All Blacks captain Cane is first man to be red-carded in a final

Sam Cane leaned back on his sin-bin chair and crossed his arms. That was it then. The New Zealand captain in the Rugby World Cup

England gets bronze after holding out hard-charging Pumas

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 Africans defend Mbonambi over racial slur allegation

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

2027 World Cup in Australia expanding to 24 teams with shorter schedule

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

Son delivers best impression of Kane to lead Spurs to win over Fulham and top of table

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

South Africa pulls off great escape to beat England and make the final

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

Errant All Blacks wing Tele’a proves a point in semifinal after axing

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

Pulsating quarterfinals highlight enduring strength of the southern hemisphere

 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

Erasmus thinks Springboks’ running game might be key in defense

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

Sabitzer’s penalty sends Austria to Euro in day overshadowed by Brussels shooting

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

England ends Fiji’s crowd-pleasing run with tense win to reach semifinals

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

Argentina reaches semifinals after coming back twice to beat Wales

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

All Blacks give defensive masterclass to knock out Ireland

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

Springboks have earned back respect from referees, Erasmus says

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

Smith not burdened by All Blacks-Ireland history ahead of quarterfinal

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

UEFA picks UK-Ireland to host soccer’s 2028 Euro; Italy-Turkey to stage 2032 edition

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

Lopsided quarterfinals highlight absurdity of early draw for pool stage

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 pulls off stunner and Fiji advances in storming end to pool stage

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

All Blacks hoping for right balance in last pool outing against Uruguay

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 edges rival China to win men’s world gymnastics title while US claims first medal since 2014

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

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