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New Zealand  finally won their first  Olympic  gold medal after defeating  France  in the final. The  Black Ferns  showed class as they dominated the match by taking 19-5 in the first half, before claiming a deserving 29-12 victory. France bagged their first Olympic silver medal in rugby for finishing second in Tokyo. At Rio Olympic in 2016, New Zealand won silver  after losing to  Australia  in the final. Fiji  took home the bronze medal, which is also their first Olympic medal in women rugby. The  Fijiana  beat  Great Britain  21-12 in the third placing match. Great Britain threw everything in the second half, but Fiji were simply at their best. France were through into the final after defeating Great Britain 26-19 in the last four. New Zealand had a tough semifinal clash as they were forced to play in sudden death extra-time. They were tied 17-17 with Fiji at full time until  Gayle Broughton  scored the winner. Photo:  Mike Lee-KLC / World Rugby RUGBY ASIA

Annemiek van Vleuten finally won an Olympic gold medal after winning the individual time trial event at Fuji International Speedway circuit. Is it Netherlands ' first Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 . After finishing second in the women's road race, Van Vleuten powered herself to victory. The Dutch cyclist put aside Sunday's disappointment of missing out the first gold and displayed a convincing ride towards the finishing line. Switzerland 's Marlen Reusser put in the performance of her career for the silver medal. And Van Vleuten's team-mate, Anna van der Breggen rode steadily to claim a bronze medal to go with the Gold she won in the road race in Rio. Photo:   Tokyo 2020  /  Getty Images ASIA SPORTS CHANNEL

Kaylee McKeown won another Olympic gold for Australia in the 100m backstroke event. The Aussie swimmer also broke the Olympic record in the final. She finished ahead of Canada's Kylie Masse and American Regan Smith with a stunning time of 57.47 seconds. It was an epic final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as four Olympic Records being broken by three swimmers in the preliminary rounds. Masse set an Olympic record in her heat before American Smith bettered that. Then McKeown set a new benchmark with 57.88 seconds, but Smith smashed it again in the semifinals with a 57.86. However in final, McKeown came from behind and produce a stunning swim in the last 30 metres to claim the victory. The 20 year-old triumphed in 57.47 seconds, with Masse (57.72) taking silver and Smith (58.05) the bronze. Photo: Tokyo 2020 / Getty Images SUFI SUPER YACHTS

Fiji  won the precious  Olympic Rugby Sevens  Gold after defeating  New Zealand  in the final at Tokyo Stadium. It is their second consecutive victory at the Olympics. Both sides were unbeaten in the last three days at the tournament. Fiji started well and lead 19-12 at the break. The  Flying Fijians  continued their excellent performance in the second half to win the final with 27-12. Argentina  beat  Great Britain  17-12 in the third placings match to bag the Bronze medal.  Los Pumas  scored 3 tries to take a 12-5 lead at half time. Great Britain equalised after the break, but  Ignacio Mendy  made the winning try for Argentina. New Zealand reached the final after defeating Great Britain 29-7 in the last four. The  All Black 7s  dominated the match and lead 14-7 at half time. Fiji had to overcome a strong Argentina side in the semifinals. The Flying Fijians were 12-14 down at the break, before taking control in the second-half to win the match with a 26-14. Photo:  Mike Lee-KLC / Worl

Novak Djokovic claimed his third Grand Slam title of the year. The world number one beat Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 to win the prestigious Wimbledon title. The victory extended his number one status in the ATP rankings to 329 weeks. Djokovic has dominated the 2021 tennis calendar after winning three Grand Slam titles including the Australian and French Open. His latest victory equals him with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on 20 career grand slams, placing him as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. SUFI SUPER YACHTS After losing narrowly in the opening set in the final, Djokovic displayed his true strength to claim the next three sets. Despite losing in the final, Berrettini moves up one place to eighth while Federer, who has spent 310 weeks at number one in the past, dropped a place to nine. In the women category, Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon title after defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 in the final. She became the fi

