The British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa in July 2021 will not be rescheduled despite it clashing with the new dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it has been confirmed.
USA Rugby have filed for bankruptcy and Australia Rugby have reported a significant financial deficit for 2019 as both organisations struggle to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan's leading rugby union league has cancelled all remaining 42 matches of its 2019-2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rugby Australia have announced plans for a domestic rugby competition, which they hope will fill the place of Super Rugby during the coronavirus pandemic.
Rugby union's Under-20 World Championship has been cancelled by World Rugby because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Organisers have confirmed that the Super Rugby season has been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
World Rugby have launched details of their initiative to aid the development of players from emerging nations in sport with a four-year plan in the Pacific Islands.
Three weekends of matches in Japan's leading rugby union league have been postponed after a player was arrested on suspicion of using cocaine.
Women's and men's matches at the 2020 Rugby Africa Cup are set to be played on the same day for the first time.
France’s match against Ireland has become the latest Men's Six Nations fixture to be postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
The 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan has been hailed for setting new broadcast records.
Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) are reportedly considering whether or not to resume play following a break enforced by the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
New Zealand extended their World Rugby Sevens Series lead with victory in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Canada recorded victories in all three of their matches on the opening day of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Vancouver.
World Rugby has announced an extension of its women’s executive leadership scholarship programme, following what it claims to be "game-changing" outcomes in its first two years.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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