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 ...

TOKYO — The wonders of the Olympics include that a heart can melt suddenly for some team from some faraway place the heart has never even visited, such as, say, Fiji. It’s understandable. Out of all ...

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 ...

Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby sevens team at the Tokyo Olympics. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Emerging gingerly from their homes ...

PARIS — Fiji stayed on track for a third successive Olympic gold medal in rugby sevens by reaching the semifinals at the Stade de France on Thursday. The Tokyo Games silver and bronze medallists — New ...

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 ...

Fiji rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan described his team as on "another scale of phenomenal" after winning the nation's first ever Olympic medal, claiming gold. ___5370088 ...

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 ...

Brentford have appointed former England and Fiji rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan to a new role of director of elite performance at the club. Former Nottingham scrum-half Ryan, 50, who guided Fiji to ...

Two nations will return home as champions of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022: Fiji from the men’s side and Australia from the women’s side. Fiji defeated New Zealand 29-12 in the championship final in ...