WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Rio de Janeiro gold medalist Jerry Tuwai will captain the defending champion Fiji men’s team in the rugby sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. Tuwai was a member of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...
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 ...
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, July 28 (Reuters) - Fiji maintained their dominance of the Olympic Rugby Sevens on Wednesday with a comprehensive 27-12 gold medal win over New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium, retaining the title ...
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 ...
Rugby sevens is still relatively new to the Olympics but it could easily become your new summer obsession. Here’s everything you need to know to dive in during the 2021 Olympics. After making a ...
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 ...