Rugby Union

Spain has emerged as a contender to host the Rugby World Cup in 2035, with discussions being held about potentially staging matches at LaLiga stadiums including the Santiago Bernabéu and Camp Nou.

World Rugby has secured a timely addition to its sponsorship portfolio with consumer goods company Unilever coming in as a sponsor of both the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup tournaments.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has reached an out-of-court settlement with Ineos over the company terminating its sponsorship agreement three years early.

The Two Circles agency has deepened its global media rights presence with an agreement to distribute French rugby union’s Top 14 from 2025-26 to 2031-32.

SA Rugby has announced First National Bank (FNB) as the new front-of-shirt sponsor of the Springboks in an expansion of the bank's deal with the South African rugby union federation

Two months after signing a major sponsorship with the French Rugby Federation, insurer Groupe Apicil has bolstered its commitment to the sport through a new deal with European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

SA Rugby will undertake a complete overhaul of the Springboks' sponsorship structure after the governing body announced the end of its front-of-shirt deal with telco MTN

A new global seven-a-side women's football competition has been launched, which along with Women's Elite Rugby has been picked up by DAZN.

Rugby union's Six Nations Championship is to remain on free-to-air television in the UK, albeit all of England's fixtures will be shown on commercial broadcaster ITV in the new cycle

The English Rugby Football Union's commercial director, Stuart Ramsey, has left the organisation and will be named chief commercial officer of the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO).

The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has agreed a multi-year technology partnership with US giant Apple, building on a relationship that began 15 years ago.

The iconic Ellis Park in South Africa is searching for a new naming rights sponsor as Emirates exits its agreement with both the rugby stadium and United Rugby Championship (URC) side The Lions.

Smartech has been announced as the title sponsor of Super Rugby Pacific in Australia as part of a deal that also covers the Super Rugby Women’s competition.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is suing Ineos over alleged non-payment of sponsorship fees, claiming that the global chemicals company is walking away from its deal early.

England's dramatic late victory in the Six Nations Championship and an FA Cup upset set UK commercial broadcaster ITV on its way to its best weekend audience in almost nine months

Major League Rugby, the top-tier rugby union competition in the United States, has secured an exposure boost with the domestic broadcast of all of its matches in a 'multi-year' deal with ESPN.