Rugby World Cup fever is taking hold across Japan as the country counts down 50 days to go until the host nation plays Russia in the opening match at Tokyo Stadium on Sept 20. With 400,000 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will face the British and Irish Lions at Edinburgh next month with a squad including 19 players who helped it to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Head coach Jamie ...

KAMAISHI, Japan (AP) — Japan opened a new stadium Sunday for the 2019 Rugby World Cup on the site of a school that was destroyed by a devastating tsunami in 2011. Two Japanese teams faced off in a ...

Japan should have been riding a wave of momentum after hosting a successful 2019 Rugby World Cup but the Covid-19 pandemic has hampered efforts to build on their success. The Brave Blossoms beat ...

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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 ...

South Africa gets its title defense started at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday. Back in 2019 in Japan, the South Africans used a swarming defense, a solid kicking game and a dominant set-piece to win ...