(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 (Reuters) - England picked up their first title on the Sevens World Series this season after beating championship leaders South Africa 21-14 in the final of the Tokyo tournament on Sunday. Phil ...

Squad of 22 match officials from 12 countries selected for the Olympic Games in Tokyo; Inclusion of five international players who have swapped the playing shirt for the whistle, including New Zealand ...

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 the year, gave ...

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 ...

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 ...

This weekend's Oceania Sevens Championships in Townsville will bring together some of the leading contenders for the Olympic gold medals at Tokyo 2020 ©Oceania Rugby The tournament at the Queensland ...

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 ...