Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will not pay the final rights fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition, it has been reported.
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot has mounted a surprise late bid to become chairman of rugby union's global governing body
Rugby Union
Events

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), organising body of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments, has indicated it has held talks over a new Club World Cup, but has maintained this will complement,…
Cricket
Finance & Law

More sports organisations and athletes around the world are cutting pay and introducing other cost-saving measures as the economic impact of the coronavirus bites
Rugby Union
Business

USA Rugby's recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration was little surprise and could ultimately prove beneficial in the long term, according to Rugby United New York majority owner James Kennedy
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby has cut staff wages by 40 per cent for the next three months, and is in talks with players about a pay cut, in response to the Covid-10 crisis
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has said it may still be possible to schedule international rugby matches this November although it appears increasingly likely that Northern Hemisphere countries’ s…
Australian Rules Football
Business

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s major sports with varying degrees of severity.
Rugby Union
Events

The British and Irish Lions rugby union team will not move the dates of their tour of South Africa next summer, despite its dates clashing with the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Rugby Union
Governance

USA Rugby, the governing body for rugby union in the United States, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy "as a result of compounded and insurmountable financial constraints"
Rugby League
Events

Rugby Australia has announced a provisional A$9.4m (€5.2m/$5.8
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) has said it expects revenue losses of between £45m (€49m/$53.6m)
Rugby Union
Events

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has reconfirmed the suspension of its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup club competitions, with the upcoming semi-finals and finals matches having been postponed
Football
Events

Uefa has postponed this year's Champions League and Europa League finals due to the coronavirus pandemic. The women's Champions League final has also been postponed
Rugby Union
Media

The UK government has rejected calls from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee for rugby union’s Six Nations tournament to be promoted to the Group A category of listed sports events r…
Australian Rules Football
Other

The Australian Football League has suspended its men's season until May 31. It also scrapped its women's season mid-finals and will not award the championship
Football
Events

The World Snooker Championship has been postponed just days after promotor Barry Hearn suggested that the event could take place behind closed doors during the Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union
Governance

Major League Rugby has announced it has cancelled the remainder of the 2020 season due to the global Covid-19 pandemic