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2021 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 22nd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only two tournaments were played in the 2021 series instead of the usual ten. The number of teams participating was also reduced from sixteen to twelve at the tournaments, with many of the top teams from the previous series not taking part. The series was won by South Africa who won both tour events on their way to claiming their fourth World Series title. Teams The twelve national men's teams competing in the 2021 series were: Core teams qualified from the previous season and not competing in 2021 were: * Argentina, Australia, Fiji, France, Japan, New Zealand and Samoa, who did not travel due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. * England, Scotland and Wales did not take part, being represented instead by Great Britain. As a result, five teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Brown (rugby Union)
Ronald Brown (born 2 September 1995) is a South African rugby sevens player. He competed in the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second 2022 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham. Brown was originally named as a traveling reserve but was later called in to replace the injured Quewin Nortje, he competed for South Africa national rugby sevens team, South Africa at the Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. References External links Ronald Brownat South Africa national rugby sevens team, Springbok Sevens * Ronald Brown at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * * 1995 births Living people Male rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby sevens p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta, Alberta's central region, and is in Treaty 6, Treaty 6 territory. It anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". The area that later became the city of Edmonton was first inhabited by First Nations in Alberta, First Nations peoples and was also a historic site for the Métis in Alberta, Métis. By 1795, many trading posts had been established around the area that later became the Edmonton census metropolitan area. "Fort Edmonton", as it was known, became the main centre for trade in the area after the 1821 merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. It remained sparsely populated until the Canadian acquisition of Rupert's Land in 1870, followed eventually by the arri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Events Curtailed Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 22nd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only two tournaments were played in the 2021 series instead of the usual ten. The number of teams participating was also reduced from sixteen to twelve at the tournaments, with many of the top teams from the previous series not taking part. The series was won by South Africa who won both tour events on their way to claiming their fourth World Series title. Teams The twelve national men's teams competing in the 2021 series were: Core teams qualified from the previous season and not competing in 2021 were: * Argentina, Australia, Fiji, France, Japan, New Zealand and Samoa, who did not travel due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. * England, Scotland and Wales did not take part, being represented instead by Great Britain. As a result, five teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Province
''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the ''Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they are British Columbia's only two major newspapers. Formerly a broadsheet, ''The Province'' later became tabloid paper-size. It publishes daily except Saturdays, Mondays (as of October 17, 2022) and selected holidays. History ''The Province'' was established as a weekly newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria in 1894. A 1903 article in the ''Pacific Monthly'' described the ''Province'' as the largest and the youngest of Vancouver's important newspapers. In 1923, the Southam family bought ''The Province''. By 1945, the paper's printers went out on strike. ''The Province'' had been the best selling newspaper in Vancouver, ahead of the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The News-Herald (Vancouver, Canada), News Herald''. As a result of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 26 July to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Stadium. 24 teams (12 each for men and women) competed in the tournament. The dates were modified due to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 games as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Competition The men's and women's rugby sevens competitions took place at Tokyo Stadium, a 2019 Rugby World Cup host venue. The men's sessions took place July 26–28 with the women's sessions happening July 29–31, 2021. Changes In a reverse to the 2016 schedule, the men's competition was played first over three days from July 27–29 with the women's competition taking place from July 30 through August 1 and culminating with the gold medal session. There were two sessions on each competition day. The morning session kicked-off at 9 AM JST and ran until midday JST and the evening session began at 4:30 PM and finished at 7 PM. The medal matches took place in the evening sessions. Qualificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was a planned series of rugby sevens tournaments for national women's rugby sevens teams that was cancelled due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of an official season of the Women's Sevens Series, two invitational "Fast Four" tournaments were played in Canada. Teams Following the cancellation of all official tournaments scheduled for the 2021 series, two invitational events were contested by the following teams: * * * * Mexico replaced France, withdrew late due to travel issues. Tour venues In July 2021, four tournaments had been planned for the women's tour but all were subsequently cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. * The Paris (October 2021) and Hong Kong (5–7 November 2021) events were cancelled on 5 August 2021. * The Singapore (29–30 October 2021) and Cape Town (10–12 December 2021) events were cancelled on 3 September 2021. Two invitational tournaments were played instead: See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Warnken
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. Etymology ''Tiago'' hypothesis Diego has long been interpreted as variant of ''Tiago'' (also spelled as '' Thiago''), an abbreviation of ''Santiago'', from the older ''Sant Yago'' "Saint Jacob", in English known as Saint James or as ''San-Tiago'' (cf. ''San Diego''). This has been the standard interpretation of the name since at least the 19th century, as it was reported by Robert Southey in 1808 and by Apolinar Rato y Hevia (1891). The suggestion that this identification may be a folk etymology, i.e. that ''Diego'' (and ''Didacus''; see below) may be of another origin and only later identified with ''Jacobo'', is made by Buchholtz (1894), though this possibility is judged as improbable by the author. ''Didacus'' hypothesis In the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muller Du Plessis
Hillegard Muller du Plessis (born 25 June 1999) is a South African rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the Currie Cup. He is a former rugby sevens player for the South Africa national rugby sevens team. He represented them in more than 100 matches and won two World Rugby Sevens Series titles, as well as a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Early life and schoolboy rugby Du Plessis was born in Bethlehem in South Africa's Free State province as the son of Charl and Anneline du Plessis. He initially attended primary school in Reitz, where he represented local provincial union the at Under-12 level, before moving to Paarl and enrolling at the Paarl Gimnasium Primary School. In 2012, Du Plessis represented at the Under-13 Craven Week tournament held in Bloemfontein, appearing in four matches at inside centre and scoring a try in their opening match against the . At high school level, Du Plessis attended and played rugby for Paarl Gimnasium. He was inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siviwe Soyizwapi
Siviwe Sonwabile 'Shakes' Soyizwapi (born 7 December 1992 in Maclear) is a South African rugby union player, who is currently contracted by the South African Rugby Union to play for the South Africa Sevens national team. His usual position is fullback or winger. Youth rugby He played for the at the Under-18 Academy Week in 2010, earning a call-up to the South African Under-18 High Performance team before joining the Academy. He played for them at the Under-21 Provincial Championship level in 2012 and 2013, finishing the latter competition as the top try scorer. Professional career Eastern Province Kings He made his first class debut in the 2012 Currie Cup promotion/relegation series against the . Three appearances followed in the 2013 Vodacom Cup (scoring one try), as well as five appearances in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division (where he scored three tries) before reverting to the U21 side for the remainder of the season. Southern Kings He was initially named in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Otieno
Alvin Otieno (born 19 April 1994) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player who represents Kenya internationally. He made his Olympic debut representing Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was named in the Kenyan squad for the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... Commonly known in the HSBC rugby Sevens series as the Water Buffalo, Otieno dazzles rugby fans with his powerful runs and commanding physique on the pitch. He has quick feet, is a quick sprinter, and plays with flair. Additionally, he has a striking hairstyle at the back of his head that enhances his allure. References 1994 births Living people Kenya international rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Rugby sevens p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
