Enthralling opening day of Olympic women’s rugby sevens competition

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• Australia, France, New Zealand and the USA finish first day of Tokyo 2020 women’s rugby sevens competition with perfect records
• Thrilling encounter between New Zealand and Great Britain saw the Black Ferns Sevens overcome a 21-0 deficit to win 26-21 in a scintillating match
• Top two in each pool and the two best third-placed teams qualify for the medal quarter-finals, meaning every nation still has a last-eight spot to play for on day two
• Fiji and Brazil take to the Tokyo Stadium pitch for the first match on Friday at 09:00 local time (GMT+9)
• The medal quarter-finals will take place from 17:30 to 19:30 local time (GMT+9) on Friday

Four teams remain unbeaten at the end of day one of the women’s Olympic rugby sevens tournament following two pulsating sessions at Tokyo Stadium.

Rio 2016 gold medallists Australia, France, the USA and top seeds New Zealand all got off to a perfect start at Tokyo 2020, winning consecutive matches on the opening day.

Fiji retain Olympic rugby sevens title with victory over New Zealand

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• Unstoppable Fiji retain the men’s Olympic rugby sevens title in Tokyo
• Fiji overcame New Zealand 27-12 in a pulsating Olympic final at Tokyo Stadium
• Argentina beat Great Britain 17-12 to claim the bronze medal
• The women’s competition begins on Thursday with France v Fiji at 09:00 local time (GMT+9)

Fiji secured their second successive men’s Olympic rugby sevens gold medal as they beat New Zealand 27-12 in a thrilling gold medal match at Tokyo Stadium.

The defending champions raced into a 12-0 lead against the All Blacks Sevens as Meli Derenalagi and Sireli Maqala touched down in the opening three minutes.

Great Britain, New Zealand, Argentina and Fiji to battle for Olympic gold

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• Thrilling quarter-finals showcase the action-packed excitement of Olympic rugby sevens
• New Zealand face Great Britain in first semi-final at 11:00 local time (GMT+9) on Wednesday
• Argentina take on Fiji in second semi-final at 11:30 local time after stunning six-man victory
• Final day of men’s competition begins at 09:00 local time with Japan v Republic of Korea
• The gold medal match kicks off at 18:00, after the bronze medal match at 17:30, local times
• Great Britain, New Zealand, Argentina and Fiji remain in with a chance of Olympic glory on finals day on Wednesday as rugby sevens lived up to its high octane reputation during four action packed quarter-finals on day two at Tokyo Stadium today.

New Zealand booked their place in the last four with a comfortable 21-10 win over Canada, while their opponents Great Britain showed incredible self-belief to come back from 21-0 down to beat the USA 26-21 in Tuesday’s quarter-finals.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics men’s rugby sevens quarter-final line-up taking shape

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• Enthralling opening day of men’s Olympic rugby sevens action at Tokyo Stadium

• Fiji, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa and USA make perfect starts to guarantee their places in quarter-finals

• Hosts Japan and Canada will get day two under way at Tokyo Stadium at 09:00 local time (GMT+9), and both teams still have all to play for.

• The Tokyo 2020 Olympic quarter-final line-up is taking shape following an enthralling opening day of rugby sevens at Tokyo Stadium that saw five teams make perfect starts to secure their places in the knock-out rounds.

Fiji, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa and USA all guaranteed their places in Tuesday’s quarter-finals by securing victories in both their matches on the opening day of Olympic action in Tokyo.

Great Britain are yet to concede a point in Tokyo, scoring 58 unanswered points following a pair of impressive 24-0 and 34-0 Pool B victories over Canada and Japan respectively.

Reigning Olympic champions Fiji make winning start against hosts Japan

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The Tokyo 2020 men’s Olympic rugby sevens competition began in exciting fashion with all 12 teams in action on the first morning of rugby sevens at Tokyo Stadium.

Defending champions Fiji needed to come from behind to get their Tokyo 2020 campaign off to a winning start against hosts Japan, eventually running out 24-19 winners.