The Italians finished fourth in the Six Nations to match their best result since joining the competition in 2000, and also beat England for the first time. Head coach Gonzalo Quesada has brought new blood into the squad for the inaugural Nations Ch...

Players from French champions Toulouse and fellow finalists Montpellier were not available for Saturday's clash, and head coach Fabien Galthie has opted for a Bordeaux-heavy side. Eight Bordeaux-Begles players are in the matchday XV, including up f...

The New Zealander, 60, was due to step aside after last year's Rugby Championship, but agreed to extend his tenure as Kiss was contracted to the Queensland Reds till mid-2026. His final game will be against Italy in Perth later this month and Schmi...

The 25-year-old has played only five previous Tests for the All Blacks but will start in the pivotal No.10 shirt against the French on Saturday after a stellar Super Rugby season in which he led the Wellington Hurricanes to the championship. Love w...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided as papal envoy over a special mass in a church in Ca Mau for Father Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep, a priest killed while protecting parishioners in 1946. Diep became "blessed", the second of three steps towards...

Balogun twice put the ball in the net in the 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, whipping out James's signature dance move each time, though his first effort was ruled offside. "THE (Silencer) HAS (Arrived) at the World Cup!" posted James on X...

In the 64th minute of Wednesday's knockout game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balogun -- having scored the opener in a 2-0 US win -- was controversially judged to have stamped on the back of defender Tarik Muharemovic's foot. Balogun also appeare...

The world's third-ranked team head into the clash in Sydney on Saturday on the back of a strong Six Nations campaign, finishing runner-up to France. But they have been beset by injuries with a host of no-shows for their three-match tour that also i...

Forwards coach Neal Hatley will fill in for Jones, who is serving the last game of a four-match suspension imposed by the Japan Rugby Football Union for abusing match officials on a tour of Australia earlier this year. The 21-year-old Ito is set to...

Australia meet Andy Farrell's men in Sydney on Saturday to kick off their Nations Championship campaign with Campbell at fullback and Carter Gordon and Ryan Lonergan in the crucial playmaker roles. Campbell will win his fifth cap in his first appea...

The co-hosts' first World Cup knockout victory in nearly a quarter-century -- and only their second ever -- sets up a clash with Belgium in Seattle on Monday. Balogun's goal on the stroke of half-time had sent the crowd in California into delirium,...

Senegal looked set for a place in the next round as they led by two goals with five minutes remaining, but Belgium produced a dramatic fightback through strikes from Romelu Lukaku and Tielemans to force extra time in Seattle. Tielemans then held hi...

Boston will also receive two first-round draft picks and two second-round picks in a deal that will end Brown's 10-year tenure with the club. The Celtics reached the playoffs in each of those 10 seasons, including six appearances in the Eastern Con...

The European Union's top diplomat proposed new sanctions on Moscow following the strikes, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the United States for licences to manufacture Patriot air defence missiles. Russia has routinely launched w...

Senegal appeared on course for a first win in a World Cup knockout match since their 2002 debut after taking a 2-0 lead through strikes from Habib Diarra and Ismaila Sarr in Seattle. However, Belgium forced extra time as Romelu Lukaku and Tielemans...