(Stu Forster/Getty Images - image credit)Canada's men's rugby sevens team held on for a 19-17 victory over Kenya to open the World Series tournament on Friday in Spain. The 2022 World Series season kicked off in late November in Dubai with the first of two events for both men and women. Vancouver stop delayedA day earlier,Vancouver's stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series was being delayed two months due to the pandemic. The World Series grounded to a halt in March 2020 due to COVID-19 after the Canadian men won bronze at the Canada Sevens in Vancouver. Rugby Canada says a women's sevens event set to start April 30 in Langford, B.C., is still on schedule.

Source: CBC News January 22, 2022 00:22 UTC