Jordan's Prince Feisal thinks softball has the power to advance women's rights in the Middle East. The 45-year-old royal - who is the younger brother of King Abdullah - has spoken out in favor of including the sport in the 2016 Olympics, after it was dropped after the 2008 Games.

Feisal thinks the ball game should be reinstated as an official Olympic Sport because it promotes equality of the sexes.

Vets operated on a dog expecting to find a tumor removed a pile of clothes.

Bailey, a golden retriever, had eaten two golf gloves, two rugby gloves, one mitten, one stocking and nine socks.

Parents watching a schoolboy rugby match Sunday were angry and appalled after hardcore pornography interrupted the scheduled programming.

The Prime Channel, a free broadcast station, was showing a Grass Roots Rugby show when they claim a distribution fault caused the "inappropriate material," from a pay-per-view channel to be aired on the wrong station.

Just days before their match against Romania, the Russian national rugby team are scrambling to for spare shoes after thieves reportedly stole have stolen several of their players' boots and other sporting gears.

According to the payers of the Russian team, nine pairs of boots and other gear disappeared from the team's hotel in Bucharest during a power cut.

A three-year-old African Grey parrot called Severiano Ballesteros has lately been making waves among rugby-crazed fans for cheering alongside with them for their favorite team.

According to his owners Taffy Howell, 59, and wife Jean, 50, both rugby fans, Seve chants ''Gloucester, Gloucester'' in a West Country drawl whenever he sees his team play on TV.