Men's Rugby Sevens is the first team sport to be decided in Paris 2024. And the result was what the tournament organisers had hoped for. France beat Fiji, who had won gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, in the final.

They lost to Ireland and New Zealand, but a comprehensive victory over Japan saw them qualify.

The final group stage qualification meant they had to play New Zealand again in the quarter-finals.

It takes place on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, in the same stadium, with New Zealand defending their Tokyo

Canada's hopes of defending their Olympic women's football title in Tokyo have been dashed after an exemplary sanction was handed down in the wake of the drone case - the use of drones to spy on a rival team during a pre-match training session at the current Olympic Games.

Despite beating New Zealand 2-1 in their opening match on Thursday, the withdrawal of those points means

they now have to win their next two matches to have any chance of reaching the quarter-finals.It was New

Zealand on the receiving end of the drone visit, which had already left a trail of consequences for

case, David Charmatz, confirmed that examination of the drone showed that, in addition to filming the New

Zealand team on Monday, it had also filmed two days earlier at another stadium in the area.

Canadian soccer chiefs on Friday pleaded with FIFA not to deduct points from their women's Olympic football team as a drone-spying scandal led to head coach Bev Priestman being dramatically kicked out of the Paris Games.

chief executive, said Canadian players had not seen any footage produced by the drone used to spy on a New

Zealand training session and should not be punished by the global governing body FIFA.

Reigning Olympic champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their opening match of the women's football

It makes me ill""I received new internal information from internal sources that gave me reason to think

Canada's players had insisted they were innocent of wrongdoing after their opening victory over the New

The Spanish women's national team made their debut at the Olympiad this Thursday asserting their status as world champions with a comeback victory against Japan. The efforts from Bonmatí and Caldentey neutralised the initial goal from the Japanese side, a superb free-kick from the edge of the box.

from Catalina Usme and Manuela Pavi, but it was not enough.In the same group, Canada won 2-1 against New

Zealand in a closely contested match.

The Canadian women's football team has been embroiled in controversy after it was discovered that last week they used drones to spy on their opponents. Two members of the team's coaching staff were expelled, and the head coach decided to step aside for the opening match.

The New Zealand committee had previously filed a complaint with the police, which led to the clarification

Charmatz explained that examination of the drone showed that, in addition to recording the New Zealand

Zealand.

I apologise to the players and staff of New Zealand.

Zealand.

Malaysia has been linked to ITF Taekwon-Do since 1962 when, just seven years after its creation as a self-defense Martial Art, General Choi Hong Hi arrived in that country as the first Korean ambassador.

prominent members of the ITF Technical and Instruction Committee, were Grand Master Paul McPhail from New

Zealand and Grand Master Jerzy Jedut from Poland.For their part, the almost hundred attendees came from

With one of the largest fan bases and most active player bases in the world, hockey has been an integral part of the Olympic Games for more than a century, and Paris 2024 will mark the 25th Olympic Games with hockey, informed the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

 Amsterdam 1928 marked the beginning of a new era in Olympic hockey, dominated by India, after Great

This intense rivalry between India and Pakistan took the sport to new heights with its fierce competition

 The competition became more unpredictable in the late 20th century, with Australia and New Zealand

French security forces began locking down central Paris on Thursday in preparation for the complex Olympics opening ceremony next week on the River Seine.

New Olympic VIP lanes have also contributed to traffic congestion."

The major countries are going to arrive on the first day, so Great Britain, the United States, New Zealand

The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Pedro Rocha, has been suspended for two years by the Spanish Sports Administrative Tribunal (TAD) and will have to step aside for the vice-president. He will appeal the decision.

will be the case in 2023, following the women's team's triumph at the World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand, off-field issues overshadowed the footballing celebrations.The country's football federation

(RFEF) faced a new scandal when its president, Pedro Rocha, was banned for two years for exceeding his

A five-man Para cycling team with an exciting mix of youth and experience has been named for the New

Zealand Paralympic Team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

 Paralympic New Zealand CEO Greg Warnecke said, "Our Para Cycling Team has a history of outstanding

We are optimistic that the team will challenge for podium places and I'm sure the New Zealand public

New Zealand mountain biker Sammie Maxwell has successfully appealed her exclusion from the 2024 Olympic

The 22-year-old biking star was initially denied a place at the Games by Cycling New Zealand's (CNZ)

from the eating disorder she has battled since the age of 15.Maxwell appealed the decision, and the New

Zealand Sports Tribunal found that CNZ had based their exclusion decision on an outdated doctor’s report

Zealand.

The double world champion was the only New Zealander in the mountain bike event at Rio 2016, while Anton

The Olympic spirit often clashes with political tensions. The Games have long harnessed patriotic sentiment to boost their global appeal, showcasing athletes who represent their countries and celebrating victories with national anthems. However, political issues frequently disrupt this ideal.

At the Montreal 1976 Games, twenty-two African nations withdrew in protest against New Zealand’s participation

The presence of the New Zealand team was deemed unacceptable by the protesting countries, as they believed

16 wrestlers have qualified for the US out of the 290 athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games. It has six places in the freestyle event, six in the women's event and four in the Greco-Roman event. Japan follows with 13 wrestlers, and there will be two neutral individual wrestlers and two refugee athletes.

GETTY IMAGESWrestling will debut at Paris 2024 with Lithuania, Algeria, New Zealand and Uzbekistan competing

USA Rugby and World Rugby (WR) welcomed representatives from prospective US cities and states to learn more about becoming host cities for the Men's Rugby World Cup 2031 and the Women's Rugby World Cup 2033.

Diego and San Francisco (California), Miami (Florida), Minneapolis (Minnesota), Nashville (Tennessee), New

Orleans (Louisiana), New York (New York), Orlando (Florida), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania

In 2016, 61,500 fans watched Ireland play New Zealand in Chicago.

By many measures, it was the most successful Rugby World Cup to date, attracting new commercial sponsors

Former USA international and NBA star Stephon Marbury has been named ambassador for the 34th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, which will be held in Singapore from 12-15 September 2024, and will for the first time feature representation from all five FIBA regions.

, we are guaranteed some exciting games and I believe the fans are in for a treat," said the former New

also includes former players Miao Lijie of China, Danira Nakic-Bilic of Croatia, Kirk Samuel Penney of New

Zealand, Romain Sato of the Central African Republic, Skaidrite Smildzina-Budovska of Latvia and Italian-American