<\/p>\n

AQUATIC SWIMMING
\n<\/strong>Friday 29th July 2022 – <\/strong>10:30pm<\/p>\n

BOXING<\/strong>
\nSaturday 30th July 2022 – 12am<\/p>\n

WEIGHTLIFTING
\n<\/strong>Saturday 30th July 2022 – <\/strong>9pm<\/p>\n

JUDO
\n<\/strong>Monday 1st August 2022 – <\/strong>10pm<\/p>\n

ATHLETICS
\n<\/strong>Tuesday 2nd August 2022 – <\/strong>10pm<\/p>\n

WRESTLING
\n<\/strong>Friday 5th August 2022 – 10:30pm<\/p>\n

OFFICIAL CLOSING
\n<\/strong>Tuesday 9th August 2022 – 7pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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