Rugby Union

Major League Rugby has announced the unveiling of a Dallas franchise for the 2021 season

An unprecedented home-and-away format for rugby union’s Six Nations must be a one-off, should the format end up being approved, according to Bill Sweeney, the Rugby Football Union chief executive.

French Top 14 rugby union club Stade Toulousain has renewed its kit supply agreement with sportswear giant Nike until the end of the 2024-25 season in a deal brokered by the French arm of the Infront agency

The Singapore-based Global Esports Federation has appointed a Brand, Marketing, Commercial and Communication Commission featuring an array of experienced sports industry executives

The New Zealand government will next Monday consider dropping the country's Covid-19 alert level to 'level 1', meaning it could fully open sports stadiums

Rugby Australia is discussing with its Sanzaar partners and the Australian government plans for a Covid-19-free "hub" to host the four-nation Rugby Championship

Formula One will not cancel a race this season even if a driver tests positive for Covid-19, series chief executive Chase Carey has said - BBC

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has reached an agreement over outstanding broadcast rights payments with Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), organiser of French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D…

Rugby Australia is cutting 47 of its 142 full-time staff in a restructure forced by Covid-19. The cuts will come into effect over a period of months, and will cut RA's wage bill by A$5.5m ($3.7m/€3.4m).

Rugby Australia has said the Sunwolves will not take part in Australia's pared-back Super Rugby competition this year, bringing the curtain down on the Tokyo franchise

Australia's cricket and rugby governing bodies are to implement further cost-cutting measures in response to the Covid-19 downturn

Major League Rugby has announced that Los Angeles has been awarded an expansion team for the 2021 season. The new team is called the LA Giltinis, named after a premium cocktail based on the Martini

Australia's National Rugby League restarts its 2020 season today, in what is being seen as a triumph for Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'landys

Francis Baron, the former chief executive of England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU), has devised a financial rescue plan for the sport that would centre on a World Cup-style tournament held across the U…

The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) is searching for a new title sponsor for its Premier 15s women's league after crisp brand Tyrrells said it would not continue in the role

New Zealand's National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service that will allow viewers outside of the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition

An integrated global rugby union calendar is moving closer following recent talks between the Six Nations and Sanzaar

Japan's Naomi Osaka was the world's highest-paid female athlete last year, according to Forbes, earning $37