Euphoria erupts in the streets of Rome immediately after the victory. Roberto Mancini boys became men as they came back from the shock concede and claim a 3-2 victory over England at Wembley. Luke Shaw 's goal inside the opening two minutes gave England a lead, which looked like it would hold onto all night. But a goalmouth scramble midway through the second half allowed Leonardo Bonucci to poke home an equalizer for Italy . It was a similar story in the first additional 15 minutes, though England did briefly force their way back into the game in the second period, albeit without either side creating anything to reward the crowd for their waves of noise. So it went to penalties, where England’s young guns failed and Italy took the championship. It is the Azzurri 's first major title in 15 years since they won the World Cup over France. TSS EVERYWHERE Gianlucci Donnarumma saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Marcus Rashford hit the post, as Federico Bernardeschi

Lionel Messi finally able to secure his first international medal with Argentina to his collection of La Liga , Champions League , World Club Cup , Ballon d’Or and more. Clearly he is in tears, succumbed to the atmosphere finally realizing the dreams have come true at last. Argentina have also won their first major title in 28 years on Saturday when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa America . The victory also means they draw level with Uruguay as the all-time leading winners. Di Maria, starting for just the second time in the Copa, justified his selection by scoring the opener in the 22nd minute in the first half. Argentina managed to defend even when Brazil piled on the pressure in an exciting second half but even with five strikers on the field they could not get an equaliser against an Argentine defence protected by the outstanding Rodrigo De Paul . Messi finished the tournament’s joint top goalscorer with four goals and wa

The rugby sevens matches at the  Tokyo Olympic  this year are expected to be one of the main attraction events. 24 men and women top teams from around the world will be competing to win the prestigious olympic gold. The Tokyo Stadium will be the venue for the  Olympic Rugby Sevens  from 26th to 31st July. The  World Rugby  have announced the pools of the participating teams. Twelve teams are divided into three pools in both men and women categories. The men category will start on Monday, 26th July and the final will be on 28th July. The women category will kick-off on Thursday, 27th July and the gold medal match will be on 31st July. The men event will kick-off with a highly anticipated encounter between 2016 Olympic gold medalist  Fiji  and hosts  Japan . The women reigning champions  Australia  will take on Japan in their opening match. The Olympic Rugby is expected be another exciting events of the Tokyo Games, after the success of  Rugby World Cup  2019 in Japan. TIGERS SUPER SPORT

Asia Rugby  have announced that the  Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy  will take place this year in sub-regional concept which is different from the single tournament held every year before. The on going global pandemic issue has forced the governing body to revamp their 2021 rugby events calendar. All 34 member unions are expected to be involved in the return to play efforts designed by the Asia Rugby. Asia Rugby had also schedule training and education courses to ensure safe ‘Return to Play’ events. It will be held virtually leading up to and during the tournaments. The tournament days will be the final stage for face-to-face components of the higher-level and refresher courses. Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy West Asia Region - September 2021, Lebanon. South & Central Asia Region - October 2021, Uzbekistan. East & South East Asia Region - November 2021, Thailand. LABUAN 10S Asia Rugby Sevens Series  and  Asia Rugby Championship  are also scheduled and will go ahead as planned. These tourna

It's job done for  South Africa  after they played their first test match in 20 months at Loftus Versfeld. The  Springboks  defeated  Georgia  40-9 from a little scrappy start into some moments of brilliance. Georgia were leading in the match for 35 minutes before South Africa got a grip into it. Georgia took the lead just after 3 minutes into the match from a penalty by  Tedo Abzhandadze . South Africa responded with three tries in the first half through  Aphelele Fassi ,  Bongi Mbonambi  and  Cobus Reinach .  Handre Pollard  scored two out of three conversions to give the  Rugby World Champions  19-9 lead at the break. South Africa were more organised after the match resumed.  Kwagga Smith ,  Herschel Jantjies  and  Malcolm Marx  delivered three more tries for the Springboks. Pollard and  Elton Jantjies  scored all their conversions in the second half. Photo:  Springboks TSS EVERYWHERE | TRAVELERS