When he stepped into the lights of the stadium waving his flag, articles were already being written about the distractingly shiny Tongan flag bearer and Twitter was melting down. “The internet ...

Paea races to the peak and plants a small Tongan flag on a pole in the crumbling soil, like an explorer of old. "I am claiming it for me and for Tonga," he says, with a large gap-toothed smile.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) marched behind the Olympic flag On a lighter note, Tongan taekwondo athlete Pita Taufatofua became a viral sensation at the opening ceremony of the 2016 ...