Rugby Union

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 Australia has announced a provisional A$9.4m (€5.2m/$5.8

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

An International Olympic Committee spokesperson said yesterday "no solution will be ideal", regarding the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on Tokyo 2020

Players in Australia's National Rugby League and Australian Football League competitions have been warned they face pay cuts due to suspended play under the coronavirus outbreak

Rugby Australia has suspended talks over its next broadcast rights deal, as chief executive Raelene Castle today (Tuesday) conceded that the rugby union governing body may need to approach the government…

Premiership Rugby has said it is working on exclusive content to fill the void left by the postponement of its season, with European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) also deciding to suspend the Champions…

The UK’s Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has called for rugby union’s Six Nations to be included in the ‘Category A’ list of sports events that must be shown on free-to-air televis…

The French government has announced a decree which will ban all public gatherings of over 1,000 people until April 15 in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak in the country

World Rugby has signed up event services company GL Events group as the first tournament sponsor of the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Telecoms operator Optus is considered the leading candidate to acquire pay-television rights in Rugby Australia’s ongoing invitation to tender process, and has begun to seek out production companies, r…

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to the World Rugby Sevens Series