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 ...

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 ...

England's former rugby sevens ace Ben Gollings has been appointed coach of double Olympic champions Fiji for three years, the Fiji Rugby Union said on Friday. Dec 24 (Reuters) - England's former rugby ...

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 ...

FIJI coach Ben Ryan admits selecting Jarryd Hayne is a huge gamble but the Englishman says the cross-code star has all the ingredients to succeed at sevens. The Twickenham event is the last of the ...

Shujaa's Billy Odhiambo scores a try against Japan [Courtesy-World Rugby] Kenya Sevens kicked off the Toulouse Sevens on a low note after losing 29-5 to Olympic champions Fiji in their opening Group B ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Jerry Tuwai and his Fiji teammates turned up on a Monday in May ready for a five-day training camp to prepare to defend their Olympic rugby sevens title. By Friday of that week, it was ...

Fiji won the first-ever Olympic men’s rugby sevens gold medal by defeating Great Britain 43-7 on Thursday. Fiji’s Osea Kolinisau scored a try less than a minute into the match. Jerry Tuwai, Jasa ...

TOKYO (AP) — Waisea Nacuqu scored a try with eight seconds left for Fiji to beat defending champion South Africa 33-26 in the Tokyo Sevens rugby final on Saturday. Fiji's second title of the season ...

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 ...