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 team at the Tokyo Olympics.
PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - France claimed their first gold medal of their own Olympics and first of any kind in men’s rugby sevens when Antoine Dupont led them to a stunning 28-7 win over ...
SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) - Olympic Rugby Sevens men's champions Fiji have sacked English coach Ben Gollings and appointed 2016 gold medallist Osea Kolinisau in his placeF some four months before ...
Host nation France will meet twice champions Fiji in the final of the Olympic men's rugby sevens tournament later on Saturday. The French crushed South Africa 19-5 in the first semi-final at the Stade ...
Springbok Sevens side came horribly unstuck against a game Fijian side, losing 28-10 in their second game of the shortened ...
Fiji defeated New Zealand 29-12 in the championship final in a rematch of the final from the last sevens competition in Los Angeles. The All Blacks were victorious in that matchup, but the Flying ...
March 4 (Reuters) - Heavyweights New Zealand, South Africa and Australia all went unbeaten on day one of the Las Vegas Sevens on Friday but reigning World Series champions Fiji suffered a shock defeat ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The captain of Fiji’s Olympic-champion rugby sevens team, Jerry Tuwai, says he doesn’t expect to lead the team in its attempt to win a third consecutive gold medal at ...
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 ...
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 ...