World Rugby has launched a non-contact format of rugby union that it claims is fully reflective of the sport's characteristics and includes scrums, lineouts, and breakdowns.

fun, fitness, and inclusion with a mantra of being for everyone, officials claimed who launched the new

T1 Rugby was developed with significant input from our member unions, including England, New Zealand,

England have beaten Argentina 26-23 in the Rugby World Cup bronze final in Paris after a match that featured flashes of brilliance from both sides.

19-9 defeat to France.The action will return tomorrow to the same venue for the showpiece fixture as New

Zealand take on South Africa in the final.

Keshav Maharaj scored the winning runs to clinch a thrilling one-wicket win for South Africa over Pakistan in the International Cricket Council Men's Cricket World Cup.

Competition is set to continue tomorrow with a double-header, as Australia face New Zealand in Dharamsala

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has appointed Olympian and former hockey player Ryan Archibald

The Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games silver medallist will start in his new role on November 27.He

Ryan Archibald, left, will start in his new role on November 27 ©Getty ImagesBorn in Auckland in 1980

, he made his national team debut against Malaysia in 1997.His 20-year- career saw him gain 237 New Zealand

Board chair of the NZ Hockey Players Association and Auckland Hockey.He was appointed a member of the New

Zealand Order of Merit in 2021.

The men's Rugby World Cup will expand to 24 teams in 2027, it has been confirmed, while a new tournament

20 teams contested the current World Cup in France which is due to conclude with the final between New

Zealand and South Africa on Saturday (October 28).It means four more will be added for the tournament

a truly global sport, we must create greater relevance, opportunity and competitiveness to attract new

 "Underpinned by a new global calendar that increases certainty and opportunity, we are focused

 "Combined with the proposed new two-division global competition model from 2026 and cross-over

South Africa moved to second in the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup table behind India after defeating Bangladesh by 149 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

It was their fourth victory in five matches and their superior run rate of 2.37 puts them above New Zealand

was South Africa's fourth victory in five matches and their superior run rate of 2.37 puts them above New

Zealand although both sides have eight points ©Getty ImagesWhen Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan

World Rugby have selected England’s Wayne Barnes as the referee for the World Cup final between New Zealand

tournament.It will be his sixth match of the competition, his most recent was the quarter-final when New

Zealand beat Ireland.Barnes took up referring as a teenager in Gloucester.Barnes has officiated at every

Zealand last lifted the trophy defeating Australia at Twickenham in London.Barnes' autobiography, Throwing

Zealand, at Johannesburg in 1995 ©Getty ImagesBarnes is set to become the first Englishman to referee

Zealand and a dramatic drop goal from Joel Stransky gave South Africa victory before Nelson Mandela

Australia defeated Canada 53-48 in the final to win the International Wheelchair Rugby Cup at the Accor Arena in Paris.

Paralympic champions Britain ending fifth.The United States finished sixth with Denmark seventh and New

Zealand eighth.France, Britain, Denmark and Japan have already qualified for next year's Paris 2024

have won two Paralympic titles, will need to book their place through a qualification tournament in New

Zealand in March but have laid down an early marker for 2024 with their victory in the same city."

We have learned a lot about our own game, we have got some new players.

Virat Kohli fired India to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand in Dharamsala to take sole control

with a duck and 17 runs to their names, respectively, before the top-scoring pair came in.However, New

Zealand took the foot off the gas in the latter stages of the first innings and were left regretful.

 "I thought we played reasonably well," said New Zealand captain Tom Latham."

Swimming Australia has described Ursula Carlile, the pioneering female coach who helped inspire Shane Gould to three gold medals at the Munich 1972 Olympics, as a "national treasure".

Carlile went on to take charge of the Australian team at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New

Zealand and again at the 1975 World Aquatic Championships in Cali, Colombia.The pair continued to coach

Jamaica’s World Cup squad have pulled out of qualification for the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCAF) Women’s Gold Cup, they claimed, in "stance in solidarity to end the cycle of mistreatment" by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).

Reggae Girlz", were unbeaten in the group stages of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New

be able to do our job,"Jamaica reached the last 16 of this year's Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesThe players detailed other grievances and claimed that they had been given information

South Africa snatched victory away from England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final as they struck late on to sneak into the final by a 16-15 scoreline in Saint-Denis.

by white shirts fallen to the ground on a night of torrential rain in France.South Africa will meet New

Zealand next in the decider on Saturday (October 28) as both teams look for a record fourth title.

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guard of honour after the semi-final victory ©Getty ImagesWill Jordan, right, scored the first try as New

Zealand demolished Argentina 44-6 on Friday ©Getty ImagesThe victory against Argentina means New Zealand

England's International Cricket Council Men's Cricket World Cup title defence took a huge blow as they suffered a resounding 229-run defeat to South Africa in Mumbai.

The Netherlands ©Getty ImagesThe competition is set to continue tomorrow as the only unbeaten teams, New

Zealand and India, face off at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala.Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka beat The

Agustin Pichot, the former captain of Argentina who ran for the World Rugby Presidency in 2020, has claimed the organisation lacks long-term vision and that its support for emergent nations such as Portugal and Uruguay is "just wind."

The leaders of World Rugby talk a lot about the new world calendar which is in the making, promising

Have we attracted a new audience?'""

Wales, New Zealand, Australia are in crisis."Clubs are going out of business."