Squad of 22 match officials from 12 countries selected for the Olympic Games in Tokyo; Inclusion of five international players who have swapped the playing shirt for the whistle, including New Zealand ...

After a year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Olympics are finally here. One of the most physical contact sports contested in Tokyo will be rugby. Derived from a game of school ...

Feb 26 (Reuters) - Britain on Friday named their men's and women's rugby sevens training squads as they gear up for this year's Tokyo Olympics. English rugby's governing body, the RFU, had ditched its ...

MELBOURNE, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Australia has started a recruitment process for head coaches of its national men's and women's rugby sevens teams after both programmes flopped at the Tokyo Olympics. The ...

South Africa, bronze medallists in Rio, and USA are in Pool C having both achieved direct Olympic qualification by finishing in the top four of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019, where the USA ...

Rugby sevens action comes fast and furious at the Olympic Games, with multiple six-match sessions per day. Matches last just 14 minutes (two seven-minute halves) and full sessions generally run up to ...

The two teams were hoping to secure top spot in Pool B and C of the men’s tournament to advance to a semi-final at the ANZ Stadium, which effectively serves as a playoff for the Olympic Games. Pool A ...

SYDNEY — Australia men’s rugby sevens captain and three-time Olympian Nick Malouf has announced his retirement following the Paris Games. The 31-year-old Malouf, who played in 61 world series ...

Top officials from rugby and golf have welcomed the decision to keep them on the programme for the 2024 Olympic Games.