(Reuters) - Australian Chloe Dalton's hopes of defending the women's rugby sevens Olympic gold medal were crushed after she said she will miss next month's Tokyo Games due to a cheekbone fracture.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic rugby sevens pools announced with less than a month to go; The 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams are in three pools of four teams; Reigning men’s gold and silver medalists Fiji and ...

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, Australia's Emilee Cherry, right, scores a try as Canada's Karen Paquin, defends during the women's rugby sevens semi final match at the Summer Olympics in Rio ...

Billy Odhiambo scores a try as Kenya contended with South Africa in their Tokyo Sevens IRB series in Japan, yesterday. [PHOTO: IRB The Kenya National Sevens team ended their string of poor ...

WELLINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - New Zealand's team bidding for a rugby sevens gold medal at next year's Tokyo Olympics will not include any All Blacks after several approached declined to be involved.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese Rugby Football Union announced on Wednesday that next month's Asia Sevens Invitational, which doubles as a test event for rugby sevens at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has ...

Many sevens athletes face an uncertain future following the conclusion of the 2020 Olympics, but Ben Harris’ fine efforts in Tokyo have helped him earn a new deal with Premiership outfit Saracens.

Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. All 13 members of ...

SYDNEYSYDNEY — Emilee Cherry won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics to help Australia defend the gold medal it won in women’s rugby sevens at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Cherry, a former women’s sevens player of ...

Australia's only victory in the pool stages came against South Korea Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red ...