The International Rugby Board has said it will keep lobbying to lift a ban on Fijian players linked to the state’s military regime from the World Cup.
Earthquake-devastated Christchurch will not host any matches at this year’s Rugby World Cup, New Zealand’s World Cup minister said on Wednesday.
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Leading international news agencies on Thursday launched a boycott of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, plunging the event into controversy on the eve of its opening game. Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty Pictures and the German agency, dpa, said no text, photo or video news on the World Cup would be sent for 24 hours.