The Worlds Favourite Playground
The Australian Men’s Sevens will meet Fiji in the Cup quarter-final stage of the Tokyo Sevens, after finishing second in their pool today.
Playing at Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground in the seventh round of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the Australians started pool play in fine form with wins over England, 26-19, and Argentina, 31-0, before a deciding match against Samoa, which they lost 26-14.
South Africa shrugged off a 29-12 loss against Hong Kong champions Fiji to register pool victories over Spain and Portugal at the Tokyo Sevens rugby tournament on Saturday morning. The two wins enabled the Springbok Sevens to secure a Cup quarterfinal clash with Samoa early on Sunday (live on SuperSport) after they clinched second spot in Pool A.
The Japanese tournament is round seven of the HSBC Sevens World Series, which consists of nine events worldwide.
Led by their most talented and experienced line-up, the Mexico Guerreros have yet again delighted their fortress, Foro Polanco, while surpassing the British Lionhearts. A few months after the London 2012 Olympic Games, the GB Franchise see its World Series of Boxing (WSB) ending in the quarter-finals.
The evening was expected to start with fireworks at Bantamweight (50-54kg) between last season's Individual Championships finalist Elias Emigdio and 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Welshman Sean McGoldrick. Fast and furious, the Mexican dominated his opponent throughout the opening bout, giving the first point to his team.
Just too strong and well-prepared for inexperienced Condors, Astana Arlans Kazakhstan have not had any difficulty to come back from their 2-3 loss last week in Buenos Aires. Setting the Almaty Towers Business Center on fire, the Kazakhs have confirmed that they should be considered as stronger contenders in this third season of World Series of Boxing (WSB).
Astana Arlans Kazakhstan started the evening intensively with Bantamweight (50-54kg) Bagdad Alimbekov putting a lot of pressure on Ignacio Perrin. Dominated in the first two rounds, absolutely overwhelmed in the third one, the Argentinean was left with no other choice than putting his last hopes in the remaining six minutes. However his aggressive style led him to forget about the defence and Alimbekov finished the bout with a few precise counter-attacks to give the first point to his team.
South Africa get their Tokyo Sevens campaign underway with a tough battle against Hong Kong Sevens rugby champions Fiji early on Saturday morning. The Pool A clash in Tokyo starts at 03h44 and will be shown live on SuperSport 6.
The Springboks Sevens’ remaining pool matches are against European sides Portugal (08h13) and Spain (10h57).
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