MARCOUSSIS, France (AP) — France and Scotland will learn on Wednesday the fate of their Six Nations match scheduled this weekend following a coronavirus outbreak in the French squad.
DUBLIN (AP) — World Rugby and two of the sport’s major national governing bodies received notice that proceedings are being brought against them by a group of former players preparing claims for...
LONDON (AP) — Eight former international rugby players, including World Cup-winning England hooker Steve Thompson, have teamed up to probe whether to pursue legal action against the sport's...
Pablo Matera was stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended with two teammates on Tuesday for historical social media posts deemed to be “discriminatory and xenophobic.”
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Former rugby union international Dan Palmer has come out as gay in a lengthy self-written column in Australia's Fairfax Media in which he admits that earlier in his life...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Eddie Tonks, who chaired the New Zealand Rugby Union during the sport's transition from amateur to professional and was also chairman of the International Rugby...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rugby Championship organizers SANZAAR have given World Cup champion South Africa an additional 48 hours to decide whether they will compete in the four-nation...
Former South Sydney rugby league captain and England rugby international Sam Burgess and his National Rugby League team will be the subject of separate police and NRL investigations over a number...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African Rugby Union decided Tuesday to pull its top club teams out of Super Rugby in favor of playing in Europe's PRO14 league, and blamed New Zealand for...
SYDNEY (AP) — Ex-New Zealand All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams is set to play in the National Rugby League for the first time since 2014 after being included on the Sydney Roosters’ interchange...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Rugby has confirmed it is in talks over a hybrid match between the All Blacks and Australia’s national rugby league team, the Kangaroos.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan speedster Kenki Fukuoka reportedly will forego the chance to compete in rugby sevens at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in order to pursue a medical career.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Dunedin-based Highlanders are hoping 20,000 fans will attend Saturday’s Super Rugby Aoteroa match against the Chiefs, the first major rugby match to be played in...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s domestic Super Rugby tournament will be played under traditional rules when it begins next month, not amended laws being considered by World Rugby in...
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Bill Beaumont is facing a late challenge to his bid for re-election as World Rugby chairman from...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Fiji Rugby Union has criticized two of its top professional players who have been arrested for failing to self-isolate after returning to Fiji from...
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Scotland and Wales became the latest rugby unions to take drastic cost-saving measures on Tuesday as the sport plunges into financial turmoil during the coronavirus...
Sports in Britain virtually ground to a halt on Monday as the government ramped up its efforts to tackle the coronavirus by advising against mass gatherings in the country.
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — The Welsh Rugby Union insisted its Six Nations game against Scotland was going ahead. Less than five hours later it wasn't.
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — At a fearful time when competitions are stopping and stadiums are empty, the Wales-Scotland rugby match on Saturday in the Six Nations is going ahead.
MILAN (AP) — The alpine skiing World Cup Finals and major Italian cycling races were among the latest sporting events to be canceled on Friday because of the escalating virus outbreak.