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England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) has signed an extension to its contract with footwear supplier, global sportswear brand Adidas
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been cleared by the organisation's ethics committee of any breach of its code in relation to his meetings with Swiss attorney-general Michael Lauber
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Jurie Roux, the chief executive of SA Rugby, has admitted that the British and Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa may not go ahead next year if fans are not able to attend due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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New Zealand Rugby is preparing the All Blacks national team for a full slate of fixtures between now and the end of the year, even as Covid-19 continues to disrupt sport in the country and around the world
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Fifa has created a new international match window in 2022, from January 24 to February 1, to ease fixture congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today
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Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that recently acquired the international broadcast rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, remains interested in securing a similar remit with the…
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Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
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The sold-out Blues v Crusaders Super Rugby Aotearoa finale has been cancelled as Auckland battles a new spike in Covid-19 cases
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World Rugby has announced that it will select the next two hosts for both its men’s and women’s World Cups at the same time, running a joint bidding process for the four events.
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French prime minister Jean Castex has announced the French government will maintain a 5,000-spectator limit in sports stadiums until October 30 at the earliest
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Simon Green, head of broadcaster BT Sport, talks about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on media rights values and consumer habits and says closed-door sport is not the product the broadcaster paid for. Adam Nelson reports.
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The final weekend of Super Rugby Aotearoa could be postponed due to new Covid-19 lockdown restrictions
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The Korean KBO basketball league yesterday increased the number of fans allowed into games from 10 per cent of stadium capacity to 25 per cent - Naver
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Germany will not allow fans into football stadiums until at least the end of October - Reuters/CNA Portimao in Portugal will host the final race of the 2020 MotoGP season - Reuters/CNA
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Premiership Rugby club Saracens has signed a sponsorship deal with Rentokil Initial to manage the club’s Covid-19-related hygiene procedures ahead of the 2019-20 season restart.
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The South African government has given permission for professional rugby to resume in the country after the Covid-19 shutdown
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BT Sport has struck a deal with Premiership Rugby that will see it air every game that is played behind closed doors for the rest of the season after the league’s resumption. 
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Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee