Coventry City Football Club's home match at the Coventry Stadium, which hosted rugby sevens matches at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here, was postponed because of an "unsafe and unplayable" pitch.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir believes World Rugby can help to "show the way" for other International Federations (IF) to ensure there are more women in high-ranking positions.

The World Rugby Sevens Series is set to include an equal number of men's and women's teams and stop at new locations under plans to "reset" the format of the sport prior to the Paris 2024 Olympics.

South Africa swept aside double Olympic champions Fiji to win men’s rugby sevens gold as Australia clinched the women’s Commonwealth Games title for the first time here.

New Zealand will be aiming to maintain their stranglehold on the rugby sevens competitions at the Commonwealth Games when action starts at the Coventry Stadium tomorrow.

New Zealand will open their title defences against Sri Lanka and Canada after the schedule for the Birmingham 2022 rugby sevens tournaments was announced.

Chile have qualified for the Rugby World Cup for the first time after beating the United States 31-19 in Colorado to win by just one point on aggregate.

Namibia defeated Kenya 36-0 in the Rugby Africa Cup final to book their place into next year’s Rugby World Cup in France.

Lee Jones has been selected to compete at Birmingham 2022 in what is due to be his fourth Commonwealth Games as Scotland name 26 athletes for its rugby sevens teams at the upcoming event.

Rugby sevens is set to make its European Games debut at the 2023 edition in Kraków-Małopolska, Poland.

Camera specialist Canon is to continue its working relationship with World Rugby by signing two deals for upcoming Rugby World Cups through to 2023.

Romania's place at next year's Rugby World Cup in France has been confirmed after a Spanish Rugby Federation (FER) appeal against a points deduction for fielding an ineligible player was rejected.

Next season's World Rugby Sevens Series calendar features a record number of events, with Paris 2024 qualification due to be up for grabs as the circuit returns to pre-pandemic levels.

Australia has forced the World Rugby Sevens Series title to go down to the final leg in Los Angeles following their first gold medal of the season in London.

With more than 68,000 tickets sold, a huge crowd is set to welcome the 16 teams as the London leg of the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is set to start tomorrow at the Twickenham Stadium.