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The USA Rugby men’s national team will host Ireland in the inaugural Las Vegas Rugby Cup on October 30, 2021, at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. “It’s thrilling to host an international rugby event of this caliber in Las Vegas and we can’t wait to welcome the teams and their fans to the sports capital of […]
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The United States will bid to host a Rugby World Cup in 2027, 2029 and/or 2031 after a recently completed feasibility study and dialogue with World Rugby showed that the event could be a success. The feasibility group, along with USA Rugby, will now transition from an exploratory phase to bid planning and preparation ahead […]
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Scheduled to debut in the fall 2021, Premier Rugby Sevens will be a new rugby league that will look to showcase North America’s top male and female players with equal pay and high-performance access under one league umbrella, adopting a touring format in cities across the United States and Canada. Rugby sevens, an Olympic sport, […]
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Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, will host a “Quest for Gold Sevens” international rugby event June 25–26 with several teams from the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series competing in a pre-Olympic exhibition. There are five men’s teams — United States, Argentina, Kenya, Korea and Samoa — plus women’s teams from the United States, […]
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The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series schedule for 2021 has been released with four men’s and five women’s rounds, along with potentially two more men’s rounds, as part of a condensed season that will start in May. The 2021 Series kicks off with back-to-back women’s events in Marcoussis, Paris, on May 15–16 and May 22–23 […]
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The newest franchise in Major League Rugby will play its home games at one of the most historic sports venues in the United States. The LA Giltinis will be playing home matches at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of what the expansion franchise terms a “long-term deal” that the league itself said would […]
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With participation on the rise and its status as an Olympic sport secure, rugby is looking to expand its brand as the LA Sevens brings the up-tempo, fan-friendly rugby sevens format to Los Angeles. Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, will host 16 national teams in a two-day event February 29–March 1 that features the […]
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George Killebrew, who has 27 years of experience in front office roles both on the corporate and team levels, will be the new Major League Rugby commissioner. Killebrew was most recently the executive vice president and chief revenue officer of the Dallas Mavericks. He also worked with the Mavericks in sales, marketing, ticket sales, corporate […]
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Major League Rugby will visit Las Vegas for the first time as part of a MLR Vegas Weekend in February at Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the city’s Pacific Coast League baseball team. The event starts February 9 with last year’s league semifinalists Rugby United New York taking on expansion team the New England Free […]
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The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will move one of its showcase events from Las Vegas to Los Angeles’ Dignity Health Sports Park starting with the 2020 event as part of a four-year contract, bringing the best 16 national teams in the world to California. The event had been in Las Vegas since 2010. The […]
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Women’s wrestling will be an official NCAA championship sport after the governing body approved its addition on the Division I, II and III levels.
The Ann Arbor Sports Commission will host its second annual Washtenaw County Celebration of Girls and Women in Sports, a two-day event February 1-2 with a mix of activities, collegiate sports and panel discussions.
.@KemperSports will manage the Bad Boy Mowers @B4AOfficial, a men’s and women’s college basketball tournament held annually at the Atlantis Paradise Island in @VisitTheBahamas.
.@SailGP will have @All as its official hotel partner starting with this weekend’s New Zealand Sail Grand Prix as part of a multi-year agreement.
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