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Most flights out of Fiji have been grounded due to the pandemic. The country's Olympic rugby team was forced to hitch a ride to the Tokyo Games on a cargo flight full of frozen fish.
The Pacific Island nation of 900,000 picked up its first Olympic medal ever after defeating the British rugby team 43-7 on Friday – and the victory was made even sweeter by the fact that it was ...
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — The government of Fiji is issuing two million $7 banknotes to commemorate the Pacific island nation’s Olympic gold medal victory in rugby sevens last year in Rio de Janeiro. The ...
In a joint press meet with Fiji's PM Sitiveni Rabuka, India's PM Narendra Modi highlighted the connective power of sports, ...
The Fiji women's team, unsung and largely overshadowed in their rugby-loving island nation by the world series champion men's team, produced the only upset on day one of the Olympic rugby sevens ...
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — A top rugby official in Fiji was fired within days of being appointed after she spoke of “this gay problem” in women’s national teams. Laijipa Naulivou resigned as ...
Alev Kelter recorded the first try in Team USA women’s rugby sevens Olympic history, but the U.S. fell to Fiji 12-7 in Group A play at the Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. An forward pass from the U ...
Ten of the 12 teams playing in Paris are returning from Tokyo. Ireland and South Africa are making their Olympic women’s rugby debut. New Zealand, France and Fiji return as the Tokyo medalists. The ...
The Pacific Island nation of 900,000 picked up its first Olympic medal ever after defeating the British rugby team 43-7 on Friday – and the victory was made even sweeter by the fact that it was ...