WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby ...

TOKYO — Jerry Tuwai is a two-time Olympic champion and his Fiji rugby sevens squad has given the people of their Pacific island nation a reason to celebrate in the midst of a deadly coronavirus ...

Fiji conquered New Zealand 27-12 in the final of the Tokyo Olympics men's rugby tournament, repeated as gold medalists in a match that featured the two best teams in the world. Fiji, the island nation ...

The Fiji men's rugy team won gold in rugby sevens at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. After the final, the player's emotionally sang a traditional Fijian song on the podium. The song was a tribute to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Olympic gold medal-winning sevens rugby coach Gareth Baber will not renew his contract with the Fiji Rugby Union when it expires in November. The Fiji union had offered ...

For Baber and his players, it’s been a strange and long journey preparing for an Olympic Games in the middle of a global pandemic. “We locked them down for five months,” he told the media after his ...

The HSBC Rugby Sevens tournament is coming to Los Angeles for the grand finale of the 2021-22 series, and a championship is on the line for the men’s side. South Africa, Australia, Argentina and Fiji ...

BRISBANE, AustraliaBRISBANE, Australia — For six days, fit, strong Olympians hurled themselves at each other and at the try line in short, sharp bursts. Australian gold. A sideline marriage proposal ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand >> Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby sevens ...

TOKYO (AP) – There’s only one player who can really compare the elation of winning Fiji’s first Olympic gold medal with the emotions of defending the rugby sevens title. For Jerry Tuwai, the world ...