It is widely assumed that the IRB is partly using the sevens form of rugby at the Olympic Games to increase the worldwide popularity of the more familiar fifteens format. By the same token, there is a ...

As my colleague Philip Barker has pointed out in his well-researched history of rugby union in the Olympic context which forms the current Big Read on insidethegames.biz, the next 12 months will be ...

COPENHAGEN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Golf and rugby sevens have been added to the Olympic schedule from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. The two ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 06: Chloe Dalton of Australia runs with the ball during a Women’s Pool A rugby match between Australia and Fiji on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Deodoro ...

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. Fiji rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan described ...

Team GB's sevens women have been professional to the core in recent weeks, playing warm-up matches with focus and paying attention to sports science in the finest detail. It came down to moments of ...

The fly-half, who has 58 caps for the Wallabies, had featured at the 2015-16 World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas and Vancouver. But Friend says his team have not had enough chance to work with the ...

PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) - Rugby Sevens is hoping to finally seize the spotlight in Paris after making its Olympic debut in Rio in 2016 and having its sophomore showing at the COVID-19 affected Tokyo ...