rugby sevens
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby sevens team at the Tokyo Olympics.
Fiji is battling a severe COVID-19 outbreak, with more than 25,000...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Last year's Olympic Qualifying Ocean 7s was an amazing almost magical event to cover. With a minimal budget and limited trained human resources, Pacific Islander Oceania Rugby Administrators, Lemalu Wayne Schuster and Biutoka Kacimaiwai fended off the incoming measles epidemic,...
Monday 20 July, 2020 — The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee have announced the revised competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Games which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the opening ceremony now set for 23 July,...
(AP) — Only hours after the Australian government called for its citizens to cancel all non-essential travel, the Australian rules Australian Football League (AFL) announced it was postponing its seasons until May 31.
Australia’s various football leagues were among the few remaining professional...

![Fiji players and team staff poses with their gold medals and a national flag after winning men’s rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday. [photo: Associated Press] Fiji players and team staff](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fiji_7s_gold_olympics.jpg?itok=zuds4akH)
![New Zealand star, Tim Mikkelson, cheers on young Niko Jones as he is about to score his first ever try in an All Blacks 7s jersey at the Oceania 7s Championships, Olympic Qualifying Event, Day 2, ANZ Stadium, Suva, Fiji. [Photo 11/8/19 by Barry Markowitz, courtesy Vodafone Samoa & Bluesky Communications] Tim Mikkelson, cheers on young Niko Jones](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cool_stuff_niko.jpg?itok=7MvGJLnJ)

