WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Japan’s new-look professional rugby competition will launch next month with bold ambitions to win not only a domestic but a global audience, to attract the world’s best ...

A new book describes how effects of climate change, like intense flooding from 2019’s Typhoon Hagibis, have changed sports history. The following is an excerpt from Warming Up: How Climate Change Is ...

Coach Scott Lawrence insists the USA are “ready for whatever” as they continue to prepare for their first Men’s Rugby World ...

The Rugby World Cup in 2019 reminds a correspondent of what could have been as a more muted Olympics begin. By Ken Belson CHOFU, Japan — One warm autumn afternoon two years ago, thousands of rugby ...