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The USA kept their medal hopes alive with a 26-0 win over Brazil in the second round of games on Day One of the Men’s Olympic 7s event on Tuesday. Tries to Folau Niua, Nate Ebner, Carlin Isles, and Maka Unufe gave them the some much-needed points as they look …

Both New Zealand and Argentina have suffered serious blows to their Olympic squads and have been forced to make changes after only one round. Each have lost two players, and complicating matters is that Olympic regulations state that only one replacement player can be added during the competition, meaning both …

Japan have once again shocked the rugby world with an incredible 14-12 win over New Zealand in the first round of the Men’s Olympic 7s at Deodoro Stadium on Tuesday. Teruya Goto opened the scoring and after Scott Curry and Akira Ioane put New Zealand into the lead, Kameli Soejima …

Perhaps the best chance for an upset comes in Pool C. New Zealand have not been at their best this season, Great Britain have been thrown together in a matter of weeks, Kenya won in Singapore and have played magnificent rugby at times, and even Japan has had their moments. …

Two top contenders in Australia and South Africa will collide on Day 2 in Pool B, with Latin European sides France and Spain also in residence to act as potential spoilers. All four sides prefer free-flowing rugby which should allow for some highly entertaining matches across the pool with big …

It’s the Americas – and Fiji – in Pool A of the men’s draw at the Olympic Games. With eight teams moving ahead into the medal quarter finals it’s unlikely to make much of a difference, though it might have been more exciting to see the Americas teams spread out …

Australia are the inaugural Gold Medal winners at the Olympic 7s. The HSBC Sevens Series champions made it a double as they closed out a 24-17 win over New Zealand in the final on Monday evening. It brings to a close the wildly successful women’s bracket of the Rugby Sevens …

The USA overcame a slow start against France to come away 19-5 winners at Deodoro Stadium on Monday, in doing so finishing in 5th overall at the Olympic Games. A try by Camille Grassineau had the French up by seven points to nil at the break, but whatever coach Richie …

The top two sides on the HSBC Sevens Series standings have qualified for the Gold Medal final at the Olympic Games. Australia looked confident and composed with a near-faultless performance against Canada in the first semi-final, winning 17-5 and keeping their favorites tag for the final. New Zealand stormed past …

Las Tucanes lost their one and only fixture today to finish in 12th position at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Colombia were up against Kenya and fell 22-10 in what was the South American country’s best showing at the games. In scoring two tries against the Africans Colombia finish …