Rugby-World Rugby cancels sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 03 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Singapore Sevens Final - National Stadium, Singapore - 16/04/17 - Canada players celebrate their victory. REUTERS/Yong Teck Lim/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - World Rugby has cancelled scheduled events in Cape Town and Singapore in this year’s Sevens Series due to "ongoing challenges" brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, officials confirmed on Friday.

The series had been due to visit Singapore (Oct. 29-30) and Cape Town (Dec. 10-12), the latter with a Women’s Sevens Series event attached as well.

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