Event Notes: Japan's 2019 RWC Pool Matches Sell Out Fast

Tickets for all of host nation Japan's Rugby World Cup 2019 pool games have sold out "following the start of sales on a first-come, first-serve basis," organizers said Saturday. Sales of tickets for all 48 matches began online at 10am Japan Standard Time, with all remaining seats for matches involving the Brave Blossoms "snapped up almost immediately." Tickets for all knockout-stage games also sold out, along with those for the Australia vs. Wales and England vs. Argentina pool matches (KYODO, 1/19).

More than 12,000 fans "flooded through the turnstiles" for 10 Canberra Capitals home games at the National Convention Centre and AIS Arena to give the club the Women's National Basketball League's third-highest average attendance. The Capitals have more than doubled their figures from an "at times forgettable" '17-18 campaign (THE AGE, 1/21).