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USA Rugby, Major League Rugby and World Rugby have announced a strategic partnership to launch a new MLR expansion club in Charlotte named Anthem Rugby Carolina that will start play this season with American Legion Memorial Stadium serving as its match day home. The partnership between the governing bodies for global and American rugby, as […]
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The final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025 will be staged at Twickenham, setting up the opportunity for a world-record crowd for a women’s international. World Rugby made the announcement on Monday. The record attendance for a women’s rugby international is 58,498 spectators for England’s victory over France at Twickenham this year. “Women’s […]
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Major League Rugby has announced a new partnership with Destination Sport Group and incorporating brands Destination Sport Travel, Inspiresport and Sportsbreaks.com that will see Destination Sport Travel handle travel, hotel accommodations and logistics for each of the league’s teams. “Destination Sport handles highly demanding travel logistics operations for some of the most prestigious brands in […]
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World Rugby will expand the next Rugby World Cup, scheduled for 2027 in Australia, to 24 teams with an extra knockout round and a week’s less time to play the tournament. It is the first expansion since 1999 when it went to 20 teams from the original 16. Where the four new teams will qualify […]
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As the Rugby World Cup reaches the semifinal stage in Paris and with less than one year before the Paralympic Summer Games in the French capital, World Wheelchair Rugby and World Rugby have collaborated with the International Wheelchair Rugby Cup getting underway on Wednesday at Halle Carpentier stadium in Paris. More than 100 male and […]
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Old Glory DC, a member of Major League Rugby, will play its 2024 home matches at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown. The team is entering its sixth season and is coming off an Eastern Conference championship appearance in 2023 and championship series playoff berth. “If you happened to catch the Collegiate Rugby Championship there this […]
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World Rugby and the Rugby Football Union in England have announced eight venues and cities that will host games in the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup with 16 teams competing in the tournament that starts August 22 and concludes with the final on September 27. The cities/venues include Brighton and Hove Albion Stadium, Ashton Gate […]
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The National Rugby League in Australia will have four teams compete in premiership matches planned for Las Vegas the week after the Super Bowl in February 2024. The Brisbane Broncos, Manly Sea Eagles, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters will play in Nevada after a series of club proposals within the NRL, which has its […]
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The second annual TEAMS Europe included leading experts from global organizations including the National Football League, the International Olympic Committee, World Rugby, the International Tennis Federation, LaLiga, Major League Baseball and more. TEAMS—the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry—unites sport event organizers with destinations, venues and suppliers interested in hosting or supporting […]
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The next International Rugby League World Cup will be rescheduled from 2025 to 2026 with a host to be determined in the Southern Hemisphere, the IRL announced on Thursday as part of a new calendar to 2030 aimed at capitalising on the growth of the international game. The 2026 Rugby League World Cup will feature […]
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Kentucky Sports Alliance has announced it has completed a major rebrand. The consortium of 15 Kentucky tourism-based organizations has joined under one umbrella to bring sporting events to the Bluegrass State.
Jamie Corr has been named the managing director at Burson Sports, a specialist sports practice based in Lausanne, succeeding Lars Haue-Pedersen, who is stepping down after more than 20 years of leading the agency.
The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired Firland Management as part of launching a new ice division, which includes a partnership with Central Park Conservancy which assumes the management of the Harlem Meer Center in New York City.
As the @NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be future hosts for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids.
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