Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror, but the United States Women's Rugby Sevens team is on the hunt for a medal with two games left in their ...

When Alex “Spiff” Sedrick dashed more than 100 yards up the pitch to score in the waning seconds of the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team’s bronze medal match against Australia, she did more than secure ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Rugby sevens star Ilona Maher has been a huge hit on social media as the U.S. women’s team won its first-ever medal at the Paris Olympics. The U.S. edged Australia 14-12 Tuesday ...

A three-peat will be on the line when rugby gets underway at the Paris Games. Since rugby became an official Olympic sport in 2016, Fiji has won the men's tournament at back-to-back Games. Dubbed the ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Ilona Maher is hard to miss. The U.S. women’s rugby sevens center has emerged as one ...

I was a 19-year-old asthmatic theater kid standing on a rugby pitch, bruised and tearful, when a coach told me something that changed my life. Weeks earlier, I had found my way to the women’s rugby ...

Ilona Maher is hard to miss. The U.S. women's rugby sevens center has emerged as one of the stars of this year's Olympic Games, whether she's charging down the pitch in red lipstick or goofing around ...