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Why New York Sevens have been rescheduled

Kenya U20 players pose for a group photo at KCB Sports Club. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

After consulting with health officials and its partners at World Rugby and USA Rugby, the World Rugby Football League announced on Friday it was forced to reschedule the new league's kick-off RFL Champion Sevens due to the worst air quality ever recorded for New York City due to Canadian wildfires, and the inability to predict when the over 400 wildfires will be controlled.

Over 100 million Americans across 16 states were under severe air quality alerts and La Guardia flights were canceled, as over 400 wildfires burned over 9 million acres across Canada according to the Canadian Emergency Forest Fires Centre.

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