The 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony may be a little less glossy compared to previous years due to the absence of Pita Taufatofua. However, the former Tongan flag bearer still took part in the ...

The Commonwealth Games kicked off last night in Birmingham to a riot or colour. As the athletes filed into Alexander Stadium, one country's representatives caught the eye (once again) as Tonga ...

Pita Taufatofua — best known for his shirtless appearances as Tonga's flag bearer — will not be at the Paris Olympics Chris Hyde/Getty The Summer Olympics opening ceremony will be a little less ...

BEIJING — For the first time since 2014, an Olympics Opening Ceremony won’t feature the glistening pecs of multi-sport Olympian Pita Taufatofua. The Tongan Olympian in both taekwondo and cross-country ...

MELBOURNE, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Tonga and China held a signing ceremony on Friday for construction equipment that will be used to build infrastructure in the tsunami-hit Pacific island, a day before the ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are getting underway in Paris, with this year's Opening Ceremony taking on a historic new look as the Parade of Athletes heads down the Seine, as opposed to the typical ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Tonga is mostly an overlooked country at the Olympics, with a rather small delegation and just one medal in its entire history, a silver in 1996. But it provided perhaps the most ...

Things got a little wet and wild during Friday night's Olympic Opening Ceremony. And by wet and wild, we mean six-packed and greasy. Pita Taufatofua, the flag bearer for Team Tonga, brought spectators ...

Tongan flag-bearer Pita Taufatofua previously captured the hearts of fans watching the Summer and Winter Olympics, but he wasn’t at the Beijing Games’ opening ceremony on Friday. Taufatofua has been ...