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 ...

headquartered in Piraeus, Greece. More than 180 ships signed up under the Tongan flag before the registry closed in 2002.

There were a few technical glitches when Taufatofua, who caused a stir when he went shirtless while carrying the Tongan flag at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics opening ceremony and again in the cold ...