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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has extended rugby union winger Jason Keyter's doping ban from one year to two. CAS acted after the International Rugby Board appealed his initial suspension by English rugby authorities, the court said Wednesday in a statement. Keyter, who has played for the U.S. national team, tested positive for a byproduct of cocaine during an English league match between Esher RFC and Moseley RFC in ...

The United States advanced to next year's Rugby World Cup after it beat Uruguay 33-7 in the return leg of their Americas playoff qualifier on Saturday. Combined with the `Eagles' 42-13 first-leg win a week before _ Uruguay's first defeat in a home qualifier since 1993 _ the United States advanced 75-20 on aggregate. At the World Cup in France in less than a year's time, the Americans will slot into Pool A beside defending champion England, South ...

Winger Jeff Hullinger claimed a hat trick of tries as the United States defeated Uruguay 42-13 in an Americas regional playoff qualifier for the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Uruguay's Teros must win the return leg by more than 29 points next Saturday at Stanford, Calif. to qualify for World Cup Pool A beside England, South Africa and Samoa. The loser will have another chance to qualify in a repechage ...