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Y. Michele Kang talks to Washington Spirit players after a NWSL soccer match in Washington, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

U.S. women’s rugby team keeps scoring with $4 million gift from soccer owner Michele Kang

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

All Blacks captain Sam Cane runs during the second Bledisloe Rugby test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Cane announced Monday May 13, 2024 that he was retiring from international rugby at the end of the 2024 season. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Japan’s top rugby competition bucks trends, continues to grow as the game faces headwinds elsewhere

Associated Press

Former Australian rugby league player Wally Lewis, addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Lewis, a legendary rugby player of the 1980s has cited the fear and anxiety that has come into his life among the reason for urging the Australian government to fund support services and education about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Legendary rugby league star Wally Lewis appeals for concussion and CTE awareness support

Associated Press

France's Antoine Dupont walks in the try zone after France's try against the United States during a Vancouver Sevens rugby match Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

After helping France win Los Angeles Sevens, Antoine Dupont has Olympic gold in mind

Associated Press

Romania's Adrian Motoc catches the ball next to Tonga's Semisi Paea during the Rugby World Cup Pool B match between Tonga and Romania at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, outside Lille, France, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Mouthguard technology detecting brain injuries to be adopted in rugby

Associated Press

Wales' George North, left, is tackled by Australia's Anthony Fainga'a during their bronze medal Rugby World Cup game at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, on Oct. 21, 2011. The Rugby World Cup will take place to the backdrop of a concussion lawsuit that has similarities to one settled by the NFL in 2013 at a likely cost of more than $1 billion. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

NFL-style lawsuit and brain-injury concerns hang over Rugby World Cup

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

President Joe Biden waves to the media as he arrives and greeted by Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, at Farmleigh House in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Biden mixes up All Blacks N.Z. rugby team with Black and Tans recruits, causing stir overseas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

New Zealand's Edward Osei-Nketia, right, and Justin Gatlin of the United States compete during the men's 100 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 27, 2019. The fastest man in New Zealand is ready to try college football. Eddie Osei-Nketia holds his country's 100-meter record and has some rugby experience. He has signed to play for Hawaii and is among a geographically diverse group of international recruits who will suit up on campuses across the United States. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) **FILE**

College football adds broader swath of international players

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008, file photo, Alice Hoagland, the mother of 9/11 victim Mark Bingham, speaks during a news conference following a pretrial session for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants in Camp Justice on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hoagland, beloved as a mother figure by players in the global gay rugby movement her own son Mark Bingham helped establish shortly before he perished as one of the heroes of Flight 93, died Dec. 22, 2020, in her sleep at her home in California after battling Addison’s disease. (Mandel NGAN/Pool Photo via AP)

Alice Hoagland, gay-rugby godmother and 9/11 activist, dies

By JEFF McMILLAN - Associated Press

Documentary paints bleak picture of Pacific Islands rugby

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Ireland's James Ryan gathers the ball in a line out during the Six Nations rugby union international match between France and Ireland in Paris, France, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

USA Rugby urged to bid for World Cup by top executive

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Spectators react ahead of the Super Rugby Aotearoa rugby game between the Highlanders and Chiefs in Dunedin, New Zealand, Saturday, June 13, 2020. Super Rugby Aotearoa is the first major rugby union tournament to resume since the COVID-19 outbreak and one of the first major sports events in the world at which there will be no limitation on crowd size. (Derek Morrison /Photosport via AP)

Fans savor return of stadium sport in virus-free New Zealand

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, March 16, 2019, Wales rugby team celebrates with their trophies after winning the Six Nations championships, at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff, Wales. This year’s competition has yet to be completed after it was halted by the coronavirus pandemic but it is announced Wednesday June 3, 2020, that next season's Six Nations could be expanded to a home-and-away format under proposals being considered by the competing nations.(David Davies/FILE via AP)

As sports resume, English rugby stuck in scenario-planning

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 file photo, World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont speaks beside the Webb Ellis Cup during an interview before the match schedule announcement for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Tokyo. Bill Beaumont and Agustin Pichot are vying to become chairman of World Rugby amid trying times for the sport because of the coronavirus outbreak and the growing discussion about a global calendar to unify the international game. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Beaumont vs Pichot: The battle for rugby’s top job

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Rugby Australia, players agree pay cuts after lengthy talks

Associated Press

England's Owen Farrell holds the Calcutta Cup after England defeated Scotland 13-6 in the Six Nations rugby union international match between Scotland and England at Murrayfield Stadium, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Farrells face off in father-vs.-son clash in Six Nations

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

South Africa's Tendai Mtawarira runs with the ball as England's Ben Youngs makes a challenge during the second rugby test match between South Africa and England in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Saturday, June 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze) **FILE**

Old Glory DC introduces rugby star Tendai Mtawarira before home debut

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Folau moves to Europe, faces backlash over anti-gay views

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

South African captain Siya Kolisi holds the Webb Ellis Cup aloft with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after South Africa defeated England to win the Rugby World Cup final at International Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Top quotes from the Rugby World Cup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

South African captain Siya Kolisi holds the Webb Ellis Cup aloft with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after South Africa defeated England to win the Rugby World Cup final at International Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

‘We love you South Africa’: Kolisi pride after World Cup win

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press