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SIX NATIONS

Twickenham, in London, is set to host the inaugural Nations Championship Finals Weekend, with three days of double-headers between Nov. 27 and 29, 2026.
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Nov 18, 2025
Rugby chiefs unveil ¡®watershed¡¯ Nations Championship
The Nations Championship, which starts in July 2026, will replace ad-hoc tours and one-off tests.
France's scrumhalf Nolann Le Garrec holds the trophy as France's players celebrate winning the Six Nations tournament on Saturday at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.
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Mar 16, 2025
Record-breaking France clinches Six Nations title with Scotland win
Les Bleus matched England¡¯s number of titles since Italy joined the championship in 2000 and did so in style, scoring 30 tries in a pulsating campaign.
France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont runs with the ball during his team's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome on Sunday.
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Feb 24, 2025
France¡¯s Antoine Dupont looking ahead to blockbuster showdown against Ireland
France trails Ireland by three points in the Six Nations standings.
Ireland's James Lowe scores gets away from Scotland's Blair Kinghorn on his way to scoring a try during their Six Nations game in Edinburgh on Sunday.
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Feb 10, 2025
Ireland coach praises forwards after Six Nations win over Scotland
Having started slowly in their opening game against England last week, Ireland got out of the starting blocks quickly at Murrayfield.
England's Elliot Daly celebrates scoring a try with Tommy Freeman and Marcus Smith
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Feb 9, 2025
England ends losing run with dramatic win over France
England stuns France 26-25 at Twickenham as Elliot Daly¡¯s last-gasp try sealed a dramatic Six Nations victory.
France's Antoine Dupont runs with the ball during a practice in Marcoussis, France, on Sunday.
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Jan 30, 2025
France set to open Six Nations campaign against ¡®transitioning¡¯ Wales
France¡¯s results have vastly improved since Galthie took over in 2020.
France's Matthis Lebel carries the ball against Italy during their Six Nations match in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, on Sunday.
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Feb 26, 2024
France coach Fabien Galthie denies talk of crisis after close call against Italy
Galthie¡¯s side was hammered by Ireland in the tournament opener before edging Scotland earlier this month.
Jamie George learned of his mother's cancer diagnosis on the same day he found out he would be the England captain.
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Feb 23, 2024
Jamie George to captain England with heavy heart after mother¡¯s death
George learned his rugby-fanatic mother, Jane, had contracted lung cancer the same day he was appointed England captain.
Italy's Ange Capuozzo in action with Ireland's Craig Casey at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on Feb. 11.
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Feb 20, 2024
Capuozzo defends Italy¡¯s place in Six Nations ahead of France test
Italy heads to Lille on Sunday to play France, facing the possibility of earning another Six Nations wooden spoon.
Maxime Lucu celebrates after France's win over Wales during the Six Nations tournament in March 2022.
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Feb 1, 2024
Maxime Lucu to replace Antoine Dupont for France¡¯s Six Nations opener
Dupont is missing the tournament in order to prepare to play Rugby Sevens at this year¡¯s Paris Olympics.
La Rochelle's Gregory Alldritt (left) runs with the ball during a match between Sale Sharks and Stade Rochelais (La Rochelle) in Salford, England, on Jan. 21. Alldritt will captain France for the upcoming Six Nations tournament.
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Jan 30, 2024
France eyes Six Nations boost after World Cup despair
France will have to play without Antoine Dupont, however, the combative scrum-half having chosen to play for the national rugby sevens team.
Ireland's Johnny Sexton retired after the team's loss against New Zealand at the Rugby World Cup in Oct. 2023.
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Jan 29, 2024
Former Irish player Hugo MacNeill says it will be tough to replace Johnny Sexton
The Irish have big shoes to fill as they attempt to defend the Six Nations title.
England's fly-half and captain Owen Farrell helped lead the team to a third-place finish at the Rugby World Cup.
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Nov 30, 2023
England¡¯s Farrell to skip Six Nations to prioritize mental health
Farrell has won 112 caps since making his international debut in 2012 and is England¡¯s all-time leading points scorer with 1,237.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 19, 2023
After Grand Slam triumph, Johnny Sexton dreams of World Cup glory
Ireland have never gotten past the World Cup quarterfinals but are the world¡¯s No. 1-ranked team and among the favorites.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 13, 2023
Ireland stays on course for Grand Slam after Six Nations win over Scotland
Ireland, which has claimed the Triple Crown and has its sights now set on a Grand Slam, now leads the Six Nations table with 19 points from four games, four ahead of second-placed France.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 26, 2023
Wales come up short against England after ¡®harrowing¡¯ week
Saturday¡¯s Six Nations fixture in Cardiff came after a tense standoff between Wales players and the country¡¯s rugby union that nearly resulted in a strike.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 25, 2023
Wales coach Warren Gatland not concerned about team¡¯s mentality ahead of England clash
The members of the Wales national rugby team have returned to practice full of fight and eager to reverse their recent run of poor results.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 13, 2023
Steve Borthwick earns first victory as England coach
Borthwick¡¯s reign started with a 29-23 loss at home against Scotland last weekend in the first round of the tournament.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 9, 2023
Ireland¡¯s Johnny Sexton ready to go for blockbuster match against France
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton said on Wednesday he will be fit for this weekend¡¯s Six Nations match against France before joking that he hoped he had not jinxed himself.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 6, 2023
Defending champion France spoils Italy¡¯s upset bid in tense Six Nations opener
¡®We¡¯re going to try and keep the positives from this test but obviously there were more negatives than positives,¡¯ France captain Antoine Dupont said.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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