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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

Defending Olympic champions  Fiji  won all matches to clinch the  Oceania Sevens  title. The Flying Fijians were undefeated in six matches at the warm-up tournament ahead of  Tokyo Olympics , which will begin in less than 30 days. THE MATCH The 2016 Olympic rugby gold medalists in Rio de Janeiro, beat hosts  Australia  26-14 to make a winning start to the competition at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Fiji completed the tournament in style by defeating  Oceania Barbarians  33-5 and a 17-7 win over New Zealand on Sunday. With the good combination of young and senior players,  Gareth Baber  will have a tough time to pick the best 13 players to defend the gold medal in Japan. In the women's event,  New Zealand  were also unbeaten throughout the tournament. The reigning women's world and  Commonwealth Games  champions, thrashed the  Oceania  side 51-0 and were on fire again in their 33-14 triumph against Fiji. Olympic champions Australia women lost to both New Zealand and Fiji and

Ireland  beat  France  to win the men’s Olympic  Repechage  tournament in Monaco. The victory assured them a place at the  Olympic Games  in Tokyo next month. France and Russia Women teams also secured their places at the Olympic after dominating the three days tournament at at Stade Louis II. In the final match, Ireland took the lead in the qualifier final through  Terry Kennedy , but  Stephen Parez  and  Paulin Riva  gave France a 12-7 lead at half time. However the Irish men made a comeback after the break. Two tries by  Jordan Conroy  and another by  Harry McNulty  sent Ireland to their first ever Olympic. In the women qualifiers, France beat  Hong Kong  51-0 to confirm their return to the Games with  Anne-Cécile Ciofani ,  Chloe Jacquet  and  Séraphine Okemba  on the score sheet.  Russia  women will also make their Olympic debut in Japan next month after a 38-0 victory against  Kazakhstan . OLYMPIC 2020 RUGBY SEVENS QUALIFIED TEAMS Men : New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, USA, Japan

For the first time in rugby union history,  Japan  will play the  British and Irish Lions  at Murrayfield Stadium. It will be an exciting occasion as Japan determined to win the match before the Lions tour to South Africa. If Japan can display the same performances at the 2015 and 2019  World Cup s, then victory is not impossible. The Lions have picked a solid squad of power and pace. But the  Brave Blossoms  have shown that they are capable of winning big matches. It will be a big test for the British and Irish Lions before they face the World Champions  South Africa . The Lions have not play together for about four years, therefore it can be difficult for them to have a good chemistry before the match. It will be a good opportunity for Japan to win against Britain and Ireland’s best.    For the last 10 years, Japan have transformed into one of the most powerful rugby teams in the world. The win against South Africa in the 2015, and victories against  Ireland  and  Scotland  in 2019 a