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Rugby


England unsure of rugby bid due to £80 mio. guarantee

04 May 2009

The deadline for bids for the 2015 and 2019 rugby union world cups is only days away but the International Rugby Board (IRB) demand that hosts provide an £80 million guarantee is threatening to turn the bid process into a...[more]




Bidding dropped due to financial crisis

30 April 2009

Rugby hit hard by withdrawals: Neither Australia nor Scotland will be able to go through with the bidding process of the 2015 and 2019 Rugby Union World Cups.[more]




Chairman of South African sports committee puts race over sporting abilities

07 May 2007

South African sports committee takes drastic measure against rugby team in order to pay attention to racial composition in the transformation process.[more]




Newspaper organisations continue fight against sports federations

19 January 2007

Traditional news media that want to cover sport events on their websites are coming under increasing pressure from sports federations. Right now the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) are negotiating with the International...[more]