Using their male counterparts’ emotional victory in Monaco last week as inspiration, Spain’s women upset the odds to book their place in the Olympic Games 2016, edging out a fancied Russia team in a thrilling final in Dublin on Sunday. In lynchpin Patricia Garcia, Spain have a play-maker of genuine quality and her two tries
Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco have drawn the pools for the men’s and women’s Olympic Games rugby sevens repechage events at the magnificent Hotel Hermitage of Monte Carlo. With excitement building ahead of rugby’s return to the Olympic stage after an absence of 92 years, the repechage events will take
With 155 days to go until rugby sevens makes its Olympic Games debut, World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset believes that Rio 2016 will be a game-changing moment for a sport that is experiencing record global growth. Speaking ahead of the rugby sevens test event at the Deodoro Olympic Park this weekend, Lapasset said that Olympic
University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham says she “couldn’t be happier” after being named in the ParalympicsGB sailing squad for this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. It will be a third appearance at the Games for Rickham and SKUD 18 partner Niki Birrell, who made their debuts at Beijing 2008 and won bronze at London
International rugby sevens stars will compete in the annual invitational beach rugby competition at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on 19 December to promote rugby sevens’ debut at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Supported by World Rugby and run by the Confederaçao Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu) , the event will deliver a fitting celebration of
World Rugby has confirmed that Kenya’s women’s rugby sevens team will compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The announcement follows confirmation by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) to the South African Rugby Union and World Rugby that it does not intend to accept a place at the Games, which the
World Rugby and the Brazilian Rugby Confederation (CBRu) have inaugurated Brazil’s first ever semi-permanent beach rugby pitch on the iconic Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. As part of World Rugby’s Olympic Day celebrations, children and young people from local social projects, schools and clubs were invited to the opening of the pitch, which will
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