TOKYO — Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are concerned about it. So are those running the Rugby World Cup in Japan, which opens with Japan facing Russia on Sept. 20, 2019, in Tokyo. The concern?

Who won gold at the Tokyo Games? In the men’s tournament, Fiji was able to successfully defend its gold medal from 2016. The small island nation, where rugby sevens is the national sport, defeated New ...

Japan stepped up their preparations for next year's Rugby World Cup with a 34-15 win over Uruguay in Tokyo on Saturday.

Torihana was at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on the opening day of competition, which he said was purposefully planned to coincide with the Rugby World Cup. "We decided three years ago to hold this ...

Ahead of the HSBC LA Sevens, USA Rugby and HSBC will launch the final instalment of ‘The Pioneers’, the documentary following the men’s and women’s USA team as they head to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ...

TOKYO (AP) — An overhauled squad led by Nick Champion de Crespigny will give Australia head coach Joe Schmidt a chance to assess the Wallabies’ depth in a one-off rugby test against Japan in Tokyo.

with seven-a-side contests for men’s and women’s teams. Rugby fifteen-a-side was played in 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924 with men’s teams only. Two teams of seven players compete to carry the ball over ...