LONDON : Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney received a pay rise of over 400,000 pounds even though the English governing body announced a record operating loss of 37.9 million pounds ($48 million) on Monday. The annual report showed revenues of 175.2 million compared with 221.4m in the previous year, with investment in rugby at 96.1m and an operating loss of £37.9m (a drastic plunge from 4 million profit in the previous year). Sweeney was paid a total of 1.1 million pounds - an