WELLINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - China has emerged as the new frontier for rugby expansion with the privately organised Global Rapid Rugby announcing their latest team will be a joint venture with a New ...

CHINA’S ambitious sporting plans will see them bid to host a Rugby World Cup ‘sooner rather than later’ according to World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper. The earliest World Cup they could hope to ...

Alibaba has struck a ten-year deal with World Rugby to broadcast and develop rugby union in China. The e-commerce and entertainment giant announced the multi-million dollar pact between its Alisports ...

The Chinese echelons are turning to rugby union to usher in further awareness and investment in the world's most populous nation, and are using yet another sport to expand China's international ...

China is making headlines with its stratospheric spending on global football stars – but is it also undergoing a rugby revolution? “The numbers in China are obviously mind-boggling,” World Rugby CEO ...

p Rugby can grow from a niche sport to be as big as football in China and eventually rival the cash-rich Chinese Super League in popularity, the head of the sport in the worlds most populous nation ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Few people will be fretting over next month's decision on the inclusion of rugby in the Olympics as much as Zheng Hongjun and the band of enthusiasts who have run the sport in ...