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In a recent confab, the International Rugby Board or IRB, the governing body behind the Rugby World Cup, has announced that the next two tournaments will be allocated at the same time. IRB officials said that they will start the process this month whe...

Before the World Cup in South Africa, financial experts were extolling the virtues of a good World Cup on the British economy, and that a little joy on the football field would do wonders for our economic recovery. It was always going to be an optimist...

David Beckham's prospects of crowning his stellar professional football career with one final World Cup appearance this year appeared to be in tatters Monday after he suffered a suspected Achilles tendon injury. Beckham, whose global popularity -- part...