In a locker room interview last week, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored the egomaniac trifecta, proclaiming that fans jeered him because he was "rich, handsome and a great player." But this ...

A Samoan rugby team is still in the middle of a two-week quarantine after returning to the island from New Zealand – where they spent more than 100 days due to the coronavirus pandemic. Manuma Samoa ...

Japan boosted their chances of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals for the second successive time as they beat an ill-disciplined Samoa 28-22 in Toulouse, a result which sent England through ...

YAMAGATA, Japan (AP) — Samoan rugby players will wear skin suits to cover their traditional tattoos during some training sessions at the World Cup in order not to offend their Japanese hosts. Samoa ...

Samoa's Alapati Leiua, left, battles Australia's Lukhan Salakaia-Loto during their rugby union test match in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Sept 17 (Reuters) – Samoan rugby ...

LONDON (AP) — The rugby international between the Barbarians and Samoa was called off only 90 minutes before kickoff at Twickenham on Saturday due to six cases of the coronavirus among the Barbarians ...

Samoa opened its Rugby World Cup campaign with a fiery bonus-point victory against Russia on Tuesday but the match will be remembered for a succession of brutal hits by the eventual winners. The ...

After two decades as the most successful coach in rugby sevens history, Gordon Tietjens could be forgiven for easing his way into retirement. However, the veteran New Zealander is working just as hard ...

AUCKLAND, New ZealandAUCKLAND, New Zealand — A Samoan rugby player escaped punishment from World Cup organizers after team officials apologized Tuesday for his Twitter comments that compared the ...

His hands tremble. His black hair snakes down the middle of his back. He sucks in a deep breath. Vasaifanua Hansell has prepared all day and skipped school to practice the words of a language he ...

A Samoan rugby player has died after jumping off of a bridge in France while out celebrating a victory, according to reports. Kelly Meafua, 32, a member of the French rugby club US Montauban, died ...