First it was the under 20 FIFA World Cup, and now Fiji is off to the Olympic soccer tournament in Rio next year after defeating Vanuatu in the final qualification match being played as part of the ...

On the morning of October 9, 2009, 89 members of the International Olympic Committee sat in a conference center in Copenhagen. The committee members, who shape policy at the IOC, had come together in ...

They’re favorites to win sevens gold at the Rio Olympics – and head coach Ben Ryan wants his Fiji players to showcase their “mystical” style of rugby as they pursue a place in the history books. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) As coach Ben Ryan savored Fiji's wildly popular gold-medal rugby success at the Rio Olympics, a smidgen of doubt disrupted his celebration. Could he just walk away from this?

SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Former San Francisco 49ers running back Jarryd Hayne has failed in his bid to win selection in the Fiji rugby sevens team to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Hayne ...

The members of Fiji’s Olympic men’s rugby sevens team learned the game using plastic bottles, bundled-up shirts and even flip-flops as balls––about as far removed from the sport’s roots in a stuffy ...

Certain perks come with being a successful Olympic rugby coach in Fiji. Coach Ben Ryan, the English-born coach of Fiji’s gold-medal winning sevens rugby team, learned this over the weekend when he was ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Fiji will take on the United States, Argentina and hosts Brazil in the pool stage of the men's rugby sevens at the Rio Games when they begin their quest to land their ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Other rugby sevens teams at Rio talk about staying relaxed, of trying not to put too much pressure on themselves. Not Fiji. In the tiny Pacific island nation, where mornings ...

After 16 appearances in the Olympics, the tiny nation of Fiji has its first medal. And it is gold. The Fiji rugby sevens squad routed Great Britain in the gold medal game on Thursday night, winning 43 ...