The US women’s rugby sevens team made history at the Paris Olympics, beating Australia on a last-second conversion to secure a bronze medal — the first rugby sevens medal in US Olympic history.

The match capped off a day where Team USA faced two of rugby’s giants. They faced defending Olympic champion New Zealand, whose star Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is openly gay, in a morning ...

and another successful day for Team USA, which picked up medals in gymnastics, swimming and an Olympic first in rugby. Meanwhile, the U.S. advanced in soccer, and a surprise elimination happened ...

Team USA's defense held strong early in the second ... and needed a win over the U.S. to earned its second ever Olympic rugby sevens medal.

Team United States on the podium after Women's Bronze final rugby sevens win over Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games / Getty Images. By Priscilla Jepchumba Multiple Olympic bronze medalists ...

At the Pacific Four Series, Maher and co. suffered one-sided defeats in all three of their games, falling to Canada, New ...

The United States team coach Sione Fukofuka later apologized ... Kelter is a three-time US Olympic representative in rugby sevens and won a bronze medal in Paris last year. She previously played ...

Maher also helped Team USA win bronze in rugby 7s, a shorter, faster version of the game in which she has more national-team experience than the 15-player version of rugby union. The match in Kansas ...

The deal encompasses the men's World Cup in 2027 and the next two women's World Cups, which will be held this year and 2029.