France have sustained a major blow to their hopes of a home Rugby World Cup triumph after captain Antoine Dupont suffered a suspected facial fracture. Dupont was taken to hospital after leaving the ...

Namibian rugby star Johan Retief has been ruled out of his country’s final World Cup game against Uruguay later Wednesday, after being “bitten by a spider” at the team’s hotel in Aix-les-Bains, ...

Namibia has always been an underdog at the Rugby World Cup. With a population of just over 2.5 million – akin to that of Qatar, Botswana and Gabon – it doesn’t have the same talent pool as some of the ...

The Namibia captain, Johan Deysel, has been given an effective five-match suspension for his dangerous tackle on Antoine Dupont that left the France skipper with a facial fracture and on the sidelines ...

It's less than two years until the next Rugby World Cup kicks off and the line-up for the 2027 tournament in Australia is almost complete. The competition will be the largest ever, having been ...

Zimbabwe secured Rugby World Cup 2027 qualification after an upset win over Namibia 30-28 in the Rugby Africa Cup final in Kampala, Uganda on Saturday (July 19, 2025). The Sables, the colloquial name ...

Gerhard Mans—Namibia's first rugby captain after the country gained independence—was killed after being hit by a car while cycling near the capital, Windhoek, on Wednesday Gerhard Mans—Namibia's first ...

Captain Jacques Burger will play in his third world cup and hopes to bow out in style Reigning Rugby World Cup champions the All Blacks have 38 tournament wins, 274 tries, and 2,038 points to their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomasau Forbes of Namibia pictured during the IRB Nations Cup rugby tournament match against Romania in Bucharest on June 17, ...