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 ...

SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Former Wales sevens captain and coach Gareth Baber has been appointed as the new head coach of Olympic champion Fiji's sevens rugby team, replacing Ben Ryan. Ryan led the Fiji team ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic rugby sevens pools announced with less than a month to go; The 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams are in three pools of four teams; Reigning men’s gold and silver medalists Fiji and ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Welsh coach Gareth Baber, who led Fiji to the defence of their Olympic rugby Sevens title in Tokyo, has rejected an offer to stay on until the 2024 Paris Games and will ...

Sakoyisa Makata scored in extra time as South Africa rallied to defeat Fiji 29-24 in the final of the Los Angeles leg of the Rugby Sevens World Series. The Blitzboks were down 19-0 to the Olympic ...

Kenya Sevens player William Ambaka tackles England's Dan Norton on day one of the HSBC New Zealand Sevens 2020 men's competition at FMG Stadium Waikato on 25 January, 2020 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Twenty-four winners confirmed across six men’s and women’s award categories; New Zealand men’s and women’s champions presented with series trophies; HSBC Dream Teams include a trio of New Zealand ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Fiji produced a breathtaking performance that epitomised the pace, power and skill of their distinctive brand of rugby to become the first men's Olympic sevens champions on ...

HSBC World Rugby ([To enable links contact MENAFN] Sevens Series Award winners to be announced on 21 September; Twenty-four winners to be announced across six men''s and women''s award categories; ...