News - North-America

After 358 games across a little over 4 days of international competition, England took the overall honours, winning 10 of the 13 divisions on offer including the coveted Men’s and Women’s Open’s titles. But France prevented an Open’s clean sweep with their first gold in the Mixed Open beating England 9-6 in the final. France also took the Men’s 45 division whilst Wales claimed the Men’s 50 Gold Medal.

In an exciting new era for youth Touch globally, FIT announced today that the inaugural Atlantic Youth Touch Cup is going to Nottingham, England, in July 2023.

FIT has unveiled its three-phase plan to kickstart international tournaments highlighted by preparations for a European Touch Championships in 2022 in England.

In our second instalment, we look at the Women's Open division, and assess who has improved and who will spoil the party for a medal contender.

Who will win the medals? Who are the big improvers? Our correspondents have interviewed sources on every continent to make our bold predictions