When Valerie Adams - Dame Valerie since 2017 - announced her retirement to the press last Tuesday she did so in characteristically and literally down-to-earth fashion: "Today, I am here to share with you all that I'm officially hanging up these size 14 throwing shoes."

Throughout her extraordinary 21-year career as a shot putter - during which she has gained for New Zealand

 She received the gold medal from the New Zealand Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae, at a special

world indoor title at Sopot in March 2014 and a third Commonwealth gold in Glasgow, where she was the New

Zealand flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony.Adams earned her fourth and last Olympic medal - a bronze

Sports Ministers from 26 nations have agreed to ban athletes from Russia and Belarus from international sports games held in their countries due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland.International Paralympic Committee President

Henrieta Farkašová, Arthur Bauchet and Jesper Pedersen all doubled their Para Alpine skiing gold medal tallies in the rearranged super combined competitions at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

50.26.Finland's Santeri Kiiveri in second was more than four seconds further back, while Adam Hall of New

Zealand did it the hard way in clinching back-to-back Paralympic bronze medals in the super combined.Hall

A stellar 122-run seventh-wicket partnership between all-rounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana helped India thrash Pakistan by 107 runs to begin their International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign at the Bay Oval in Tauranga.

next ball.Anam Amin stunned one and all a few moments later as she caught and bowled Mandhana for 52.New

Pakistan all out for 137.The next game of the World Cup is scheduled to take place tomorrow, with hosts New

Zealand up against Bangladesh.

A whistleblower has sent a follow-up complaint to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) over the alleged conduct of one of the organisation's vice-presidents and diving Bureau Liaison Zhou Jihong, at last year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo, who has been accused of bullying a judge.

conclusion of an initial Ethics Panel judgement on November 29, it was revealed to insidethegames that a new

insidethegames saw the formal hearing with the FINA Ethics Panel detailing the previous complaint made by Diving New

Zealand (DNZ) and FINA judge Lisa Wright, against Zhou, an Olympic gold medallist.

Neil Simpson etched his name into British sporting history with a stunning victory in the men's super-G vision impaired event on a day of firsts in the Para Alpine skiing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

final event of the day in the men's super-G sitting, clocking 1:09.69.Downhill champion Corey Peters of New

Zealand added a silver to his medal haul from the Games in 1:10.16, with Japan's Taiki Morii clinching

heavyweight International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup match at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New

Zealand.

as she produced a rare, mistimed shot and sent the ball to Danni Wyatt in the deep.Beth Mooney and new

seal the match for Australia.Earlier West Indies began the tournament with a three-run win over hosts New

Zealand before South Africa avoided an upset as they defeated Bangladesh by 32 runs.India are due to

Pay TV channel SuperSport TV and public broadcaster South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have won the television rights to show the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town domestically, the 2023 Netball World Cup Company has announced.

TV’s position as an international broadcaster will give World Netball the opportunity to break into new

belong to one entity, but it is a team South Africa World Cup, it belongs to the continent as well.New Zealand

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has launched the first World Badminton Day to be celebrated annually on July 5, in recognition of the date the Federation was founded.

Federation (IBF) with nine founding member nations - Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New

Zealand, Scotland and Wales.World Badminton Day aims to promote the sport and bring people together

The Malaysian Hockey Confederation has decided against sending their men’s and women’s teams to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, opting to focus on the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games instead.

head for China for the Asian Games before making the decision," Slevaraj, was quoted as saying by the New

Cup.Both the men’s and women’s events consist of teams from Australia, Canada, England, Ghana, India, New

Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.Australia men's team has won gold at every Commonwealth Games

team also holds the record for the number of most golds with four while India and defending champions New

Zealand have one gold to their name.Birmingham 2022 is scheduled to take place between July 28 and August

World Netball has announced the final six national teams that will compete at this year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Federation (CGF), all of which have accepted the invitation.These final six teams will join Australia, New

Zealand, England, Jamaica, South Africa and Malawi in Birmingham this summer.The teams qualified for

The New Zealand Open is set to become the largest squash tournament in the country’s history when it

It will be huge for New Zealand sports fans to watch and appreciate the talents of Paul Coll and Joelle

Zealand, said."

Zealand Open is set to once again be a very sought after event for 2022 and many years to come."

Zealand Open."

The tournament, sponsored by New Zealand-based Robertson Lodges, real estate company Barfoot and Thompson

World Netball (WN) has released the latest WN world rankings along with an annual update compiled by statistician David Kendix to certify that the standings reflect the most current shape of the international teams.

WorldNetball_) March 1, 2022The ranking is currently led by Australia with 3,698 points and a rating of 195, New

Zealand is in second with 4,553 at 190, followed by England in third on 4,556 and a rating of 182.South

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian President Vladimir Putin, has called the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to ban athletes from Russia and Belarus from the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games "a disgrace". 

The revised IPC decision was welcomed by the IPCs of Canada, Britain, Iceland and New Zealand.

Henrieta Farkasova and Marie Bochet will both be looking for their third downhill titles in a row when the blue riband event opens the Alpine skiing programme at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

home snow in Lillehammer, as well as two other races.Dutchman Jeroen Kampschreur and Corey Peters of New

Zealand will be other contenders.Austria's Markus Salcher will enter the men's standing as the reigning