Great Britain are the latest to confirm their places in the men’s and women’s competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after England won the Rugby Europe regional qualifiers in France and Russia respectively on Sunday. England’s women were the first celebrating after silencing the home crowd in Kazan with a 19-0 victory over Russia
Head of England Sevens Simon Amor and England Women’s Sevens head coach James Bailey have named their 12-player squads for the Rugby Europe Men’s and Women’s Sevens Olympic Qualifier Tournaments on 13 and 14 July. The men compete in Colomiers, France and the women in Kazan, Russia with both tournaments streamed live on the Rugby
England Women finished runners-up in the second leg of the two-part Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan, after 21-0 defeat to Russia in the Cup final. Earlier in the day, England beat Wales 21-7 in a hard-fought Cup quarter-final, securing a place in the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco next year.
8 – 9 July Women’s Rugby Sevens – Grand Prix Series – Kazan, Russia The top two teams across both legs of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series, based on an amalgamation of points, will secure a place in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in July 2018. The two-part European series provides England with
James Bailey has named his squad for the second and final leg of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series in Kazan, Russia this weekend (8-9 July, live on RugbyEurope.tv). Bailey makes one change to the squad that placed 4th in the first leg of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series in Malemort
Great Britain Women Royals won the Plate final of the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series in Kazan with the GB Lions finishing the tournament in third. An eight-try final game against Spain saw the Royals land the Plate, having been knocked out of the Cup competition by their GB counterparts 5-24. Following their semi-final
Here are the first day’s fixtures for the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series. Games will be streamed live and free on Rugby Europe TV here. Kazan 7s Fixtures – 11 and 12 June 2016. Match 1 8.00 France 51-0 Finland Match 2 8.22 Netherlands 10-19 GB Royals Match 3 8.44 Spain 12-7 Portugal Match 4 9.06 GB Lions
British Swimming National Centre Bath, can already boast three medals this week at the FINA World Championships final in Kazan, Russia and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor has two of them – bronze in the 200m individual medley and gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay, along with Chris Walker-Hebborn. O’Connor narrowly missed out on a third medal on Thursday
Chris Walker-Hebborn and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor helped Great Britain’s mixed 4x100m medley relay team set a new world record during a golden evening at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. The swimmers, who both train with the British Swimming National Centre at the University of Bath, teamed up with Adam Peaty and Fran Halsall to
University of Bath-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, fresh from winning Britain’s first-ever medal in the women’s 200m individual medley on Monday, narrowly missed out on a place in the 200m freestyle final at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. She was just three-hundredths of a second off the lead at the halfway mark of her
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