She heard her No. 10 being called, tapped hands with a teammate who was leaving the field, and ran into position for Brazil, a smile on her face. She made a quick sign of the cross, rubbed her hands ...

Brazil is sending a message to everyone who plays rugby out there: You want to participate in the Rio Olympics? Come talk to us! Hoping to put on a good show when rugby sevens debuts in the 2016 Games ...

Volunteer Marjorie Enya, left, and rugby player Isadora Cerullo of Brazil embrace after Cerullo said yes to Enya's marriage proposal. AP Volunteer Marjorie Enya, left, and rugby player Isadora Cerullo ...

Brazil’s female rugby sevens squad aren’t moving forward into the knockout rounds but still have something to celebrate. Isadora Cerullo, who was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina and plays for the ...

She was once the reluctant rugby player from a Rio de Janiero favela, now teenager Eshyllen Coimbra Cordoso is pulling on a Brazil jersey for the national sevens side. A keen volleyball player as a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Isadora Cerullo already had begun applying to some of the Ivy League’s most prestigious medical schools three years ago when an unexpected opportunity caused her to veer off course.

What better time to propose than right after an Olympic medal ceremony? Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo was asked for her hand in marriage by Marjorie Enya, a manager at Deodoro Stadium in Rio, ...

For most people, a rugby field is the opposite of a romantic setting. But for Brazilian Olympics volunteer Marjorie Enya, it served as the perfect spot to propose to her girlfriend Isadora Cerullo, a ...