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HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2015-16i

The 2015-16 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series consists of 10 tournaments – Dubai, Cape Town, Wellington, Sydney, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris and England – and runs from 4 December 2015 until 22 May 2016. The 2016 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will be held 8-10 April 2016.

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Fiji delivered on the biggest stage, bringing home the country’s first ever Olympic medals – and ones of shiny gold – as rugby capped its triumphant return to the Games after a 92-year absence.

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Top seeds Fiji edged a faltering New Zealand to set up a rugby sevens semi-final against unheralded Japan in their bid for a first ever Olympic medal.

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The United States rugby sevens team are on the verge of something special. Not only are they bent on Olympic glory but the players realise they are sitting on a gold mine in terms of exploding the game in their home country.

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Years of meticulous planning and traversing the globe winning back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Series titles had coach Ben Ryan prepared for just about anything when he revealed his Fiji squad for the Olympics.

New England Patriots safety Nate Ebner was named Monday to the US rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics, making him the only National Football League player with a chance to capture gold in Brazil.

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Former World Rugby Player of the Year Bryan Habana was overlooked on Thursday when South Africa named a 12-man squad for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games sevens tournament.

Jesse Parahi’s decision to ditch rugby league and return to sevens paid dividends on Thursday when the forward was named in Australia’s squad for next month’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Hong Kong got the big-game experience they so desired on day two of the Olympic repêchage sevens tournament in Monaco, but most certainly not the result in a 31-12 loss to Samoa.

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Hong Kong will face powerhouse Samoa in Sunday’s quarter-finals after three thumping wins on day one of the winner-takes-all Olympic repêchage tournament in Monaco.

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Former San Francisco 49ers running back Jarryd Hayne was eligible to play for the Fiji sevens rugby team at the Olympics and as early as the world series event in London this weekend, World Rugby said on Monday.

Former Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne’s hopes of chasing an Olympic dream after ditching a career in American football may be scuttled by anti-doping protocols, it emerged on Monday.

A lot of the pre-Hong Kong Sevens hype last month focused on one man: New Zealand’s Sonny Bill Williams. A World Cup winner in 15s with the All Blacks, a star too in rugby league (and a half-decent heavyweight boxer just for good measure), it was a mouth-watering opportunity to see him in the flesh.

Dynamic New Zealand sevens star Ardie Savea has abandoned his Olympic dream, announcing Sunday he wants to focus on trying to establish an All Blacks test career.

A popular pastime in Hong Kong is to look at Singapore and, like anxious schoolboys, compare our parts with theirs. So with Singapore hosting a leg of the World Sevens Series, how might this affect the Hong Kong Sevens, the competition’s flagship?

Traditional dancers greeted Kenya’s winning rugby sevens team Tuesday when they landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, as the country celebrated its first victory on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Watch highlights from the 2016 Singapore Sevens (16-17 April) including Kenya winning their first-ever World Rugby Sevens Series title by beating Fiji in the Cup final on Sunday.

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Kenya pulled off a stunning 30-7 upset victory over Fiji in the Cup final of the Singapore Sevens on Sunday to capture their first HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event and join the growing list of contenders for the Olympic gold medal in Rio.

Top-level sevens returns to steamy Singapore for the first time in a decade this weekend as rugby looks for another foothold in Asia and teams firm up their plans for the Rio Olympics.

Big-hearted Sonny Bill Williams has done it again – this time at the Hong Kong Sevens. The New Zealand star has given away his Sevens World Series runners-up trophy to a young fan, just like he did with his winners' gold medal after the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham last year.

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England coach Simon Amor savoured victory in the Plate final over the United States but his post-match celebrations were muted because it’s merely a small part of an overall Olympic plan.

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