2019 Rugby World Cup news

Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief Bill Sweeney has said the sport wants to play a major part in getting the public back to normality, once ... More

A grassroots campaign aiming to create a lasting legacy for the 2019 Rugby World Cup has resulted in nearly 2 million players taking up the ... More

Construction is nearing completion on the only new stadium being built for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. The 16,000-capacity Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium ... More

InterContinental Hotels will open its first onsen resort in the Japanese city of Beppu in 2019. The city of Beppu, on the southern Japanese island ... More

E-commerce giant Alibaba has earmarked an eye-watering US$100m (£81.9m, €91.6m) for the development of rugby in China over the next 10 years. The organisation’s sports ... More

Japan’s preparations to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup have been declared as “satisfactory” by the sport’s world governing body with three years until kick ... More

IAAF president Sebastian Coe, culture secretary John Whittingdale and Akira Shimazu, chief executive of Japan’s 2019 Rugby World Cup Organising Committee, will deliver keynote talks ... More

Japan appears set to continue its policy of bidding for elite sporting events with an attempt to stage the 2026 Asian Games. Aichi Prefecture, a ... More

The architects of the original Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium have accused the Japanese government of putting the legacy of the Games in jeopardy and overlooking ... More

A funding agreement struck between Tokyo, the Japanese government and the Japanese Sports Council has resurrected plans for the city’s 2020 Olympic and Paralympic stadium. ... More

Just days after appearing to receive final government approval, Zaha Hadid’s plans for Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium have been dropped – but the architect says the ... More

Japan's ability to organise and deliver on major projects and its fortitude in the face of a major challenge – as demonstrated by rebuilding after ... More

The Japan Sport Council (JSC) has selected Zaha Hadid Architects to redesign its Kasumigaoka National Stadium. The 80,000-seat stadium will need to be complete in ... More

Image: The current national stadium opened in 1958 Japan Sport Council (JSC) has announced the launch of an international design competition for a new national ... More

England appears to be on course to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup after the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) bid received the backing of tournament ... More