267 articles tagged "tokyo-olympics"
The wife of Fiji Men’s 7s team coach Gareth Baber, Danielle Baber says her husband rang them up immediately after they beat New Zealand in the final. She says she has not seen him smile so much in a long time
Fiji Men’s 7s team coach Gareth Baber says what everyone has been going through in Fiji has been the foundation for what they did over the last three days to create history and win back to back gold medals in the Olym
The Fiji Men’s 7s team has created history as we have won back to back gold medals in Olympics in rugby after beating New Zealand 27-12. It was also a historic moment for Jerry Tuwai as he is the first 7s player
Australia's Ariarne Titmus won her latest battle with five-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky as she set a Games record in the women's 200m freestyle in Tokyo. Titmus, who beat Ledecky in the 400m freestyle
The Fiji Men’s 7s team beat Argentina 26-14 in the Tokyo Olympics semi-final and are now on the verge of creating history by winning back to back gold medals in rugby in the Olympics. Jerry Tuwai will also become
Full time - Fiji 26 vs Argentina 14  11' Semi Radradra gets Fiji’s fourth try. Fiji 26 vs Argentina 14 10' Fiji gives away a penalty at the breakdown. 9' Jiuta Wainiqolo gets the third try for Fiji . Fi
Team Fiji Men’s 7s captain Jerry Tuwai says they have a big task ahead and their focus right now is on Argentina. Tuwai says we are suffering a lot with the pandemic right now and that's what matters to us, we ar
When the women's gymnastics competition at the Tokyo Olympic games will kicks off, we will all get to see athletes compete superhuman feats of strength and artistry. But that isn’t the only story. Team Germany showcas
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles says she has to focus on her mental health after pulling out of the women's gymnastics team final. The American left the arena after the vault, but later returned to su
Team Fiji swimmer Taichi Vakasama finished fourth in the first heat of the men's 200 metres breaststroke last night. The 21-year-old clocked a time of 2 minutes 17.35 seconds. Panama's Christianson Bernhard Ty
The Fiji Men’s 7s team will play Argentina at 2.30pm today in the second semifinal of the Tokyo Olympics 7s competition. The national side booked their place in the semifinal after overcoming Australia 19-0 last
Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo. Osaka has been one of the faces of the Games in the Japanese capital and
Alaskan teenager Lydia Jacoby upstaged her 2016 Olympic champion teammate Lily King to win a surprise gold medal in the women's 100m breaststroke. The 17-year-old accelerated over the final 25 metres to push ahead
Team Fiji Men’s 7s Team will play Australia in the last quarter-final at 10 tonight in the Tokyo Olympics. Fiji won all their three pool matches. Our first two wins against Japan and Canada were tough but Fi
Flora Duffy won Bermuda’s first-ever Olympic gold medal when she delivered a dominating run leg to convincingly triumph in the women’s triathlon on a stormy Tokyo course today. Duffy was part of a group of seve
Team Fiji Men’s 7s team played with a lot of character and kept a solid defence as they outmuscled Great Britain 33-7 in their last pool match in the Tokyo Olympics. It was a much changed Fiji outfit compared to
Philippines Hidilyn Diaz became her country's first ever Olympic gold medallist as she won the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at Tokyo 2020. Reuters reports that in her fourth Olympics, the 30-year-old l
A tough battle awaits our Men’s 7s team when they face Great Britain in their last pool match today. While Fiji has struggled to beat Japan and Canada, Great Britain have made easy work of Japan and Canada and h
At the age of just 13, Japan's Momiji Nishiya has made history by winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's street skateboarding at the Games in Tokyo. Nishiya topped a youthful podium with Rayssa Leal o
The 2020 Olympic Opening Ceremony, which took place in Tokyo on Friday, was a little bit eerie, but there were plenty of exuberant outfits to at least sort of distract from the empty stands. For starters, the Japanese s
