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Dazzling Antoine Dupont and France storm to gold in Olympic rugby sevens

Antoine Dupont and France beat Fiji 28-7 at a cacophonous Stade de France to seal gold in the men’s rugby sevens

The Guardian - UK

France thrash Fiji in rugby sevens to claim first gold medal at Paris Olympics

France claimed its first gold medal of the 2024 Games on Saturday night when the men's rugby sevens team beat Fiji 28-7.

Radio France Internationale

France Wins Historic Gold In Men's Rugby Sevens At Olympics

France's Antoine Dupont leads the men's rugby sevens team to their first Olympic gold medal, ending Fiji's dominance.

Top News

Aussies see red as rugby bronze goes begging

South Africa have denied Australia's rugby sevens men bronze in a final-play thriller, while Antoine Dupont secured goldfor France against Fiji.

AAP

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Scotland's rugby team given 'very Scottish welcome' by schoolchildren in Uruguay

THE Scotland rugby team were given a warm welcome as they prepare to face Uruguay on Saturday evening.

The National (Scotland)

Epic Pool Rivalry Lights Up First Day Of Olympic Medal Action

A mouthwatering 400m women's freestyle headlines the first full day of sporting action at the Olympics on Saturday after a soggy but spectacular opening to the Games in Paris.

International Business Times

Olympic Games: Australians in action on day one in Paris

Australia will be out to make an immediate impact at Paris 2024 with medal hopes in swimming, cycling, diving and rugby sevens

The Guardian - AU

Luai's six-year-old son the coach behind rare dropouts

Jarome Luai has detailed how his six-year-old son has helped him perfect a rugby style drop kick, proving more effective in regaining the ball on dropouts.

AAP

Ferraris, Fiji and an Aussie 7s blue-collar rebirth

Australia's blue-collar men's rugby sevens team will face two-time defending champions Fiji in the Paris Olympics semi-finals.

AAP

A week in Wayne's world inspires All Blacks great Umaga

Tana Umaga, Moana Pasifika coach and All Blacks legend has spent a week with Wayne Bennett at the Dolphins to soak up some cross-code benefits

AAP

What will make the Paris 2024 Olympic swimming pool fast or slow?

Swimming is splashing into the confines of a rugby stadium with all eyes on whether world records will be smashed

The Guardian - UK

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Roy and HG head to the Paris Olympics: ‘Gina Rinehart swimming would certainly bring in the viewers’

Australia’s favourite sportscasters are bringing their own slightly skewed style to the games, handing out cheese singles and campaigning for rugby league to be an Olympic sport

Fortune

How Sequoia’s Roelof Botha is thinking about the iconic VC firm’s future

Fortune’s latest cover story gives readers a view into how Roelof Botha is thinking about Sequoia’s future, at a time that’s complex for the firm and tumultuous for venture capital.

The Independent UK

Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain can do ‘something special’ at Paris Olympics

Ciaran Beattie’s side face Ireland on July 28 in their opening pool match at the Stade de France.

The Independent UK

Paris prepares for an Olympics opening ceremony like no other on the River Seine

Action has already got underway in preliminary competitions in sports like rugby sevens, archery and handball.

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France 24

South Africa gears up for Paris Olympics

African sporting fans are holding their breath on the eve of the official opening of the Paris Olympics. Some of the action has already kicked off with the Rugby Sevens and football having started on Wednesday – two sports that are particularly close to the heart of many South Africans.…

The Guardian - UK

Antoine Dupont’s dream finish clinches France’s rugby sevens semi-final spot

A late try from Antoine Dupont sealed a 26-14 win for France against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s rugby sevens

The Independent UK

Jill Biden meets with US Olympic athletes in Paris — and even helps with a relay drill

U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited some American athletes at an Olympic training center in Paris on Thursday, wishing rugby and track and field competitors good luck and even taking part in a stationary relay drill with runners

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Warming up for the 2024 Paris Olympics

Athletes made some of their final preparations for the Paris Olympics on Thursday, the eve of the official start of the Games. Soccer and rugby action continued, while archery and handball competitions got underway.

The Guardian - UK

Rugby league chiefs may pause controversial changes to tackle height

The governing body is ready to pause the controversial changes to tackle height in the professional game planned for 2025 which would have reduced the legal height to below the armpit

AAP

Bob Hawke quip inspires Aussie sevens into Games semi

Australia, after some unusual inspiration, will play Fiji in the men's rugby sevens Olympic semi-finals after beating the USA 18-0 in Paris.

France 24

Paris 2024: Archery, team sports take centre stage on eve of opening ceremony

While team sports took centre stage Thursday on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the first individual event of the 2024 Games – archery – drew all eyes to the Invalides on the banks of the River Seine. French rugby star Antoine Dupont’s Les Bleus entered…

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