USA breaks through against France, takes 7-5 lead
Team USA's Lucas Lacamp successfully breaks free, running in to score 7 points. USA now leads 7-5 over France.
France scores first in rugby match against Team USA
France's Jordan Sepho put France on the board, taking his team to a 5-0 lead against Team USA.
Gol! Argentina scores!
Giuliano Simeone slammed the ball into Morocco's goal from close range following an assist from Julio Soler.
Morocco still leads 2-1.
Spain scores moments after being stopped on the spot
Sergio Gomez scored a goal in the 62nd minute to give Spain a 2-1 lead, moments after he was stopped from the same spot.
Three minutes prior, Uzbekistan goalkeeper Abduvohid Nematov electrified the Parc des Princes crowd by stopping Gomez's penalty kick.
Nematov dove to his left and Gomez's kick down the middle found the goalkeeper's feet.
USA vs. France at rugby: A violent history
In Wednesday’s Olympic curtain-raiser at the Stade de France, Team USA’s Rugby Sevens team goes up against France and its global superstar Antoine Dupont — the Simone Biles of rugby, if you will.
Dupont is widely considered the best rugby player in the world when he plays the full version of the game, which has 15 players on each team.
It’s not the first time the two countries have faced each other in rugby in the Olympics. In fact, the U.S. is the reigning 15-a-side rugby Olympic champions.
Fifteen-a-side rugby was featured in the Olympics the last time Paris hosted the games, in 1924, with the final pitting USA — whose team was made up of California college students — against favored France.
The final at the Stade Olympique de Colombes was so violent that the International Olympic Committee decided to discontinue the sport from the Games.
After a U.S. victory, 17-3, in front of a hostile crowd of 50,000, the American team had to be escorted from the field by police, fearing for their lives.
The American teams that won Olympic gold at the 1920 and 1924 games were inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2012.
Men and women’s Rugby Sevens debuted at the 2016 Rio Games.
Morocco scores second goal on penalty shot
Mere minutes after returning from halftime, Soufiane Rahimi scored once again for Morocco in a penalty shot, shooting the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.
Morocco now leads Argentina, 2-0.
Halftime across France, where upsets are brewing
Halftime whistles have blown in Paris and Saint Etienne as two upsets could be developing.
Spain and the big underdogs, Uzbekistan, are tied, 1-1. Fans in blue, white and green are happier than the supporters of the red and yellow as Uzbekistan scored a late equalizer.
The Spain-Uzbekistan match can be seen on Peacock.
Morocco leads favored Argentina, 1-0, in action that can be watched on USA.
Get a look around Paris as the city gears up for the Olympic Games
With the anticipation building for the Olympic Games and more athletes settling in, NBC’s Keir Simmons reports from Paris with a roundup of all the latest news including Coco Gauff being selected as flag bearer and Salma Hayek carrying the Olympic torch at the Palace of Versailles. “It’s better than an Oscar!”
Morocco scores against Argentina
Morocco’s Soufiane Rahimi scored a goal just before half time in their faceoff against Argentina at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
Argentina, considered the best soccer team in the world, winning the Copa América earlier this month and the 2022 World Cup, have another half to bring back the heat. Morocco leads 1-0.
Uzbekistan scores tying goal
Eldor Shomurodov converted a penalty in extra time of the first half, giving his underdog side a big dose of momentum headed into the intermission. The match is now tied 1-1.