Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Eight countries have confirmed their participation in the African Nations Under-18 rugby championship, to be held 13-15 March in the Malian capital, Bamako, the Malian Rugby Association told PANA here. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya set up an epic clash with England after beating Ho ng Kong 43-7 in their second match of the fifth Rugby World Cup Sevens tournamen t in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali will host the first edition of the African Under-18 R ugby Championship 13-15 March, the Malian Rugby Federation (FMR) announced here F riday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya fell to New Zealand 7-22 to miss the IRB World Sevens Plate of the San Diego leg of the global rugby event which ended Sunday at the Petco Park Stadium. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's national seven-a-side rugby team finally got the better side of South Africa, upsetting them 22-17 to qualify for the quarter fi n als of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Wellington leg in New Zealand Friday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) Wednesday got a cl ean bill of health from the International Rugby Board (IRB) ahead of the Junior W orld Rugby Trophy tournament slated for 21 April - 3 May in Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Collins Injera and Victor Oduor will be out to b etter their try scoring as the IRB Sevens rugby tournament enters the third and f ourth legs in Wellington and San Diego in New Zealand and the United States resp e ctively. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's national rugby Sevens team has dropped two place s in the ongoing 2008/9 IRB Sevens World Series Tournaments after a disastrous o u ting over the weekend in George, South Africa. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Kenya won the African Nations' Cup of the seven-a-side r ugby tournament after beating Zimbabwe 26-14 in the finals here Sunday. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroun (PANA) -- Cameroun, due to lack of funds, will not take part in the seven-team rugby tournament, to be held 30 October - 1 November in Tunis, T u nisia. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia will host, between 31 October and 1 November, th e qualifying tournament of the African zone to the Rugby World Cup tournament, P A NA learnt from the Tunisian Rugby Federation. Full text...

Curepipe- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Reunion rugby team thrashed Mauritius 10-3 in the second round of the Car Development Trophy (CDT, Southern Africa Zone) tournament played here on Thursday evening. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Debutants Fiji believe they will emerge winners of this year's Tusker Safari Sevens rugby tournament if signals emanating from their cam p is anything to go by. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Fiji will be among the 15 foreign teams expected to part icipate in this year's Tusker Safari Sevens rugby tournament slated for 20-22 Ju n e in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Full text...

Orléans- France (PANA) -- Namibian Kees Lensing has undergone medical tests with a view to signing a contract with the Castres rugby club (Top 14) in France, a sports source has disclosed here. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya and Nigeria are among the 14 African countries that will battle for tickets to the 2011 Rugby World Cup whose finals are slated for New Zealand. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Mr. Full text...

Orléans- France (PANA) -- South Africa's Bryan Habana was Sunday elected the best rugby player of the year 2007, the International Rugby Board (IRB) announced Monday in Orleans, France. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- South Africa on Saturday evening won the sixth edidion of the Rugby World Cup by beating defending champions England 15-6 at the Paris Stade de France. Full text...

Orleans- France (PANA) -- The South African national rugby team has reached the final of the World Cup after beating Argentina 37-13 in their semifinal played Sunday evening in Paris. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The South African national rugby team, the Springboks, beat Fiji 37-20 on Sunday in Marseille to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup being hosted by France. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The South African national rugby team, the Springboks, beat Fiji 37-20 Sunday in Marseille, France, to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup being hosted by France. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Namibia lost to Argentina 3-63 while South Africa beat Tonga 30-25 in matches in the third round of the rugby world cup, tagged France 2007. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the International Rugby Board (IRB) have signed a convention aimed at popularising the game of rugby in Africa. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- For the first time in its history, the South African Navy will host the Commonwealth Navies Rugby tournament slated to start 2 October. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Côte d'Ivoire rugby national team at the weekend beat Uganda 18-7 in the qualifiers for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Full text...

Lugogo- Uganda (PANA) -- Visiting Morocco defeated Uganda 5-3 here Saturday in a Rugby World Cup qualification match. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The Zimbabwean national rugby team won the African Cup of Nations by beating Morocco 10-3 in Sunday's final played in Casablanca. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Madagascar's national rugby team beat that of Côte d'Ivoire 14-10 Saturday in Casablanca during the first round of Group B of the Rugby Junior African Cup of Nations (CAN). Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- South Africa Friday defeated Morocco 48-8 late Friday in a Group A match of the Africa Junior Rugby Cup tournament in Casablanca. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The Africa Juniors Rugby Cup competition is scheduled from 25 August to 3 September in Casablanca (Morocco) to determine qualifiers for World Cup 2007, officials said Tuesday in Rabat. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- An international junior rugby tournament involving Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Niger kicked off here Thursday under the auspices of the Malian Youth and Sports Ministry and the Malian Rugby Federation (FMR). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Eight female teams will feature in the inaugural Africa Rugby Confederation Sevens tournament scheduled for Kampala, Uganda on Saturday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The Moroccan rugby team will host its Ugandan counterpart on 27 May in their first leg match for the 2006 African Cup of Nations (CAN) to be played in two legs, the Moroccan Royal Rugby Association (FRMR) said Wednesday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco's national rugby team will battle Namibia 4 November in Casablanca, in a semi-final match of the 2005 African Nations Cup competition, sources at the Moroccan Rugby Association said in Rabat. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has been drawn against defending champions New Zealand in next year's Commonwealth Games Sevens rugby event in Melbourne, Australia, sports authorities said here Friday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A member of visiting Australian rugby team has been sent back home, and three of his mates penalised following an incident at a Cape Town nightclub ahead of their crucial Tri-Nations match against South Africa Saturday, the local media reported Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Samoa, ranked sixth in the world, have won the Tusker Safari Sevens rugby tournament in Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya national rugby team coach Gordon Anampiu is confident the east Africans will win the title of the 'Safari Sevens' tournament which starts here Friday. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda Rugby Football Union (URFU) is to filed three teams to the 10th edition of the annual Tusker Safari Sevens due 17-19 June at Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA) grounds in Kenyan capital Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's National 15 A-Side team beat their Tunisian counterparts 37-15 in an African Rugby Confederation Cup championship match here at the weekend. Full text...

Beja- Tunisia (PANA) -- Morocco's rugby team beat its Tunisian counterpart 10-3 in the first leg of the first round of the African championship qualifiers played Saturday in Beja, 100 km west of Tunis. Full text...

Béja- Tunisia (PANA) -- The Moroccan national rugby team drubbed their Tunisian counterparts 10-3 here Saturday, in Round One of the Cup of Nations eliminatory series. Full text...

Mbabane- Swaziland (PANA) -- The Swaziland Rugby Union (SRU) has announced a 22-member squad to face Zambia in a World Cup qualifying tie billed for Saturday here. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A sub-regional rugby tournament, the Super 16 has been slated for May in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha with six countries on roll. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal's Division One rugby championship kicks off this weekend, sources in the four-club league confirmed here Thursday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The Tunisian national rugby team is in Dubai for test matches ahead of the World Cup finals coming up next March in Hong Kong. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Schalk Burger has been named International Rugby Board (IRB) 'Player of the Year' at an awards ceremony held in London Sunday night. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Jake White, coach of South Africa's national rugby team, has come under criticism from sections of the media for selecting a record 11 black players to tour the United Kingdom, Ireland and Argentina next month. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Namibia has sent Zimbabwe out of the Africa Rugby Cup tournament with a 68-8 defeat in Windhoek at the weekend. Full text...