GB men start bid for last Olympic sevens spot with victory

Great Britain Sevens men's squad began their bid to unafraid nan last spot astatine nan Olympic Games pinch a 35-19 triumph complete China astatine nan repechage tourney successful Monaco.

The event, which finishes connected Sunday, is nan past chance to suffice for Paris 2024 and only 1 of nan 11 teams competing will make it to France.

It was nan worst imaginable commencement for GB aft they conceded 2 early tries and mislaid cardinal playmaker Tom Emery to a nasty ankle injury.

But Morgan Williams and Kaleem Barreto responded pinch tries to put GB 14-12 up astatine half-time.

Will Homer 2nd doubly successful nan 2nd half earlier Charlton Kerr ran successful GB's last effort to unafraid a comfortable victory.

GB adjacent look Uganda (11:28 BST) and main Pool B rivals Canada (16:32) connected Saturday successful nan dream of qualifying for Sunday's knockout stages.

The men's sevens tourney gets nether measurement astatine nan Olympics successful Paris connected 24 July, pinch nan women's arena starting connected 28 July.