Fiji has advanced as far as the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup against much bigger and wealthier countries. Fiji beat its former colonial ruler, Britain, by 43-7 to win the inaugural men’s rugby sevens competition. On Thursday, the Fiji men’s sevens team finally landed the country its first medal. And the version being added, rugby sevens, with its faster play and smaller teams, suited a country like Fiji, with a population of only 900,000. Your information is used only to deliver messages about the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Source: New York Times August 11, 2016 23:55 UTC