• Huawei ends sports sponsor deal amid Australia ‘trade war’

    Huawei ends sports sponsor deal amid Australia ‘trade war’

    Chinese telecom giant Huawei is ending its oldest major sporting sponsorship deal, saying Monday it was breaking its contract with an Australian rugby league team after nine years because of a “great trade war” between China and Australia. Australia has barred the world’s largest maker of switching gear and major smartphone brand from involvement in …
  • Take that, coronavirus: 20,000 rugby fans go wild in New Zealand

    Take that, coronavirus: 20,000 rugby fans go wild in New Zealand

    DUNEDIN, New Zealand — They call one section of the stadium The Zoo, and it’s easy to see why: thousands of university students in team colors standing on their seats, steadying trays of beer, swaying to music and erupting with joy when their team scores. “Craziness,” is how 20-year-old student Charlotte Power described the scene. …