World Rugby paves the way for future leaders in rugby with 12 new Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarships 2021 awarded Twelve new Executive Leader Scholarship recipients in 2021 World Rugby investment to date for the transformational programme stands at almost £500,000 Forty-nine global ...
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Women’s Arab Sevens success , Farida Elzakzouk and Sarah Abd Elbaki
World Rugby caught up with Farida Elzakzouk and Sarah Abd Elbaki following the recent Arab Sevens in Alexandria. Egypt captain Farida Elzakzouk hopes her side’s success at the recent Arab Sevens can help provide a springboard for the women’s game in the African nation. Fielding an ...
Michael Leitch scholarship for young Mongolian boy
Austin Gansukh CEO of Mongolian Rugby updated Asia Rugby on the Michael Leitch scholarship for young Mongolian boy Norvoo Davaajav In 2018, I was pleasantly surprised by an email sent to me by non-other than from Michael Leitch himself. We followed up with a phone call, where I was still a bit ...
Rugby Values Shine Through in Lebanon
Rugby Values Shine Through in Lebanon, Rugby is known as not only a sport but a culture that brings everyone together through its core values which every rugby player has and it is shown in both good and bad times. What we witnessed in the last few days was a pure example on what the rugby ...
Cambodia Federation of Rugby Return to International Rugby
July 8 marked a historic day for the Cambodia Federation of Rugby (‘CFR’), as it was announced the nation would regain its associate membership within Asia Rugby. President of the CFR, Ms Tan Theany, believes the achievement is recognition of the tireless efforts made to developing rugby within ...
Olympic Games the light at the end of the COVID tunnel for China Sevens
Head coach of the Chinese women’s Sevens team, Lu Zhuan says the postponed Olympics is allowing his squad to grow in skill and confidence ahead of next year’s Games in Tokyo. Despite the interruptions associated with the outbreak of COVID-19, Zhuan believes his athletes have continued to take ...
Mais Khoury, Yielding the way for Female Rugby Coaches in Jordan
In the last couple of years, Jordan Rugby has been part of various accomplishments, and one of these major achievements was the beginning of the Jordanian Women’s National Rugby team, which was founded in 2019. Ever since then, Jordanian female Rugby players have been greatly involved in the ...
Meet Anastassiya Khamova: One of Asia Rugby legends
Anastassiya Khamova from Kazakhstan has devoted her life for rugby and kept on giving this game everything she has in her power and talent and not only as a player but as a referee and as part of the team who made a presentation to the IOC- International Olympic Committee In October 2009 to include ...
The Unstoppable Nahid Biyarjomandi
“Think about your passion, face your barriers” - Nahid Biyarjomandi Nahid Biyarjomandi is one of the “Unstoppables” who were chosen for the ‘Try and Stop Us’ campaign that was launched by World Rugby last year to promote women in rugby. This campaign features 15 inspirational women and girls with ...
COVID-19 Restrictions Not Hampering South Korea’s Olympic Preparation
Despite the ongoing restrictions of COVID-19, South Korea’s men's sevens team continue to surge forward in preparation for the 2021 Olympic Games. The team has been running a series of at-home training sessions to ensure all players remain mentally and physically fit during ...