Asia Rugby Cancels June’s Mid-Year Council Meeting and Competitions scheduled during the first half of the year 2020 In continuous efforts to set the welfare, health and well-being of players, fans, officials and administrators at the forefront, Asia Rugby is taking all appropriate measures to ...
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Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo postponed
Asia Rugby President Mr Qais al Dhalai, on Tuesday, welcomed the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and issued the following statement expressing solidarity with all involved. "We at Asia Rugby welcome the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee’s decision ...
Asia Rugby announces Women’s Advisory Committee on International Women’s Day #IWD2020
Asia Rugby and it’s member unions celebrated International Women’s Day #IWD2020. Asia Rugby has taken a lead in gender inclusion at all levels of the game. Asia Rugby President took the opportunity to announce Asia Rugby Women’s Advisory Committee on International Women's Day. In announcing ...
Asia Rugby signs a MOU with Rugby Union of Russia (RUR)
On February 28, Moscow, Chairman of the High Council of Rugby Union of Russia Igor Artemyev and President of Asia Rugby Qais Al-Dhalai signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The memorandum of understanding provides various joint collaborations and projects for the development of rugby in Russia ...
Asia Rugby puts player welfare first, postpones tournaments schedule until end of June 2020
Asia Rugby decided to postpone all Asia Rugby competitions scheduled from 1-3-2020 to 30-6-2020 until further notice. This is in response to continued health concerns related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Asia Rugby President, Mr Qais Al Dhalai said: “The health and safety of ...
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce the appointment of a new CEO
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Asia Rugby CEO, Mr Johny Stavrinou. Johny is the founder and previous President of Cyprus Rugby and has previously served as CEO / Commercial Manager of a number of international companies. “We are fortunate to have someone of Mr Johny ...
Asia Rugby signs five-year match ball deal with Rhino
The Rhino Vortex Elite will be the official match ball for the Asia Rugby Championship, Asia Rugby 7s Series and all official Asia Rugby tournaments for the next five years. Rhino was first appointed by Asia Rugby two years ago and this new deal will see the world’s No.1 rugby training equipment ...
BREAKING NEWS: Asia Rugby President visit to Vietnam
BREAKING NEWS: Asia Rugby recently elected Asia Rugby President, Qais Al Dhalai in Hanoi Vietnam as part of his commitment to grow the game in all over Asia on only his 28th day in office. Today he had a meeting with Vietnam National Olympic Committee Secretary-General Mr. Manh Van Tran and a ...
Asia Rugby rugby sevens men’s qualification tournament #Tokyo2020
Korea will host the Asia Rugby rugby sevens men's qualification tournament for The Games Of The XXXII Olympiad this weekend. With nine of the top Asian teams competing for a spot alongside Japan as Asia's representatives, the competition on 23-24 November at the Namdong Asiad Stadium, Incheon, ...
Qais Al-Dhalai voted as new Asia Rugby President as new EXCO named
UAE’s Qais Al-Dhalai has been voted as the new Asia Rugby President succeeding Aga Hussain. In the EXCO and Council meeting in Bali on 16-17 November, the new EXCO was voted for by Asia Rugby’s Members. Fawzi Khawaja (Pakistan) was re-elected as Vice President alongside Velayuthan Tan ...