The Manu Samoa 7s team will make history when they run out into the iconic Stade de France in Paris this evening. Samoa's match against Australia will also be the first official event of the Paris Olympic Games, with the Mens Rugby 7s preliminary rounds and Quarter Finals taking place ahead of the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony. Manu Samoa Sevens …
Striker Riley Bidois scored five goals as New Zealand swept aside Fiji 9-0 in the final of men’s Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland on Saturday. Bidois posted a hat-trick inside the first 20 minutes to set the tournament host up for an effortless win that earns it a berth at next year’s Games in Paris, the 10th team to …
No Australian athlete has run faster than Patrick Johnson. The Oceania National Olympic Committee, with support from the Australian Olympic Committee, brought together key sports organisations and former athletes from the South Pacific to meet with Australian officials from government, sport and the university sector to discuss turning the regional games promise into a reality. "There's probably a lot of …
In the 12 months since his appointment as the inaugural president of the organizing committee for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, Andrew Liveris has refined his vision of what the Summer Games will look like in nine years. As well as helping establish a board containing 22 people, including stakeholders from three tiers of government, and recruiting CEO Cindy Hook, Liveris …
Australia's women's rugby sevens Olympics preparations are underway with this weekend's Oceania Sevens tournament in Townsville, the last opportunity to play ahead of Tokyo. Key points: The Oceania Sevens tournament will include the New Zealand and Fiji sides as well as the Oceania Barbarians The tournament will give sides an opportunity to finalise squads ahead of the Olympics Australian Coach …
