Yokohama pitch relaid a month out from first match Organisers remain confident of ‘optimal conditions’ Rugby union has never been synonymous with luscious green grass and impeccable playing surfaces. But the venue for this year’s Rugby World Cup final did not have even a blade of grass on it when...

Negative environments are creating huge problems with mental wellbeing in elite sport – it is time to change thatA young academy player at a top European club who needs to shift some excess weight snaps a picture of his dinner and sends it to his fitness coach at the club....