England 26, Argentina 23 England finished third at the Rugby World Cup for the first time by stopping waves of late Argentina attacks and prevailing 26-23
South Africa’s sports minister mounted a defense of Springboks player Bongi Mbonambi this week after he was accused of directing a racial slur at an England opponent in
The next Rugby World Cup in 2027 in Australia will feature more teams, an extra knockout round and a week less to play. The late-2027
With a clinical finish and a neat assist, Son Heung-min delivered his best impression of Harry Kane to propel Tottenham back to the top of the Premier
England 15, South Africa 16 The Springboks finally broke the English scrum, and once again their hearts, to reach the Rugby World Cup final and have
New Zealand 44, Argentina 6 Punished one week, punisher the next. New Zealand winger Mark Tele’a responded to being dropped for the Rugby World
South 3, North 1. Talk of a potential shift in the balance of power in world rugby toward the northern hemisphere might have been premature. According
Playing pretty rugby has never been high on the Springboks’ agenda, especially when it comes to the business of winning a World Cup in tense knockout
Substitute Marcel Sabitzer scored from the penalty spot shortly after entering the game to secure a 1-0 win for Austria at Azerbaijan and send his country
The lead was 14 points, the Then Fiji finally turned up. The World Cup quarterfinals delivered another heart-stopper on Sunday as England held on in the face of
Wales 17, Argentina 29 Argentina’s rugby team doesn’t have a totemic figure like Lionel Messi to bind it like the national soccer team did when
Ireland 24, New Zealand 28 New Zealand was thought to have showed too much razzle-dazzle and met not enough resistance to seriously trouble top-ranked Ireland going
One of the surprises of the Rugby World Cup pool stage was the only team not to concede a yellow or red card: South Africa. The
Aaron Smith made his New Zealand test debut against Ireland in 2012. The Irish were his first three tests, including his first test try. That
The future of soccer’s European Championship for the next decade was decided yesterday — the United Kingdom and Ireland will host in 2028 and an unusual Italy-Turkey
The absurdity of the decision to stage the draw for the pool stage of the Rugby World Cup three years out from the tournament will really
Portugal will be by far the happiest of the teams going home early from the Rugby World Cup. The Portuguese pulled off a stunner of an upset with
A total of nine changes suggests New Zealand wants a snatch-and-grab game against Uruguay today , the main prize a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal. Qualifying for the
Japan is back on top in men’s gymnastics. The five-man group led by reigning world and Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto edged rival China in the
A unique 2030 World Cup is set to be played in Europe and Africa with the surprising addition of South America in a deal to allow the men’s soccer tournament to start with a 100th birthday party in Uruguay.
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