A shock bid to host the Rugby World Cup from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is being planned. The move would result in the rugby calendar having to be ripped up if successful ...

Spain have emerged as front-runners to host the 2035 Rugby World Cup with a bid that could take games to the Bernabeu and the Nou Camp. World Rugby are keen to bring the competition back to Europe ...

The United States and the United Kingdom looked set on Thursday to be picked by FIFA next year as hosts of Women’s World Cups that will be expanded to 48 teams from 32. Their respective ...

The 2023 Rugby World Cup begins on September 8 with France - New Zealand as the opening match and ends on October 28, the day of the final. See the competition's full schedule here. The 2023 Rugby ...

Match official Tom Foley is to leave his role at the Rugby Football Union after 15 years' refereeing to "pursue new opportunities". Foley, from Bath, began his career officiating in the National ...

Patrice Evra has suggested Lionel Messi had the World Cup "handed to him" and Argentina. The former Manchester United defender, who spent three years at Old Trafford with Portuguese icon Cristiano ...

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Northampton Saints kept their season – and quite possibly English hopes in the Champions Cup – alive after a hat-trick of tries by Tommy Freeman gave them enough of a cushion to ease past ...

The former Ireland, Munster and British & Irish Lions captain Paul O’Connell will be joined by Denis Leamy, Mike Prendergast and Colm ‘Cullie’ Tucker to complete the backroom team for this ...

Glasgow smashed through their glass ceiling as they overpowered Leicester to win their first ever Champions Cup knockout tie. Warriors recovered from a slow start to thoroughly dominate the last ...

It tracks the sun’s position in the sky. It chimes with the sound of hammers hitting four miniature gongs. It even tells the wearer when certain stars will be visible from Earth. Swiss ...

MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY is emerging as one of the top talents in English football, but his secret weapon would have made him a top rugby player too. Lewis-Skelly, 18, has gone from unknown by the ...