Henry Paul will have the benefit of calling upon an expanded

Head Coach Henry Paul will have the benefit of calling upon an accelerated cohort of gamers next month at some point of what will be a hectic length for Canada’s Senior Men’s Sevens team following affirmation the 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers will take area in Nassau, Bahamas on April 23 and 24.

RAN introduced on February 28 the 2-day event can be hosed at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium via the Bahamas Rugby Football Union next month having previously been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event serves as the qualifiers for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa as well as The Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, England for which Canada has pre-qualified.

The addition to its calendar approach the Canada’s Senior Men’s Sevens squad could be expected to play on 3 consecutive weeks in April, with the RAN Sevens Qualifiers preceded through the HSBC Singapore Sevens on April 9 and 10, and the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver on April 16 and 17.

To ensure his squad can fulfill the needs of an excessive cycle, Head Coach Paul will extend his cohort for the following two months, providing a timely possibility for growing young talent and players at the fringes of his roster to stake their claim.

“There is no doubt this may be an severe period for us,” Paul commented. “Fortunately, we are able to name upon a collection that is familiar with every different, our education surroundings and the requirements had to be successful in competition after bringing together a similar, increased cohort remaining July. This is vitally essential in making sure we are able to go into the month of April with self assurance that we can meet the demands of our schedule.

“All of the players understand the requirements of these 3 critical competitions, and they'll take pleasure in the possibility to showcase their skills on the worldwide level. We will discipline the strongest possible squad for all three events, knowing success at each of them is essential to us attaining our dreams in 2022.”

The gamers brought to Canada’s Senior Men’s Sevens cohort can be showed inside the coming weeks, even as the rosters for the HSBC Singapore Sevens, HSBC Canada Sevens and RAN Sevens Qualifiers can be introduced closer to the respective events.

Rugby vancouver 7s live will be among 18 sports featured at the Canada Summer Games set for Ontario’s Niagra region in August, and Team NL has been training a the High-Performance Unit at the NL Sports Centre in preparation.

This marks the first time women’s rugby will be played at the games. Interest in Rugby Sevens has exploded in recent years, due in part to the success of the national Canadian women’s team winning Bronze at the Rio Olympics.

The NL Rugby Union has announced the members of Team Newfoundland and Labrador’s Training Squad with further selections of the ten players travelling to the Canada Games to be made in late spring.

IBF Champion Golovkin will face Ryota Murata in Japan

Gennady Golovkin will return to the ring in a unification bout against Ryota Murata at the end of the year.

The fight has been in the pipeline for a long time but has now been officially confirmed for December 28 in Japan.

Golovkin will bring his 'Big Drama Show' to Murata's home territory with the fight taking place on the border of Tokyo in Saitama. live stream GGG vs Murata fight

And the 39-year-old is hoping to add another belt to his collection with the possibility of a potential trilogy match against Canelo Alvarez looming.

"I am really excited to be bringing the Big Drama Show to Japan, a country where boxing is very popular," said Golovkin. "Ryōta Murata has been an outstanding champion.

"It is going to be a special night when we meet in the ring to unify our titles. We are going to give the fans a great fight.

Golovkin's last ring outing came back in December last year when he defeated Kamil Szeremeta comfortably, dropping his opponent four times before his seventh round retirement.

The Kazakh fighter only has one blotch on his record after losing in a historic rematch with Alvarez.

An explosive first meeting was touted as a modern-era classic after the middleweight champion was left frustrated, being held to a controversial draw in 2017.

And the second meeting ended in another close decision with the pound-for-pound king gaining the narrow nod over Golovkin by majority decision with the Kazakh fighter forced to regroup.

He has since began another win streak, defeating Steve Rolls before reclaiming world champion status by dethroning Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

But his latest test will come against a relatively untested opponent who has already suffered two defeats during his 18-fight career.

Although the Japanese fighter is ready to take control of the fight and believes he has prepared his whole life to face Golovkin.

"I feel that my entire amateur and professional boxing career has been a preparation for this fight against Gennady Golovkin. This fight will determine my place in the middleweight division and boxing history," said Murata.

"Gennady Golovkin has long been the standard-bearer of the middleweight division. To me, he is still undefeated.

"I have the highest respect for him. It has been almost two years since my last fight, because of the pandemic, but I have put that time to good use, working very hard with my trainers on improving my physical conditioning and adding more power to my punches.

"I am so proud Japan is hosting this fight. It is a great honour for me."

Eddie Hearn is set to offer the possibility of facing Golovkin next to Alvarez who has just become undisputed champion at 168lbs after defeating Caleb Plant. GGG vs Murata live streaming

However the Mexican could opt to switch back to light-heavyweight with Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol keen to challenge the pound-for-pound leading fighter.

Gennadiy and Ryota Murata's bout rescheduled for April 9

Gennadiy Golovkin has not fought since stopping Kamil Szeremeta in December 2020, but knows victory over Ryota Murata potentially moves him closer towards a third bout against Canelo Alvarez

Gennadiy Golovkin's middleweight title unification bout against Ryota Murata has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 9 in the latter's home country of Japan. GGG vs Murata live

The contest is officially back on having originally been set for December 29 before being postponed as a result of the Omicron outbreak.

Golovkin will put his IBF and IBO world title belts on the line against two-time WBA middleweight champion Murata, knowing a potential third meeting with Canelo Alvarez awaits should be come out on top.

The fight is due to take place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

"I am glad that the date has finally been set. I would like to express my gratitude to the organisers from Japan for their hard work and full support of the upcoming unification fight," said Golovkin.

"Ryōta Murata is an outstanding champion. I believe that boxing fans from this beautiful country and around the world will see an exciting event. I look forward to getting back in the ring and bringing the Big Drama Show to Japan."

Golovkin has not fought since December 2020 when he stopped Kamil Szeremeta with an emphatic performance including four knockdowns.

Prior to that he beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Steve Rolls on the back of suffering the first loss of his professional career to Alvarez in September 2018.

Murata himself has been out of the ring since December 2019, at which time he retained he belt with a stoppage victory against Canada's Steven Butler.

"I feel that my entire amateur and professional boxing career has been a preparation for this fight against Gennadiy Golovkin," said Murata. "This fight will determine my place in the middleweight division and boxing history.

"Gennadiy Golovkin has long been the standard-bearer of the middleweight division. To me, he is still undefeated. I have the highest respect for him. Golovkin vs Murata TV channel

"It has been a long time since my last fight, because of the pandemic, but I have put that time to good use, working very hard with my trainers on improving my physical conditioning and adding more power to my punches. I am so proud Japan is hosting this fight. It is a great honor for me."

The two-time world champions and Olympic medalists enter with a combined record of 57-3-1, including 49 knockouts.