Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror. It contains elements of soccer, which birthed it in 1823 when William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball ...

Rugby debuted as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Olympics, but was dropped as an Olympic sport after the 1924 Paris Olympic games. In 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Games, a variation of the sport, ...

Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror, but the United States Women's Rugby Sevens team is on the hunt for a medal with two games left in their ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. SAINT-DENIS, France — The U.S. women are bringing home the country’s first medal in ...

After an eight-year gap top-class rugby action returns to Sri Lanka as the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series 2025 makes its ...

SAN DIEGO — An Olympic athlete who grew up and trained in San Diego is competing on the U.S. Rugby sevens team in Paris. Kayla Canett, from Fallbrook, is competing in her second Summer Olympics after ...

Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium was electric on Sunday, October 12, as both the Kenya Sevens men’s team and the Lionesses ...

Queensland's Heidi Dennis is excited about the super-competitive selection mix unfolding for the Australian women's sevens ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Now that they've reached the Olympic semifinals for the first time, Ilona Maher and the U.S. women's rugby sevens team could be just 15 minutes away from a shot at a gold medal.

Excitement is building ahead of this weekend's 27th edition of the Safari Sevens, set to kick off Friday at the Nyayo National Stadium, as the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) confirmed the group stage draws ...

Up to 10 NRL players have been targeted by the new rebel R360 rugby competition, which looks like it will get underway next ...