Cup HQ raided

French financial prosecutors have raided the headquarters of the 2023 Rugby World Cup organising committee as part of an investigation into possible management irregularities, organisers said. The searches took place after the French government asked for an audit by France’s top financial watchdog into possible wrongdoing at the committee. French financial prosecutors said they opened a preliminary investigation last month into charges of ‘‘favouritism, influence peddling, corruption and any other related offence relating to the management’’ of the organising committee.